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Somali pirates are increasingly threatening global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf as they extend their attacks ever deeper into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, morphing from a tactical nuisance to a strategic danger.
Three supertankers have been seized so far this year, the first time since the piracy plague began in 2006 that so many have been captured in a three-month period.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2011/04/14/Somali-pirates-zero-in-on-oil-tanker-lanes/UPI-35161302806016/#ixzz1JkIYebuF
