Most of what I've heard about piracy off the coast of Somalia pertains to their nautical reign of terror and hostage situations. Here are some nice alternative perspectives that do a pretty good job in not justifying all while excusing those that are excusable. There is also analysis of the surrounding political situation that has allowed (or pushed) this to happen.
You Are Being Lied To About Pirates (via Huffington Post)
'Toxic waste' behind Somali piracy (via Al Jazeera)
Piracy challenges global governance (via KenyaImagine magazine)
And, as a final link, here's the simultaneous blog post by Gabriel Teodros. It contains a video of K'Naan, a Somali rapper, talking about the situation from a more personal perspective.
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