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Continuing U.S. Efforts to Combat Piracy; Piracy Now Spreading to Gulf of Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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1 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 100 AJIL 455, 487 (2006)Google Scholar, 100 AJIL, 690, 700 (2006), 102 AJIL 155, 169 (2008), 103 AJIL 132, 146 (2009) 103 AJIL 741, 750 (2009), 104 AJIL 489, 500 (2010), 105 AJIL 122, 131 (2011).

2 Del Quentin Wilber, Alleged Ransom Negotiator Is Indicted, Wash. Post, Aug. 19, 2011, at A10.

3 U.S. Atty’s Office (E.D. Va.) Press Release, Five Somalis Sentenced to Life Plus 80 Years in Prison for Piracy Against USS Nicholas (Mar. 14, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/03/20110314hasannr.html; Virginia: 5 Somali Pirates Sentenced to Life in Prison, N.Y. Times, Mar. 15, 2011, at A23; Dana Hedgpeth, Life Terms for Men Who Attacked Ship, Wash. Post, Mar 15, 2011, at A3.

4 US Court Sentences Somali Pirate to 25 Years, Voice of America, Apr. 7, 2011, at http://www.voanew.com/english/news/usa/US-Court-Sentences-Somali-Pirate-to-25-Years-119412939.html; Eric Tucker, 2nd Somali Facing U.S. Charges in Piracy Case, Wash. Post, Apr. 22, 2011, at A12.

5 Wilber, supra note 2; Joseph Goldstein, F.B.I,’s Man on the Pirate Beat, Seeking Confessions, N.Y. Times, Aug. 22, 2011, at A15.

6 Brock Vergakis, Accused Pirate’s Attorney Wants Charges Dismissed, CBS News, Nov. 1, 2011, at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501369_162-20128693/accused-pirates-attorney-wants-charges-dismissed/.

7 U.S. Atty’s Office (E.D. Va.) Press Releases: Two Somali Pirates Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attack that Resulted in Murder of Four U.S. Citizens (Aug. 22, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/08/20110822mohamednr.html; Two Somalis Sentenced to Life in Prison for Acts of Piracy Against the S/V Quest (Oct. 3, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/10/20111003omarnr.html; Two More Somalis Sentenced for Acts of Piracy (Oct 4, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/10/20111004alinr.html.

8 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/1811, Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy (Oct. 26, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/10/176233.htm.

9 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/1678, Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Launches New Website (Oct. 6, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/10/175125.htm.

10 SC Res. 2015 (Oct. 24, 2011).

11 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/1810, UN Security Council Unanimously Urges Pursuit of Somali Piracy Kingpins (Oct. 26, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/10/176231.htm.

12 Rick Gladstone, Armed Pirates Hijack a Fuel Tanker off Benin and Take 23 Crew Members Hostage, N.Y. Times, Sept. 15, 2011, at A6.

13 U.S. Mission to the United Nations Press Release No. 2011/204, Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council Meeting on Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (Oct. 19, 2011), at http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/175866.htm.