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=Somali Pirates= by Joseph There is currently a problem in Somalia with pirates. The pirates are stealing boats and kidnapping crew members. Than they return the boats and people for lots of money. The pirates do this by getting on speed boats. They take many weapons such as automatic guns. Than they get on the boat and hijack it and it's crew members. With the money they make, they can buy more weapons or anything else they want.
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

It is very hard to prevent them. The pirates are from Somalia. Since Somalia has pretty much no government, they are incapable of stopping the pirates. The pirates are especially dangerous off the coast of Somalia. Some boats are stolen are given and back for millions of dollars. Since this has become such a problem, some boats traveling through those waters have people armed with weapons. This has become an epidemic off the coast of Somalia.

How come other governments cant do anything about this? How do the Pirates get away with this? Why doesn't Somalia have a government? Why would anybody want to become a Pirate? How were the the Pirates started? When were the Pirates started? Are there any other Pirates around the world?
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

I read the two articles that I found on the internet. I found out that governments can't do much about the pirates because they're not a huge organization. The pirates aren't a huge organization so they are hard to find and take down. Somalia is also a very unorganized country so they can't work with the Somali government. People become pirates mostly because of the money that they could make. There aren't any other organizations like the Pirates that hijack ships and crew members for ransom money. Now, to avoid pirates, people that own boats in America have to keep an American Flag on it so that the Coast Guard knows that they're not pirates. Many ships that the pirates stealhave expensive important things on them. So it is very bad when they are stolen because whatever was on the boat can't arrive at it's destination. For example, the pirates once stole a boat worth 1.2 billion dollars. It was carrying oil.
 * Part III--The Search **

Today I started reading my book. It's called __A Captains Duty.__ So far, I haven't learned much about the Pirates. It's just talking about the captain named Richard Phillips. Today, I continued reading my book. I learned that the pirates are successful getting on ships because of how quick, armed, and prepared they are. They have AK-47's, and are prepared. The ship crews aren't armed as much or ready for a situation like that. Today, I read some more of my book. I learned how they hold the members hostage and negotiate with the county the people are from. I kept reading my book today. The U.S. military saved the entire crew from the pirates. However, there wasn't much else. Today, I finished my book. They just talked about he captain and him going home. I learned that the military has difficulty saving people because of how careful the Pirates are with keeping people hostage. If the military tries to save the people, the Pirates can just kill the crew members being held hostage.

Today, I did my interview. The person I interviewed is my friends dad. His name is John. He currently owns a boat. I learned how much of a hassle it would be to get a boat stolen. That's because you invest a lot of money in it. So it would effect you financially. Plus if you got held hostage, it would be very scary. He also has a family so it would be very scary for them. It would be less scary going on a boat somewhere without having to worry about having your boat stolen by pirates.

The information I have learned is going to work with a game. I have learned about how the Pirates steal ships and lose money. Or they sometimes get caught and make no money. So the game I am basing mine on is Chutes and Ladders. The game is called Up the Ropes and Down the Gang Planks. If you get on a rope, it's like a ladder. That means you caught pirates. If you get on a gang plank, that's like a chute. That means some pirates stole a ship and got away with it. The first person that gets to the final space on the game board is the winner.
 * Part IV--What I Learned **

__**Bibliography**__

Goldberg, Mark. "Undispatch." Undispatch.com. N.p., March 17, 2010. Web. 24 May 2010. .

Lubold, Gordon. "Suspected Somali Pirates more active, but U.S. Navy Fighting Back." //CSmonitor//. The Christian Science Monitor, 2 April 2010. Web. 26 May 2010. .

McMorrow, John. Interview by Joseph Kates. 19 May 2010. Print.

Phillips, Richard, A Captains Duty. 1st. New York: Hyperion, 2010. 286. Print

Sisk, Richard. "New York Daily News." U.S. Navy Captures 5 Somali Pirates, seizes pirate mother ship off Kenya, Somali Coast. April first 2010. <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/04/01/2010-04-01_us_navy_captures_5_somali_pirates_seizes_pirate_mother_ship_off_Somali_coa.html