Won't someone kill these fucks?

According to the BBC:

Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni cargo ship, reported to be the 39th successful hijacking by pirates off the Horn of Africa this year.
The head of the East African Seafarers' Association, Andrew Mwangura, said the MV Amani was taken in the Gulf of Aden. News of its capture comes ten days after the giant Saudi super-tanker, the Sirius Star, was hijacked with a $100 million cargo of oil and 25 crew members. A pirate aboard the Sirus Star told the BBC the crew would not be harmed. The man, calling himself Daybad, also said pirates had not yet negotiated with the owners of the Sirius Star, but had only spoken to intermediaries who "cannot be trusted". The ship's Polish captain told the BBC that his crew were in good shape.
Earlier, a group of tanker owners called on the UN to co-ordinate naval patrols off the coast of Somalia. Peter Swift, head of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) suggested that warships could begin monitoring vessels leaving Somali waters, rather than attempting to patrol the entire Gulf of Aden and a significant part of the Indian Ocean. He said the other option was a blockade around Somalia.
However, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Monday that the alliance was not considering any naval blockade. He said that such action has not been endorsed by the UN Security Council. NATO has four warships on duty in the area.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told a meeting of the European Union in Brussels on Monday that EU ships patrolling the area would use force to deter pirates if necessary. "I would like to say on behalf of the European Union that the mission will have rules of engagement that will be robust, with all means to protect, to deter and it will include the use of force," he said.

Rico says they need a crew like the guys in his book to take these guys out.
But it seems the Indians, of all people, are getting serious:

An Indian warship loaded with six-barreled 30mm machine guns for close combat opened fire on a pirate ship, sinking the vessel off the coast of Somalia, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The pirates, equipped with machine guns and rocket-launchers, sparked the gunfight by first attacked the INS Tabar, a 120-metre frigate, according to Commander Nirad Kumar Sinha, a spokesperson for the Indian Navy. He said the pirates were on a "mother ship", a large vessel used to extend the range of their activity, giving them a remote base from which to launch smaller boats.
During the five-hour battle, the pirate ship burst into flames. "As a result of the firing by INS Tabar, fire broke out on the vessel and explosions were heard, possibly due to exploding ammunition that was stored on the vessel," said Sinha in a statement. "Almost simultaneously, two speedboats were observed breaking off to escape. The ship chased the first boat which was later found abandoned. The other boat made good its escape into darkness."
Indian commandos also foiled a hijacking last week when they prevented pirates from boarding a merchant vessel.
Pirate ships have been roaming the Gulf of Aden, where modern-day buccaneers have captured several ships over the past few years. Somali pirates have managed to acquire more than US$25 million through ransoms this year, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations. Villages and towns dotting the African country's coastline can be seen with massive stone houses and luxury cars -- a blatant anomaly in a country plagued by extreme poverty. "The pirates depend on us, and we benefit from them," Sahra Sheik Dahir, a shop owner in Harardhere, told the Associated Press. Haradhere is a village close to where the hijacked Saudi supertanker has been anchored.
Ahmed Hussen, the head of the Canadian Somali Congress, said piracy has become a "huge industry" in Somalia, an impoverished nation which has had a broken federal government for nearly two decades. He said that the piracy problem has been exacerbated by the failure of international intervention in the country. He said the country has had to deal with "decades of neglect" and "inefficient peace plans". That has left "a lot of militiamen with not much to do," he said.
A Canadian vessel was temporarily among a multinational coalition that patrols the Horn of Africa, but the effort has not stopped the spate of hijackings. Retired Vice Admiral Peter Cairns said that this is a global issue that needs to be addressed through increased international co-operation. Cairns, who is currently the president of the Ship Building Association, said more countries need to get involved in what is becoming a major problem not just in the waters off Somalia, but in other areas of the world as well. "Our navy cannot deal with it by itself. It has to be an international effort, and that is what has been lacking," he said. "You need to have significant intelligence. You need to have navies to step in at the right time to prevent these." Cairns also noted that the pirates have been propped up by some of Somalia's poorest people. "There is backing by a lot of people to support these pirates because that is one of the major source of income that some of these regions of Somalia have; in fact, the only source of income," he said.

Rico says it would all be quite funny if it weren't so tragic...