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Continued U.S. Efforts to Combat Somali Piracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 131 - 135
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 See J. Ashley, Roach, Suppressing Piracy—Next Steps, ASIL Insights (Dec. 1, 2010)Google Scholar.

2 Gettleman, Jeffrey, Money in Piracy Attracts More Somalis, N.Y. Times, Nov. 10, 2010, at A10 Google Scholar.

3 Gettleman, Jeffrey & Schmitt, Eric, U. S. Marines Free Ship and Capture Somali Pirates Without Bloodshed, N .Y. Times, Sept. 10, 2010, at A4 Google Scholar; Whitlock, Craig, Marines Seize Ship from Pirates, Wash. Post, Sept. 10, 2010, at A17 Google Scholar.

4 Combined Maritime Forces Press Release No. CMF070–10, Combined Maritime Forces Responds to Suspected Pirate Attack (Nov. 21, 2010), at http://wwwxusnc.navy.mil/articles/2010/CMF070.html.

5 These countries are listed in Security Council Resolution 1950, infra note 6.

6 SC Res. 1950 (Nov. 23, 2010).

7 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2010/1610, Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York (Nov. 9, 2010), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/ll/150695.htm.

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11 18 U.S.C. § 1651 provides: “Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.”

12 Schwartz, John, Somalis No Longer Face Federal Piracy Charges, N.Y. Times, Aug. 18, 2010, at A16 Google Scholar.

13 United States v. Smith, 18 U.S. 153, 162 (1820).

14 United States v. Said, Crim. No. 2:10cr57, 2010 U.S. Dist. lexis 106050 (E.D. Va. Aug. 17, 2010).

15 30-Year Sentence in Attack on Navy Ship, Wash. Post, Nov. 30, 2010, at A3 Google Scholar.

16 U.S. Dep’t of Justice (E.D. Va.) Press Release, Somali Pleads Guilty to Acts of Piracy Against USS Ashland (Aug. 27, 2010, at http://norfolk.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nf082710.htm.

17 U.S. Dep’t of Justice (D.D.C) Press Release, Somali Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Piracy in Takeover of Merchant Ship (Sept. 30, 2010), at http://www.justice.gov/usao/dc/Press_Releases/2010Archives/September/10–224.pdf.