http://www.military.com/news/article/pirate-hostage-taking-hit-record-in-2010.html?wh=news&ESRC=navy-a.nlKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Pirates took a record 1,181 hostages in 2010 as ship hijackings in waters off Somalia escalated, a global maritime watchdog said Tuesday.
Attackers seized 53 vessels worldwide last year -- all but four off the coast of Somalia -- according to the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur.
The number of hostages and vessels taken "are the highest we have ever seen" since the center began monitoring attacks in 1991, its director, Pottengal Mukundan, said in a statement. "The continued increase in these numbers is alarming," he said.
another record year for Obama?
can he really be blamed for not doing anything to keep the seas safe and free?