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What is the connection between the pirates who wash their hands in the golden basin and the military strength of various countries?
This issue of One Ding People takes you through the story of the notorious Somali pirates.
Pirates are born
After the end of World War II, various countries began the road to independent development, and at the same time, on an island in Africa, the Somali Republic was established.
The Somali Republic, established in 1960, had not yet begun to develop, and it was thrown into chaos by various coups d'état for power, and the people were suffering.
Originally, Somalia was not suitable for growing crops, and there was a big food problem, but now because of the various fighting people, the people are either starving to death or dying of war, and they are in chaos.
In order to convey the humanitarian spirit, the United Nations has provided assistance to the place, receiving food and money, but unfortunately before the materials arrived, they were greedy by warlords on the way, so Somalia is becoming more and more difficult.
But no matter how difficult the environment is, people always have to live, in order to survive, many Somali people have gone to the sea to fish, through seafood to make a living, but because just after World War II, European and American ships are still near Somalia, they are also fishing, the two sides inevitably have friction.
Because they are familiar with the surrounding terrain, the Somali people are slightly better than grabbing some ships in Europe and the United States and taking their supplies into their own hands, but then a question arises, the items on board are taken away, what about the people on board? What if you kill people and start a war?
At this time, some resourceful fishermen came up with the idea of taking the captured people hostage and demanding ransoms from various countries, and when everyone heard about it, they thought that this plan was feasible, and they earned a lot of money.
Over time, the Somali people discovered that fishing did not come quickly with ransom, so they began a life of pirates, from small boats without equipment at the beginning, to fully armed cruise ships, with Somalia's close proximity to the Gulf of Aden, narrow ship lanes, and many merchant ships, Somali pirates began their own rampant era.
Rampant times
Near the Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates were divided into four groups, the most famous of which was Abadi, known as the "Commander of the Somali Marine Corps". Evoya, the captain, showed his ruthless side before he became a pirate.
At the age of 12, Evoya was arrested as a soldier, and after gaining a foothold in the army, in order to be promoted, he led the warlord to his hometown, and at the age of 15, he set fire to his village, and then killed the officer who carried him at the age of 21, quickly ascended to the highest position of warlord by cold and hard means, and integrated his "marines"
After this ruthless pirate leader came to power, the robbery of Somali pirates became more regular, and many incidents that annoyed various countries.
In 2006, a Taiwanese fishing boat was hijacked by Evera off the coast of Somalia, and because negotiations were delayed, the crazy pirate leader directly ordered the killing of one of his Liaoning sailors, and then the negotiations stalemated for another seven months before redeeming more than 10 crew members for $1.5 million.
After the crew returned home, the masses learned that during the days of their abduction, they had to constantly work for the pirates, there was basically nothing to eat, and many people were sick.
In addition to the hostage incident, Evoya also did some shocking events, that is, the hijacking of a large number of arms Ukrainian cargo ships and the Saudi giant oil tanker "Sirius", the value of these two ships can far exceed ordinary ships, so the world began to plan to eliminate the scourge and attack Somali pirates.
Return to good people
In order to protect their own ships, countries around the world began to deploy warships to the Somali region to support their own ships, and with excellent military strength, Somali pirates were quickly suppressed, and the living space gradually shrunk.
According to statistics, in 2012 pirates launched 69 hijackings, of which only 13 were successful, and by 2013, 9 attacks were launched, none of which were successful, so the number of pirate attacks gradually declined, and pirates without ransom began to rely on themselves, learning to catch lobster and other aquatic products.
Unknowingly, the pirates seemed to be heading for "bankruptcy", and it is rumored that a Dongying man was later abducted by Somali pirates, and when he found that the water quality conditions in Somalia were excellent, he proposed business ideas to the pirates, so that they could "wash their hands in the golden basin" and return to a good life.
Therefore, there is a reason for everything, hateful people must have pity, the emergence of Somali pirates is inseparable from the difficult internal living conditions, only their own prosperity is the foundation of all development.