Somali PIRATES or ECO-WARRIORS?

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008109174223218644.html

Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.

The ransom demand is a means of "reacting to the toxic waste that has been continually dumped on the shores of our country for nearly 20 years", Januna Ali Jama, a spokesman for the pirates, based in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said.

Pirates hijack FOUR more ships... and open fire on a fifth...

Brazen...