The Germans face a question of whether they can take on the Somali pirates, as set out here: The German Navy has a ship cruising off the coast of Somalia: frigate Emden is searching for terrorists there. The Germans would be allowed to intervene if the pirates were members of Al-Qa'idah. They do not intervene when they are ordinary criminals. The problems in this world simply refuse to match with Germany's domestic...
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