Accardin' to this 'ere landlubber publication,
it be a good time t'be a pirate! Raise the Jolly Roger!!!
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said the number of reported ship attacks jumped to 445 in 2003, 20 percent higher than the previous year and the second highest level since it began compiling statistics in 1991.
Arr, ye scurvy Kossaks! What have ye t' say t' this?
As fer this 'ere sea dog, it merely exemplifies how th' affrontacious "War on Terror" has diminished th' world's abilittee t' contain other forms of nefarious criminal activittee. Across th' board, since that landlocked son of a Bush assumed the Admiralcy, we've seen surges in every area of crime from lilly-livered white-collared corp'rat crime t' those wee tykes after me own 'eart: music pirates. Jus' one m'ar reason t' make 'em walk th' plank in 2004!
Heave-ho, lads!