Kirk to Advance Anti-Piracy Legislation in Wake of Slaying of Four Americans on Arabian Sea

by Gary Kopycinski on February 28, 2011

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CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011. In the wake of the killings of four Americans last week, U. S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) drew attention Monday to a recent New York Times report detailing the escalating threat to the international shipping industry from increasingly demanding and violent Somali pirates.