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		<title>Quick Guide to Counter Piracy Boardings</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2012/01/quick-guide-to-counter-piracy-boardings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MARSEC4 Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates have developed a predictable and successful modus operandi that will no doubt be replicated in waters outside the Indian Ocean. The pirates hijack deep draft commercial ships using gangs of three or more who approach in small open boats powered by outboard engines that are referred to as attack or pirate skiffs. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look at Kidnapping through the Lens of Protective Intelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Stewart At the moment a kidnapping occurs, the abduction team usually has achieved tactical surprise and usually employs overwhelming force. To the previously unsuspecting victim, the abductors seemingly appear out of nowhere. But when examined carefully, kidnappings are, for the most part, the result of a long and carefully orchestrated process. They do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI&#8217;s Pirate Task Force</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/08/fbis-pirate-task-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MARSEC4 Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LEO Specific]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marsec4.com/?p=14157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at MS4 we&#8217;re more the run &#038; gun type, but sometimes it&#8217;s nice to get the back story on why you went on a boat guns drawn in the first place. It&#8217;s also nice to see solid resolution of criminal cases you helped start. Enter the FBI&#8217;s Manhattan Field Office where, according to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bold &amp; Daring Act</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/a-bold-daring-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/a-bold-daring-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone in naval service unfamiliar with Stephen Decatur needs to hit the books, but don&#8217;t worry because we&#8217;ve found an easy to read and heavily illustrated one for you from the Raid Series titled Decatur&#8217;s Bold &#038; Daring Act. One of the original heroes of the US Navy, Decatur fought pirates off the Barbary Coast, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maritime Operations Still Need Improvement</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/maritime-operations-still-need-improvement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/maritime-operations-still-need-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MARSEC4 Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jim Kouri with Examiner.com: Recent events, such as the seaborne terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008 and the pirate attack on the Quest in February 2011, highlight maritime threats to the United States. The maritime domain presents a range of potential security threats &#8212; including naval forces of adversary nations, piracy, and the use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kalashnikov Rifle</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/the-kalashnikov-rifle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone seems to have an opinion on Comrade Kalashnikov’s rifle Josef Stalin could have been referring to the Kalashnikov when he famously said “Quantity has a quality all its own”. Over 100 million have been produced and put into circulation since the first weapon rolled off of the Soviet assembly line in 1947, and during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Need a Boarding Axe</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/why-you-need-a-boarding-axe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/07/why-you-need-a-boarding-axe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marsec4.com/?p=13691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stowaways in the hold? Giant rats in the bilge? Cabin door needs breached? Towline needs cut? Pirate undeserving of a bullet? Only one tool can accomplish all of these &#8211; The Boarding Axe. Before anyone gets confused &#8211; ground pounders use Tomahawks, naval forces use Boarding Axes. There are differences between the two, mainly the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Video: Dutch Marines vs Somali Pirates</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/in-video-dutch-marines-are-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/in-video-dutch-marines-are-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch Marines are hard. This video proves it. Rather than disengage after taking rounds from a hijacked dhow, they make two approaches with their RHIBs and rake the boat with small arms while snipers on a nearby warship support with precision fire. Pirates are injured in the broadside and try to flee in a skiff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Art&#8221; of Boarding</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/the-art-of-boarding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/the-art-of-boarding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marsec4.com/?p=13456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spartans, Samurais, Vikings, Knights, Pirates, and Modern Navies. All have relied on boarding vessels to control the sea. Below is MS4&#8242;s take on the history of boardings as told through the artwork inspired by the violence. Did we mention Ninjas and Spartans boarded ships? Sea Peoples 1175 BC The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If You Hit a Shoulder, That&#8217;s an Arm Gone&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/if-you-hit-a-shoulder-thats-an-arm-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/if-you-hit-a-shoulder-thats-an-arm-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another good first person account by a private contractor making the transit through the Gulf of Aden &#8211; this one with a little more action. Written by Andreas Ulrich, a former Royal Marine, the article was originally published by Spiegel.de. His best line is a description of what happens even if a 7.62 misses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil Anti-Piracy Task Force to Protect Amazon Riverboats</title>
		<link>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/brazil-anti-piracy-task-force-to-protect-amazon-riverboats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marsec4.com/2011/06/brazil-anti-piracy-task-force-to-protect-amazon-riverboats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil is standing up an anti-piracy task force in Guajará Bay this month to combat increasingly violent pirate attacks in that area of the Amazon River. Fifty officers and eight boats will deploy in support of the effort, which comes in the wake of a recent attack involving eleven armed men boarding a passenger vessel [...]]]></description>
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