The International Maritime Bureau has for several months warned ships to stay at least 150 miles away from Somalia?s coast, citing 25 pirate attacks in those waters since March 15 ? compared with just two for all of 2004.

Somali pirates are trained fighters with maritime knowledge, identifying targets by listening to the international radio channel used by ships at sea, Mwangura said.

?Sometimes they trick the mariners by pretending that they have a problem and they should come to assist them ? they send bogus distress signals,? he said. ?They are getting more powerful, more vicious and bolder day by day.?

Often times I wonder why
There's love and hate, theres live or die.
When sickness comes I must decide:
When feelings go, theres suicide.