This handout photo shows Somali pirates hijacking the MV Faina, a cargo ship owned and operated by Kaalbye Shipping Ukraine on September 25, 2008. The pirates ultimately released the MV Faina and its cargo of 33 Soviet-era T-72 tanks plus other weapons on February 5, 2009 following a ransom payment of $3.2 million, a local man who helped negotiate the deal said. (REUTERS/U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs/Handout/Files)
In this photo released by the United States Navy, Somali pirates holding the merchant vessel MV Faina stand on the deck of the ship after a U.S. Navy request to check on the health and welfare of the ship's crew in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. (AP Photo/U.S.Navy, Petty Officer Jason Zalasky)
The crew of the hijacked Ukrainian merchant vessel MV Faina stand on the deck, under the watch of armed Somali pirates on November 9 after a US Navy request to check on their health and welfare, at sea off the coast of Somalia. (HO/AFP/Getty Images)
A rusty Kalashnikov assault rifle, confiscated from pirates detained by German navy from frigate Rheinland-Pfalz in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast on March 3, 2009, in this picture made available on March 4, 2009. The German navy detained nine people on March 3, 2009 after they tried to attack a German merchant ship, German media reported. (REUTERS/Bundeswehr
In this undated photo released by the French Defense Ministry on Saturday, April 11, 2009, armed pirates and their hostages are seen aboard the French yacht "Tanit", off the coast of Somalia. They've been described as "noble heros" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate," a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood. The 21st century reality of ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones, though, is a far cry from that. (AP Photo/ECPAD-French Defense Ministry)
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Somali pirates held by Puntland police forces, sit in Bassaso, Somalia. They've been described as "noble heros" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate," a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood. The 21st century reality of ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones, though, is a far cry from that. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this this file photo released by the Greek navy on April 1, 2009, a navy commando is seen detaining a speedboat with suspected Somali pirates tied up alongside a Greek frigate in the Gulf of Aden after a failed attack on a Norwegian cargo ship. They've been described as "noble heros" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate," a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood. The 21st century reality of ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones, though, is a far cry from that. (AP Photo/ Greek Navy, File)
