Obama aims to halt piracy

摘要

US president Barack Obama has pledged to bring an end to pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa. "I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region," he said. "To achieve that goal we're going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks."rnLess than a week after the Maersk Alabama incident was resolved, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, announced a plan to tackle piracy, declaring that "we have to act swiftly and decisively to combat this threat".