U.S. Navy denies deal to battle Somali piracy - Apr 18, 2006

U.S. Navy denies deal to battle Somali piracy - CNN, Apr 18, 2006

But Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, spokesman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, denied any deal. "The Somali government did not talk to the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy has no agreement with the Somali government," Brown said.

I trust that that the U.S. Navy is not running their own foreign policy on the side.

However we do have a combined civilian and military task force in the area and I wonder why CNN couldn't find the time to ask them about this. Are the reporters lazy or just ignorant?

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

-HJC