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Text 1The international effort to stop piracy off Somalia has not worked and the effort clearly needs tobe stepped up into a higher gear.The resp9nse so far has been twofold., first, to assemble naval forces to try to stop the pirateson the high seas: second, to encourage a political settlement within the fractured state of Somalia toenable law and order to be established.The naval forces are growing all the time. There is already a small flotilla of warships in theregion from the US, UK, Canada, France, Turkey, Germany, Russia and India, among others.There has been some success. The warships have established a safe shipping lane and escortfood aid ships into Somalia. The Royal Navy recently shot and killed two pirates and capturedothers. The French staged a daring capture of pirates who had taken over a yacht. The Indian navyhas thwarted two attempted hijacks, though the pirates in both cases got away.And the European Union is about to launch its first naval action. It has approved OperationAtalanta, in which about eight ships will add their weight to the international effort.The problem these days, however, is that the operation is hemmed in by rules and regulations.In 1815 the American Cmdr Stephen Decatur, sent to stop the Barbary pirates in theMediterranean, simply captured the flagship of the Algerian Dey and forced a capitulation. When theDey later repudiated the agreement, the British and Dutch bombarded Algiers.These days, there is no question of a bombardment of the port of Eyl, the main pirate base onthe Somali coast. That might be the most effective response but it would require a UN SecurityCouncil resolution.There is a resolution （1838, passed in October） which authorises the use of "necessary means",meaning force if need be, to stop piracy in international waters. There is also another resolution（1816） which allows anti-pirate operations within Somali waters, but only with the agreement of theSomali transitional