Operation Active Endeavour, a NATO naval task force in the Mediterranean, has curtailed illegal migration by half and improved maritime security to the extent that insurance premiums for merchant shipping have dropped by 20 per cent, Captain Charles Stuppard of the USS Arleigh Burke said yesterday.
"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Sunday, April 02, 2006
illegal migration cut in half due to improved maritime security
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