ARTICLE: 'West Africa Gets U.S. Military Help: Washington Steps Up Efforts to Curb Piracy In Oil-Rich Region,' By Spencer Swartz, Wall Street Journal (Europe), June 29, 2007, Pg. 8

Great companion piece to my "Americans Have Landed" article. This stuff is the work of Adm. Harry Ulrich, head of U.S./NATO naval forces in Europe (EUCOM has owned West Africa).

I visited Ulrich in March, as you may remember, to give two speeches to his staff and participate in a planning ex. I also interviewed him on this story and wrote him into a first draft, but it ended up getting cut due to length (just too much story). I hope to follow up on this story myself in the future. Til then, a good overview of our efforts, which will also definitely inform AFRICOM.