Background – Piracy – Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to conduct joint naval patrols in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, to combat piracy and the threat of terrorist attacks on cargo ships.

• Financial Times: Tripartite action to beat Malacca piracy

US Marines – A look at how the Marines prepared for operations in Kosovo

• Marine Corps Gazette: Kosovo Operations

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