Beware the Jolly Roger...

Less than a week ago, a cruise ship was chased off of Somalia and managed to evade pirates who shot at them with automatic weapons.

News reports out of Somalia claim that Somali pirates have attacked five ships in the past week.

Theory has it that the attackers are prowling the area in a mother ship from which they are launching their speedboat attacks on other ships.

Pirates...in 2005...whoda thunk it?