The modern day pirates.
During my early history lesson the name Francis Drake (Sir) appeared many times in the history of British Empire. He was a pirate and then knighted by the Queen for helping the British Empire to contain the influence of the Spanish. He did that by just plundering and pirating Spanish ships that sail back and forth between Spain and South America. So in those days if you fight the enemies of your country, you can be considered a hero. Francis was remembered as the first British to circumnavigate the globe.
To day in Somalia same kind of pirates still exist. Recently two Malaysian tankers were hijacked by them and just few days ago an American ship too was hijacked. The whole world is watching on the American next move. The Captain of the hijacked ship attempted to escape today by jumping overboard but unfortunately he was recaptured. He must be very brave to do that. Meanwhile another American warship was dispatched to the area to shadow the hijacker. Since the American have not invaded Somalia yet to free the hostages I presume they classify these hijackers less dangerous than terrorist.
(13.4.09) The Captain was rescued by American Navy after a shoot out. While Malaysian government hired foreigner to negotiate and pay ransom in millions of Ringgit, the American used force to free the hostage.