The US and French governments, deeply concerned about attacks on oil tankers, have introduced a draft United Nations resolution that would allow countries to pursue pirates from the high seas and into territorial waters to arrest them.While the draft resolution would specifically authorize action only against pirates off Somalia, it contains the possibility of extending the antipiracy mandate elsewhere.The draft resolution expresses concern at reports from the International Maritime Organization providing “evidence of continuing piracy and armed robbery in regions crucial to international navigation, including the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea.”It cites the hijac...