Yeah, I agree. I don't understand what the motivation for this is. People are saying the goal is piracy, but attacking a ship from as much as 1,000 miles away wouldn't enable you to board it or take ownership of the valuable cargo. Overall, I don't understand how somebody fighting a civil war would feel that it's somehow advantageous for them to attack a merchant ship with no connection to their conflict. The whole thing makes no sense to me.