Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Brits Seized By Somali Pirates

It's always discouraging to see an article on the web that never made my printed paper (hence the title Invisible Ink). I guess there are things us rubes are not meant to know.

"British couple feared kidnapped by pirates" by New York Times | October 28, 2009

LONDON - A British couple sailing from the island nation of Seychelles vanished after their distress signal was picked up Friday, and British officials have warned the couple’s family that they may have been kidnapped by Somali pirates.

Who "vacations" in the MOST DANGEROUS WATERS in the WORLD, readers?

I smell a REAL STINK!

Also see: Somali Pirates Play Chinese Checkers

A man who has acted as a spokesman for the Somali pirates in the past told a Somali-based reporter working for The New York Times that the couple had been seized by pirates on the Indian Ocean.

So what were they, British spies?

Speaking by telephone from the pirates’ stronghold in the Somali coastal town of Xarardheere, the man, who identifies himself as Farah Abdi, said, “We have them safely in our hands.’’

So they KNOW WHERE THESE GUYS BASE THEMSELVES, huh?

But somehow they are so slippery!

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