VIOLENCE EVERY DAY, huh?
Instead, they are fixated on one kidnapping case above all others:
"Pirates seek $7m ransom for UK couple" by Associated Press | October 31, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The BBC said yesterday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa.
The British broadcaster cited an unidentified caller as saying the size of the ransom was justified because NATO forces in the area had arrested Somali fishermen and destroyed their equipment.... Paul and Rachel Chandler were headed to Tanzania in their boat, the Lynn Rival, when a distress signal was sent Oct. 23. The British Navy found their empty yacht on Thursday, and both have been in sporadic contact with the British media since.
Rachel Chandler told her brother, Stephen Collett, in a telephone call broadcast by ITV News yesterday that the couple were “bearing up.’’
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Earlier yesterday, a Somali pirate claiming to speak on behalf of the group holding the couple said they planned to move them to another hijacked ship with other hostages anchored off the eastern coast of Somalia....
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"Pirates claim local fishermen harassed
MOGADISHU - Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple said yesterday that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia’s fish-rich waters.
First they dump nuclear waste there, now they are culling all the fish.
Ahmed Gadaf, who described himself as a spokesman for the pirates, said Western fishing vessels “harass’’ local fishermen and destroy their nets. Gadaf spoke to the Associated Press by satellite phone. Gadaf says the British couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, are safe (AP)."
What about the Somali people who are suffering, Glob?
