Related: Pirate Patrol: Israel Feeds the Fishes
Russia's Response to Somali Piracy
Maybe the FreeGaza people should have asked the Russians for an escort.
Welcome to them, Israel; just leave America out of this one, 'kay?
"The case could be the first of several piracy prosecutions in US courts. It is part of a larger US policy debate over how best to deal with the insurgents and how to treat criminal activities that contribute to the instability in Somalia, making it a haven for Al Qaeda-linked terrorists....
Haven for who?
"Al-CIA-Duh?"
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So WHEN do ISRAELIS get put ON TRIAL!
See: Israeli commando who shot six dead on ship may get 'medal of valour'
Oy vey!
No awards for these guys:
"Somali pirate’s mother urges his release" by Associated Press | May 20, 2010
NAIROBI — The mother of a Somali pirate who pleaded guilty to charges of hijacking a US-flagged ship and kidnapping its captain appealed to President Obama yesterday to pardon her son and grant him citizenship....
You know, like WHAT ISRAEL DID!
And don't expect Obama to move unless told to by the Zionist Jews that run him.
Yeah, give the pirate citizenship in the midst of the illegal immigration flap. He pulled enough strings keeping his aunt here.
Reached by phone in the central Somali town where she lives, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse’s mother asked President Obama for leniency, saying her son is too young to have been tried as an adult.
Only if he is Jewish.
“Please, please President Obama, please, American people, please release my son and grant him citizenship to help us,’’ Muse’s mother, Adar Abdirahman Hassan said.
He doesn't listen to the American people; why would he listen to you?
“You live in a safe prosperous country but we live in a chaotic country. With all your power and generosity and kindness, it will be a stain on your name to punish this child and throw him in jail,’’ Hassan said.
All things are relative, I guess.
Within that worldwide image of propaganda we are being impoverished.
And I THOUGHT the MASS-MURDERING MISSILE STRIKES and TORTURE already stained the guy's name; the subservience to shitty Israel has only made it permanent.
He's keeping innocent Muslims in there forever; why would he care about a kid pirate?
Prosecutors say Muse led four pirates who stormed the Maersk Alabama in April 2009 as it carried humanitarian supplies 280 miles off Somalia’s coast....
Related: The Somalia Set-Up: Hero Captain Was a Hoax
And they made a TV show out of it?
So when are Israelis the stars?
Muse’s mother said her son is too young to stand trial.
“I shudder to imagine that Abdiwali will face a minimum 27 years in prison,’’ she said, her voice cracking with emotion. “I don’t expect Americans to punish this little kid. He was duped into piracy by adult friends.’’Jewish?
If so, maybe he could give the kid a pass.
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And if AmeriKa won't do it, maybe the Dutch will:
"Dutch try 5 Somalis on piracy charges" by Associated Press | May 26, 2010
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Europe’s first trial of alleged Somali pirates opened yesterday with conflicting accounts from the five suspects, a notable lack of physical evidence, and a shortage of witnesses, in a case that illustrates the difficulty of prosecuting piracy cases and why so many captured sea bandits are let go.
Yeah, so why even bother with the Israeli murderers?
And with one emotional outburst, one suspect also brought to light the core problem in trying to rein in the rampant piracy afflicting the Somali coast: poverty and the absence of any authority.
“If our children are hungry, who is responsible?’’ shouted Sayid Ali Garaar, 39. “You sleep in your house; I am in prison. I have no country, no family, nothing,’’ he added, wiping tears from his eyes.
“I got into this situation because I am prepared to do anything,’’ he said, speaking to the court via a translator.
The case, held in a top-security courtroom, was a landmark in the fight against the escalating incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, which prompted navies around the world to join in a task force to protect one of the world’s busiest sea lanes for merchant ships and oil tankers.
Oh, then Israel should be next in the dock, right?
Hundreds of pirates have been detained and several have been brought to Europe, but the majority have been released at sea because of the cost and difficulty of bringing them to trial.
Other European countries will be watching the Dutch case closely to weigh the merits of bringing piracy suspects to trial.Why not just do what the Russians did?
That will permanently solve the problem.
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Others also prefer to take matters into their own hands:
"Crew retakes ship from Somali pirates" by Associated Press | June 3, 2010
NAIROBI — The crew of a cargo ship owned by Libya pounced on their sleeping Somali captors yesterday, disarmed the pirates, and killed five of them to regain control of their vessel, which had been hijacked almost four months earlier, officials said.
Then they are TERRORISTS, right?
Oh, ONLY IF the PIRATES are ISRAELIS!!!!
A sixth pirate who survived the attack by the MV Rim crew managed to lock himself in a room and call other pirates to say they had been overpowered before the crew took him hostage, said Abdiaziz Aw Yusuf, the district commissioner in Garacad, a coastal town near where the MV Rim has been anchored.
A crew member was seriously injured during the struggle, the European Union’s antipiracy naval force said in a statement. The crew had reported to the force that they had retaken control of the ship yesterday morning. The EU said it is believed some of the pirates were killed during the confrontation.
EU force commander Rear Admiral Jan Thornqvist then sent the closest warship, the SPS Victoria, to provide medical assistance. A group of pirates on another hijacked vessel tried to block the warship, the statement said, but when the warship’s helicopter approached the pirates, they changed course although no warning shots were fired.
How come the world's navies can not stop skiff-steering pirates?
Because the WEST is REALLY PROTECTING THEM (which continues to give them a reason to patrol the vital shipping lanes off the Middle East oil patch, cui bono)?
The MV Rim was seized Feb. 3 in the Gulf of Aden, outside the internationally recommended transit corridor patrolled by the antipiracy naval coalition. The 4,800-ton ship, carrying unknown cargo, is owned by White Sea Shipping of Libya. The number of its crew is unknown.
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Seems like I'm missing something in the coverage, readers.
Related: The Silent Civilian Slaughter in Somalia
Oh, right, the DAILY DOSE of DEAD SOMALIS I am RARELY READING ABOUT in my "newspaper."
"16 civilians killed during attack on Somali Parliament" by Associated Press | May 17, 2010
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents attacked a building in the Somali capital where Parliament was meeting yesterday for the first time this year, pounding the area with mortars. At least 16 civilians were killed in the fighting that ensued, a medical official said.
Insurgents trained by who?
That's not the way you win over a people, idiots.
No lawmakers were killed or wounded in the attack, police spokesman Abdullahi Hassan Barise said. Previous sessions of Parliament had been postponed since December because of threats from al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked militant group in the lawless Horn of Africa nation.
Uh-huh.
A number of lawmakers have fled the 550-member Parliament in Mogadishu and resettled in neighboring countries because of insecurity.
Militants have killed nine legislators over the last few years for supporting the Western-backed government of President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed. The government has been unable to provide security for them because it controls only a small part of Mogadishu....
Then they are not really helping him, and in fact are likely working against.
Related: Somali Peace Pleas Met With Silence
Government forces backed by African Union troops fought back yesterday, pounding the insurgents’ positions with mortars....
That's where the civilian dead come in.
In a separate development, a driver contracted by the World Food Program was killed Friday by three gunmen outside a hotel in the town of Galkayo, in what was believed to be clan-related violence....
Clan-related the CIA cover story, MSM, or... ??
Didn't see this in the Globe, and I waited for it:
"Mogadishu conflict: 60 dead in two weeks
At least 60 civilians were killed and 14,300 others sent fleeing from their homes over the last two weeks as heavy fighting engulfed Somali capital Mogadishu, the UN refugees agency said on Friday....
Some are staying with relatives or friends in overcrowded conditions while others are simply sleeping in the streets of the capital, "settling under a plastic sheet or whatever material they can find to build a roof."
Now it sounds like Haiti.
Some 1.4-million people are internally displaced in the country while more than 580 000 Somalis are living as refugees in neighbouring states....
One of the largest -- and least covered -- refugee disasters, and there are a lot of them.
The AmeriKan MSM just starts wars; they don't give a damn what happens afterward.
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