Omar Jamal gave a good interview on Rick Sanchez. Also The guardian wrote: Muse’s father, Abdiqadir Muse, told Associated Press his son had been tricked by older pirates into going along with them. “He just went with them without knowing what he was getting into,” he said. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is led into a federal building by US authorities...Continue reading »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult Tuesday with piracy after a prosecutor said he gave wildly varying ages for himself but finally admitted he was 18. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck said Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse could be treated as an adult in U.S. courts after a closed...Continue reading »
Riix Sawirka si aad u daawato waraysigii Axmed Xuseen “They came and bullied the the small scale Somali fishermen, they cut their nets, run their boats and sort of enforce their will…” Ahmed Hussein. CBC News Today program interviews Ahmed Hussen, the national president of the Canadian Somali Congress. Waraysi ku saabsan Sunta lagu shubayo Soomaaliya...Continue reading »
France 24 —Piracy is a thriving business in spite of the presence of many foreign warships in the Gulf of Aden. Last year, the income from piracy reached a staggering 40 million dollars. The pirates use the money to buy villas and cars at home in Somalia, but UN experts say the money is also flooding the neighbouring Kenyan property market. According to Bruno Schiemsky,...Continue reading »
Pirates in Slow Motion The 20/20 program that aired friday april 17 described the Somali Pirates With rusted AK-47 rifles slung across their backs, the emaciated, barefoot pirates cruise the vast waters off the coast of Puntland, Somalia, into the Gulf of Aden in decayed motorboats, like sharks hunting their next meal. The program was well produced but lacks truth, in...Continue reading »
The ship captain rescued by Navy snipers from the clutches of Somali pirates said upon his triumphant arrival back in his home state Friday that he was just an ordinary seaman doing his job and he’s not a hero – the military is. Captain Richard Phillips arrived in Vermont a week and a half after being taken by pirates who attacked his cargo ship, the Maersk...Continue reading »
Said Sh. Samatar, Professor at Rutgers-Newark University. Author - Somalia: a nation in turmoil, Oral poetry and Somali nationalism: the case of Sayyid Mahammad 'Abdille Hasan. And many more. Today’s pirates are mainly fighters for Somalia’s many warlord factions, who have fought each other for control of the country since the collapse of the Siad Barre...Continue reading »
Dhanka bidix Fanaanka weyn Aargoos, Dhanka Midig Cabdixakiin BR Qosol & Qaraami waa barnaamij aanu ugu talagalay in lagu bar baariyo Fanka iyo Suugaanta Wuxuu ka dhacaa Makhaaxida kutaal Minnihaha (Minneapolis) oo la yiraahdo 1st Cup Coffe. Bartamaha Media oo ah kuwa ugu horreeya oo had iyo goor usoo jeeda inay aruuriyaan hiddaha, dhaqanka iyo suugaanta Soomaaliyeed...Continue reading »
Somali sources close to the trade say that the dumped materials included radioactive uranium, lead, cadmium, mercury and industrial, hospital, chemical and various other toxic wastes. In 1992, Unep said that European firms were involved in the trade, but because of the high level of insecurity in the country there were never any accurate assessments of the extent of the...Continue reading »
Wasiirka Waxbarashada D.G. Puntland Cabdi Faarax Siciid "Juxa" oo la taagan qaar ka mid ah qabanqaabiyayaashii xafladda iyo dadweynihii halkaas kusoo dhoweeyay April 11, 2009 (Bartamaha) Bartamaha — Waxaa habeenkii Sabtida ahayd ee taariikhduna ahayd bisha Abriil 11keedii lagu qabtay hoteelka Ramada Inn and Convention Center ee magaalada Columbus gobolka...Continue reading »
Drama in the high seas - Day 3 Nairobi/Washington – Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped from the lifeboat he was being held on into the Indian Ocean, media reports said Friday, as the US Navy sent extra ships to the region. Richard Phillips reportedly leapt from the lifeboat in a daring attempt to swim to a US Navy destroyer,...Continue reading »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday it has been called in by the U.S. Navy to assist with the hostage negotiations with Somali pirates holding an American ship captain. An spokesman for the federal law enforcement agency said in a brief statement that FBI negotiators “are fully engaged in this matter.” The captain...Continue reading »
