Twin Cities Somali advocate heading to NY to help accused pirate

StarTribune ^ | 4/21/09 | Paul Walsh

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

A Twin Cities Somali community activist said he is on his way to New York this morning on a mission to ensure that an accused pirate is treated justly in a court appearance this afternoon.

Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul, said he spoke Monday with the parents of Abdiwali Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain.

Jamal said he intends to be in court today with Wali-i-Musi and carrying a letter from his parents in Somalia explaining that Jamal has permission to arrange for Wali-i-Musi's defense.

Jamal said it's likely that Wali-i-Musi will be represented by a federal public defender or an attorney arranged by the family, possibly from a civil rights organization on a pro bono basis.

"We need him to get any benefits of this judicial system," Jamal said as he headed to the airport for a flight to New York. "Our primary concern is that the family doesn't lose their mind."

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Omar needed to get out of town for a while. His local homies shot up the town on Sunday and he's being pressured by locals to start actually telling what he knows about the growing Somali gang problems in MN....

[Logical me]

Our primary concern is that the family doesn't lose their mind.

This is one of the worst nut jobs I ever heard. What about the hundreds of families of the hijacked ships went through. This asshat should get the death penalty.

[EGPWS]

Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul...

You gotta' be sh!tt!n' me.

[jersey117]

Well that didn’t take long.

[nmh]

Lovely!

Now we have one unabashedly defedning “pirates”.

excerpt:

Jamal said he intends to be in court today with Wali-i-Musi and carrying a letter from his parents in Somalia explaining that Jamal has permission to arrange for Wali-i-Musi’s defense.

...

“I think in this particular case, there’s a grave question as to whether America was in violation of principles of truce in warfare on the high seas,” said Kuby. “This man seemed to come onto the Bainbridge under a flag of truce to negotiate. He was then captured. There is a question whether he is lawfully in American custody and serious questions as to whether he can be prosecuted because of his age.”

Jamal said the parents reached out to his organization because his group has been involved in negotiations regarding a Nigerian ship taken by pirates. That ship’s captain, Jamal says, has a brother who lives in the St. Paul area.

Wali-i-Musi is the first person to be tried in the United States on piracy charges in more than a century. He was flown from Africa to a New York airport on Monday.

I wonder if Obama will step in and defend the pirate too.
After all, isn’t it always America’s fault?

Minnestor has a severe problem with Muslims ... I see another article on that ... America had better WAKE UP -
before we turn into another UK with the Muslim problem. Obama is making the problem worse. Obama is a closet Muslim - and that’s the truth.

[mgc1122]

We will come to regret bringing him here for trial. A single bullet properly placed and leaving him for shark food would have been a more appropriate use of assets.

[dforest]

Surprise surprise!

He will be free soon, he and his mama will get welfare and a place to live.

Lefties have forgotten all about the crew of the Maersk.

[goodnesswins]

Wonder if it’s a 501-3c.....

[SlowBoat407]

This asshat should get the death penalty.

It should have been carried out the minute the captain was secured. "He attacked us, we defended ourselves. He and his AK-47 went over the side and the sharks got him."

Problem solved.

[MHGinTN]

Probably taxpayer funded, too! Minny soda is nearly unliveable as a location due to all the socialist effluent flaoting there. And the people up that way even elected a demented clown for U.S. Senator.

[nmh]

Go to the link:

http://www.startribune.com/local/43336592.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU

I know from other sources that are credible that there is a HUGE MULSIM PROBLEM there.

Comments on Mulsim problem

http://www.startribune.com/local/43336592.html?

Comments on Muslim problem:

http://ww2.startribune.com/user_comments/comments.php?d=asset_comments&asset_id=43336592&section=/local

You have to register to read the entire article called,

Wake up!

[EGPWS]

We will come to regret bringing him here for trial.

Yeah, well at least he is missing the freedom of visiting beautiful downtown Mogadishu and suffering the penalty of sitting in a NYC jail with only 3 meals a day, an exercise room, and indoor plumbing.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Sorry Somali, the kid has no rights. He only gave up because he’d heard what a bunch of wusses were running the USofA.

Wake Up, America before it’s Bye Bye, AmeriKa.

[nmh]

Muslims are doing the SAME THING they did in the UK. They get into positions of power due to our illogical politically correct attitudes and then they want Shari Law. That's the legal by product of Islam. Just watch... .

[EGPWS]

I know... ; )

[downtownconservative]

“..serious questions as to whether he can be prosecuted because of his age...”

More birth certificate drama...young Wali-Musi will no doubt claim he was born in Honolulu and is only 12 years old.

[Tijeras_Slim]

“I think in this particular case, there’s a grave question as to whether America was in violation of principles of truce in warfare on the high seas,”

They're more like guidelines...

[rbg81]

Watch—this pirate kid will become a cause celeb. He’ll get off as a matter of course. After which, he’ll get a full scholarship to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford.

[bestrongbpositive]

Why would the pirate need help?? “BO” will give him citzenship, a free education, and welfare for the rest of his life because he was treated so badly by our troops.
[ sarcasm }

[Kakaze]

This why pirates should be immediately hanged, Then left at the head of the harbor for all to see, the scavengers will clean them up.

Stick a web cam on them too, let the world see it......this type of immediate penalty was a heck of a deterrent 200 years ago.