Posted on 11/21/2008 5:28:36 AM PST by Abathar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents entered a port on Friday in search of the pirate group behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.
Separately, police in the capital Mogadishu said they ambushed and shot dead 17 Islamist militants, in the latest illustration of the chaos in the Horn of Africa country that has fueled a dramatic surge in piracy.
The Sirius Star -- a Saudi vessel with a $100 million oil cargo and 25-man crew from the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Poland and Britain -- is believed anchored offshore near Haradheere, about half-way up Somalia's long coastline.
"Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country and hijacking its ship is a bigger crime than other ships," Sheikh Abdirahim Isse Adow, an Islamist spokesman, told Reuters. "Haradheere is under our control and we shall do something about that ship," he said.
Both the U.S. Navy and Dubai-based ship operator Vela International said they could not confirm media reports that the hijackers were demanding a $25 million ransom.
That would be the biggest demand to date by pirates who prey on boats in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean off Somalia.
An upsurge of attacks this year has forced up shipping insurance costs, made some firms go round South Africa instead of via the Suez Canal, brought millions in ransom payments, and prompted an international naval response.
In Mogadishu, police said they laid in wait and shot dead 17 fighters from the militant al Shabaab insurgent group during an attempted attack on a senior official.
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Sounds like one group just received payment from the Saudis to go after the other.
Oh, those wacky pirates! Do they look like Keith Richards (or Johhny Depp)???
Therefore the correct headline would be:
Islamists on trail of Somali Islamist pirates
Somalia makes the ‘Wild, Wild, West’ look like a square dance.
Charles Darwin would also surely be proud. If his theories are correct, the most intelligent human of all time should emerge from Somalia. It’ll be the last guy who’s left standing.
Since he plays a pirate in movies, has the lamestream medjia axed Johnny Depp what he thinks the solution is to the international “pirate problem”?
The medjia usually considers actors/actresses’ opinions as expert opinions on every subject.
Obama will grant the pirates amnesty then make citizens of them.
The only reason that this is happening is that the other mohammadans want their cut of the loot!
I was slumming at the DUmp yesterday and was seeing what was said on a pirate story. There are people who actually believe the the pirates are so decent about not hurting people and being polite to them when they take hostages that we should NOT fire on their vessels or bases.
Basically if we fight back then they will just start killing people in retaliation, then it will be our fault.
Paraphrasing they are just doing what they need to do to get by, we can afford a few cargos to be taken to help them out.
Oh, yeah, right! This is like OJ going after the real murderer.
Here's something from the evolutionist Edwin Conklin...
"The religion of evolution holds forth no hope of a perfect millenium in which all evil shall be eliminated and all struggle shall cease... There can be no progress of any kind without struggle... The struggle against evil in general is thus a condition of social progress... Evolution thus offers a rational solution of the great problem of evil. It has taught us that there is all about us a great and world-wide struggle for existence; that inaction and satiety end in degeneration and that advance can be purchased only by struggle, suffering, and death. "- E.G. Conklin, The Direction of Human Evolution,1921.
You do realize that “Islamist” isn’t the same thing as “Muslim,” right?
Everybody wants those 25 million nuts.
Islamo-Crooks fghting over the right to rip off the dumb-ass infidels.
Did you need to take a shower after going to DU????
So, who are the bad guys?
From dictionary.com, definition below ... I was referring to definition #2 when I used the term:
islamist
noun
1. a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies
2. an orthodox Muslim
Unfortunately, intelligence is not a survival characteristic in that environment. Viciousness is. the most vicious human of all time should emerge from Somalia, and he probably will.
Osama bin Laden cut his teeth there, after all...
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