Posted on 04/21/2009 9:45:20 AM PDT by NoPrisoners
NEW YORK – The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain arrived in New York on Monday, smiling for a gaggle of cameras and reporters as federal agents led him into custody to face charges in the attack.
Abduhl Wali-i-Musi (AHB'-dul wahl-ih-MOO'-sih) was handcuffed and had a chain wrapped around his waist. His left hand was heavily bandaged from the wound he suffered during the skirmish on the ship two weeks ago.
The smiling teenager seemed poised as he entered a federal building in a rainstorm, but he didn't say anything in response to reporters' shouted questions about whether he had any comment about the pirate episode.
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 and taken into custody ahead of a court hearing Tuesday...
The teenager's arrival came on the same day that his mother appealed to President Barack Obama for his release. She says her son was coaxed into piracy by "gangsters with money."
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IN OTHER NEWS: Oprah, Whoraldo, Communist lawyers, all have been observed salivating.
Those “gangsters with money” are muslims like her.
And now he is thrilled to be in the USA courts instead of having to face his mentors, having failed his mission.
His smile showed he’s won already.
Make me sick.
Any bets he gets off, has an autobiograhy written about him and makes a fortune off movie-rights?
I guess we don’t have enough criminals so we are now importing them. Must be part of 0bama’s plan to stimulate trade and help the economy.
When is Zero going to fly the rest of his family in?
Gee...I feel sorry for the HOSTAGES MOTHERS!!!
release the boy ... hang the mother
He’ll be doing Letterman and his own reality TV show inside 6 months.
Oh, and how many of the NY reports speak Somali or whatever?
>The smiling teenager seemed poised as he entered a federal building in a rainstorm, but he didn’t say anything in response to reporters’ shouted questions about whether he had any comment about the pirate episode.<
And this is a surprise, since the grinning little pirate speaks no English?
Oh, but he has such a nice smile. Did you see him mugging for the cameras?
Is good to be in America. I spend days watch the TV and learn how to bassetball. Food is good and I get three meals a day, not like home where once day rice. Showers with hot water too. Plus trip to America is free. Just surrender. See you when you get here.Once the pirates in Somalia find out what a good deal it is to surrender, they won't even bother hijacking freighters. They'll sail right up to our Navy ships and turn themselves in. |
| I guess we don’t have enough criminals so we are now importing them.
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That's a roger!
“And this is a surprise, since the grinning little pirate speaks no English?”
“Ooga booga?” (sorry!)
Please don't think I sympathize primarily with his mother, but I do know what it's like to have a teenager running amok. And yes, I prayed in earnest for the captain and his family.
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There's not much good to say about the Obama Administration, but we should admit that bringing this guy to New York for trial is a brilliant idea. We need to make sure, once he's in prison, that he gets to send letters to his buds back in Somalia.