[AmericanInTokyo]

I watched for or five or so amateur videos on You Tube shot of Eyl, Somalia today; some guy with a handicam just walking around. They even have a little restaurant in the downtown section, where the hostages, when taken ashore, are all assembled for meals and kept in one place. The restaurant owner is making a killing. Al Jazeera or some other outlet said the place is becoming a boom town in the midst of squalor around it. People starting to drive Mercedes, women wearing top of the line clothes and jewelry. This is all PIRATE MONEY which is boosting the local economy of Eyl, it is said. You cant make this stuff up.

[dennisw]

I watched for or five or so amateur videos on You Tube shot of Eyl, Somalia today; some guy with a handicam just walking around. They even have a little restaurant in the downtown section, where the hostages, when taken ashore, are all assembled for meals and kept in one place. The restaurant owner is making a killing. Al Jazeera or some other outlet said the place is becoming a boom town in the midst of squalor around it. People starting to drive Mercedes, women wearing top of the line clothes and jewelry. This is all PIRATE MONEY which is boosting the local economy of Eyl, it is said. You cant make this stuff up.

The pirates are very visable. They own mansions big Toyota Land Cruisers. They live in walled compounds. In other words they are fixed targets and can be wasted from the air which is what I advocate once we get our hostages back...or maybe before

[angkor]

>>>> I watched for or five or so amateur videos on You Tube shot of Eyl, Somalia today <<<<<

That’s pirate central.

Could you post the YouTube link if you still have it?