Somali pirates – Winds of Jihad

WTF is wrong with blowing Somali pirates out of the water?

CRUISE LINER BRITONS HIDE UNDER BUNKS TO SURVIVE PIRATE ATTACK

* Why does this story remind me of Melanie Griffith’s in “Bonfire of theVanities” when she grabs Tom Hanks by the balls and tells him “You knowÂ I’mÂ aÂ sucker for a soft dick..?”

UK News, byÂ Paul Jeeves

TERRIFIED British tourists cowered in their cabins when theirÂ cruiseÂ liner came under fire from gun-wielding Somali pirates.

Guards on board returned fire but the pirates were only repelled when a group of holidaymakers threw tables and chairs as the men climbed ropes up to the deck. The intruders were made to retreat to their own boats.

Passengers were forced to take refuge under their bunks as the gang used two boats to try to hijack the ship Melody on its voyage 180-miles north of the Seychelles in theÂ IndianÂ Ocean.

Jihadi Pirates on High Seas: What’s the Driving Force Behind Them?Â -Â Dr. Walid Phares

Most of the media discussion about piracy in the Gulf of Aden has drifted understandably towards the sensational part of the story: how are the pirates able to roam the ocean? Is paying them ransom a better option than engaging them militarily? Last but not least, will a military intervention against the pirates worsen the situation; will it lead to a massive escalation in Somalia and a Vietnam-like quagmire for many years to come?

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* What’s the point in detaining Somali pirates? Blow the MF’s out of the water!

German navy detains 9 pirate suspects

The Danish vessel Absalon which is also taking part in anti-piracy patrols off Somalia. – Foto: SOK

DER SPIEGEL:Â In a dramatic deployment off the Horn of Africa, a German navy frigate has stopped a pirate attack and taken nine suspects into custody. The success marks the first time Germany has made arrests during pirate patrols off the coast of Somalia. More…

Terror for 1,200 Britons as Somali pirates with rocket launchers attack cruise ship

More than 1,200 British holidaymakers on a round-the-world cruise came under a terrifying attack from pirates armed with rocket launchers.

The 715ft-long Balmoral came under fire four times from Somali bandits, a crew member said.

The 43,000-ton cruise ship was forced to zigzag violently to evade its pursuers as the pirates gave chase in two small craft in the notoriously dangerous waters off Somalia.

One crew member said in e-mails to her boyfriend back in Britain that the pirates circled the ship and came within 400 yards of the cruise ship, The Sun reported.

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*Â Mauritania expels Israeli ambassadorÂ (Slave-trading nation expels democracy…)

Morocco severs relations with Iran

It’s the age old Sunni-Shia hate affair.Â Â Â Â Â

RABAT, Morocco (AP) â€” Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam in this Sunni Arab kingdom.

From Eye on the World / Â More…

Holy Genocide:

“We will keep murdering and there’s nothing you can do about it” sez Sudan…

Iran: “You offend him, you offend the entire Muslim world”

Â ICC warrant for mass-murdering Sudanese president “insult to Muslims”

‘Rape the women, kill the children’: ex-Sudanese soldier recalls Darfur raid

Former soldier tells how he was ordered to kill, rape and destroy villages by the government

Qatar disappointed at ICC ruling against Sudanese President

Sudan: Bashir will ‘not cooperate’ with court, says diplomat

Rome, 4 March (AKI) – Sudan’s ambassador to Italy, Alier Deng Ruai Deng, said his country would not cooperate with the International Criminal Court after it issued an arrest warrant for president Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur on Wednesday. Al-Bashir, the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the court, faces five counts of crimes against humanity, including responsibility for murder, rape and torture, and two counts of war crimes.Â Â Â Â Â Â

“The view of Sudan is very clear. We will not accept such a decision from the ICC. We think it is a politically based decision, not based on legality,” said Deng in an interview with Adnkronos International more from (AKI).

A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down

* Quick: where’s Bono when you need him?

Desperate cry for help as victims of Sudan’s fit of anger lose faith, hope â€“ and now charity

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Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The move has put the supply of food to 1.1 million people in doubt

* Â Sudan Threatens a Million Africans with Starvation to Protect War Criminal…

AP gushes for Somali pirates

Somali pirates transform villages into boomtowns

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY, Associated Press Writers

* Here’s what you get when you employ guys with names like Mohamed. Elizabeth Kennedy, who also claims credit for this report, safely sits in Nairobi in a guarded compound….

MOGADISHU, Somalia â€“ Somalia’s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women â€” even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

And in an impoverished country where every public institution has crumbled, they have become heroes in the steamy coastal dens they operate from because they are the only real business in town.

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