Monday, April 26, 2010

An insane world: pirates, "moderate Islamists", Al Qaeda extremists

***And the "civilized" world captures pirates and lets them go, with food and water. Now we're supposed to root for the pirates because their hostages are better off with them than with Al Qaeda?***
http://tinyurl.com/28oqasu
Somali militants push toward pirate stronghold
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and MALKHADIR MUHUMED,=
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Fighters from Somalia's al-Qaida-linked militant group moved into the northern region where Somali pirates operate early Monday, residents said, forcing pirates to flee and raising the specter of an insurgent attempt to close down the piracy trade. The pirate gang holding a kidnapped British couple fled into a forest to escape the militants,...Maslah Yare, who leads the pirate gang that is holding the Chandlers. Somali pirates and insurgents are two separate groups. If al-Shabab militants take control of pirate strongholds, the 300-plus foreign hostages that pirates hold could be in greater danger...

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