Reply #44: Islamists on trail of Somali pirates ( taking a muslim ship is not kosher )

[ohio2007]

the whale hunters have harpooned Moby Dick.


I hope they get what they ask for

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.

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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."

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http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-36627420081121

hmm..
admitting that taking any ship is a crime.....


funny ...wonder how the Persians will react to this news ? The two faced abomonation that taking a Saudi owned The "Land of the PROFIT" muslim ship happpens to be more equal then an Iranian owned merchant ship ?


hmmmm. I'm sure the Iranian press will overlook that little quote to those few certified websites allowed to receive filtered news of the world.


not even the jihadis can screw up finding that big ship with such details of its whereabouts being released seeing how they already control that particlar city.;)
but you never know.

They smell pie and are ready to take a slice in the name of mohammad;

Battles over booty loom as militias and rebels drawn to pirate gold
Armed men from different Somali factions are descending on the country's pirate coast, raising fears that a battle is looming over millions of pounds in ransom cash being demanded for the captured supertanker Sirius Star.

Tribal militiamen linked to the pirates, moderate Islamist rebels fighting against the Government and militants from the Taleban-style al-Shabaab movement were among those bearing down on the coastal town of Haradhere yesterday, drawn by the lure of political capital and pirate gold.

Tribesmen in outlying villages prepared to defend the town from possible attack, raising the prospect of a clash with the hardline al-Shabaab, who claimed that they had arrived to stamp out the pirate menace.

Residents, however, said they feared that the influx was a prelude to a bloody fight over the ransom money.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5209344.ece

maybe the jihad is crumbling apart and some groups have turned a new leaf. The struggle is all about the almighty dollar.

Greed was behind the movement afterall.