Now this is funny to the point of hillarity
by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
Saying that the US and Europe “have no moral authority” to control the aid going to Haiti, Somali pirates have said that they plan to donate booty from their hijackings to the relief effort.
The pirates have taken in more than $150 million in the past 2 years, by one estimate, and now aim to redistribute some while thumbing their noses at the Western powers.
“They (the western powers) are the ones pirating mankind for many years,” a spokesperson of the pirates tells Agencia Matriz Del Sur.
While playing themselves up as Robin Hoods of the Somali seaboard at the same time they mistreat a British couple, who they seized some time ago, who have no money for ransom and for which the British government will not pay out one.
Recently the British SAS completely bungled a rescue attempt but then this is hardly surprising seeing how they fared in some other places where they tried things like that. Maybe we need the French to help us a little there.
However, I must say that, if the Somali pirates indeed make good their “threat” to donate a substantial sum to the relief effort on Haiti then they certainly will score one hell of a publicity hit, and not just in Somalia itself.
© 2010
