A Canadian Adventurer In The Pirates’ Lair

[Jacaylbaro]

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Canadian Jay Bahadur gained an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of Somali pirates by living among them for three months. The intrepid writer tells The Globe and Mail about his travels and insights, chronicled in a new book.

 

I had always meant to break into journalism. Every established journalist I spoke to said, “Go out and write freelance and just get your name out.” I quit in 2008 and ended up in Somalia in early ’09. I had studied Somalia in school quite extensively. My original plan was to go and cover an election. Then the piracy thing exploded. I was there for three months total.

[xiinfaniin]

Piracy is a problem particularly to Puntland but in general to Somalia. There are close to 800 youths in prison in India alone, majority of them rounded up from Puntland coasts under the pretext of piracy. These young boys have 'close familial connection' to Puntland, one way or another.To suggest that there is no piracy problem in Puntland or that the admin is in cahoots with an organized piracy group in Somalia is to be transparently political about the whole thing ala Oodweyne style .

 

[Jacpher]

^^ :D

 

Since, by the clear implication of this, is that, Godane and Afqhani, the top leaders of Al Qaida franchise in Somalia has a "close familial connection" to the president of Somaliland and powers-that-be of this fiefdom. This same subclan as the President relationship and everything in Somalia is done through clan relationships. So, there we have it the truth about "terrorism in Somalia" (from the horse's mouth, no less). Hence, lets not have any more insult to our intelligence about "terrorism" being a problem for the leadership of the county.

 

Isn't that the situation we have in Somalia, my friend?