Sunday, November 23, 2008

More on Somalia (thanks Serene), and you thought colonialism was over.. :

"We consider ourselves heroes" - a Somali pirate speaks.

There is some truth behind Yemen accusations of Western countries with ignoring the piracy to internationalize the Red Sea. In his interview with Russian TV, Yemen president calls the Western countries to re-build Somalia.

2 comments:

qunfuz said...

the islamic courts have offered to stop piracy. the pirates say they'll continue until there's a functioning government in somalia. I'm not an 'islamist', but it's clear that the islamic courts had the capacity to unify and pacify the country for the first time in decades. it was a genuine somali answer to the somali tragedy. so America and its ethiopian client drove them out, hence chaos, slaughter, displacement and now piracy. and the empire throwing its hands to the sky and saying what can we do? these africans are uncivilised, can't govern themselves. we have no choice but to assume our (used to be white man's..) burden and colonise the sea lanes.

Maysaloon said...

The bastards...