Is Toxic Waste Behind Somali Piracy?

**highball** · 04-12-2009, 11:02 PM

In 1991, the government of Somalia - in the Horn of Africa - collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and many of the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country's food supply and dump nuclear waste in their seas.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann..._b_155147.html

**Rajagra** · 04-12-2009, 11:23 PM

What a remarkably biased story. I particulary like his reference to "mysterious European ships."

Not so mysterious that he doesn't know they are European eh?

**Rawaz** · 04-12-2009, 11:43 PM

I didn't read the article..I'm too lazy for that.

But I saw an interesting French documentary about this matter (I love those French documentaries) and according to that the pirates are former fisher that can't stand a chance against the big foreign fishing ships that basically clean the sea from fish.

**JMS** · 04-12-2009, 11:44 PM

Anything to excuse bad behavior huh?

**Philadelph** · 04-12-2009, 11:53 PM

I remembered reading this article from 2006 a while back. National Geographic calls it as they see it:

Modern Pirates Terrorize Seas With Guns and Grenades

**TexasBob** · 04-12-2009, 11:56 PM

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

**JMS** · 04-12-2009, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

**highball** · 04-13-2009, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

Thats what i though when I read the story

**gugi** · 04-13-2009, 04:35 AM

there are various ways to approach a given problem and understanding it well is a good place to start. usually saves, a lot of time money, effort, lives, etc.

i have not read the article because i've heard of these issued before and i don't need another highly slanted representation of it.

i think using one's brain when reading history, news and so on is rather essential.

**gssixgun** · 04-13-2009, 06:11 AM

OK somebody is sending mixed signals here,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann....

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Thomas Jefferson

You are quoting a Newspaper..... well sort of a newspaper....

and then you are quoting TJ

Soooooooo what is the point you are trying to make here????????

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