Every Girl Wants To Marry A Pirate
Everyone loves pirates. Especially government-controlled Egyptian daily Al-Ahram. That paper’s Farhat Hussameddin may have just penned the best op-ed in the history of op-eds. From a partial English translation published in UAE paper The National, we learn:
“In Somalia, there are over 2,300 maritime pirates who include trained military men, security experts, professional translators and experienced brokers […]”
These organised, hi-tech gangs have managed to seize a Ukrainian vessel carrying tanks, arms, ammunition and military equipment and their ransom demands are high.
“These pirates have become rich and powerful and the owners of many commercial institutions,” he wrote.
“Pirate Jama Shino in the Somali town of Garowe, threw the most lavish wedding party for his second marriage and invited hundreds of people from the local authorities and among citizens,” Hussameddin wrote.
“The bride and the young women who attended the party, said: “Marrying a pirate is every Somali girl’s dream. He has power, money, immunity, the weapons to defend the tribe and funds to give to the militias in civil war.”
