Old news, but as it was censored many have probably never heard of it....
One of the pirate leaders, Sugule Ali, explains that their motive is “to stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters. . . . We don’t
consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits [to be] those who illegally fish, and dump waste, and carry weapons in our seas.”
www.projectcensored.org...
Somali sea pirates explain the reason behind them going from being fishermen to becoming pirates as a direct result from illegal dumping of materials
such as mercury, uranium, lead, cadmium -- chemical and nuclear waste -- in the Somali waters, since the war started and the seas were no longer
patrolled. These pirates, though there are some bounty hunters, call themselves the "Volunteer Coast Guard of Somalia".
Somali war criminals have allowed ships to dum this waste for payment and weapons. The fishermen by the sea lost the basis for their income and
security. Black waters, with certain phosphorous elements mixed in....
UN has blatantly run over Somali fishermen and their rights in all these years leading up to the piracy. UN has been used as a tool to marginalise and
dismiss completely avoided to mention these things in the resolutions made during this period. Something to concider....
As the ICGS are meeting in Rome today (June 10, 2009), two Egyptian trawlers full of fish illegally caught in Somali waters and an Italian barge
that had been towing two huge tanks suspected of containing toxic or nuclear waste are being held in the Somali coastal town of Las Khorey by the
local community, who invited the international experts to come and investigate these cases. So far, the international community has not responded to
the Las Khorey community’s invitation.
[edit on 30/10/2009 by Neo Christian Mystic]
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