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Somali Pirates Hire Spokespeople?
Per a WSJ.com report (registration/subscription may be required) …
“We have attacked a ship with an American flag — we tried to throw our ladders for climbing (but) it sped and (has) gone away,” said Abdullahi Nor, who identified himself as a pirate spokesman.
So if pirates hire spokespeople, are they really pirates? Maybe I’m stuck in Hollywood/Johnny-Depp mode, but I honestly thought part of the pirate mystique was a flagrant rejection of this level of sophistication.
2 Responses to “Somali Pirates Hire Spokespeople?”
“Somali Pirates hire spokespeople?”
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Why not? Oil pirates do..
Terrorists have spokespersons. Terrorists have become lefty celebrity stuperstars (like Arafat); that's next for pirates if they have any real savvy. All it is going to take is some face and name recognition, like bin Laden.