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Somali pirate 'Big Mouth' quits (ahFReakin' piracy no longer as profitable or safe a career)
BBC News ^ | 1/10/13 | BBC

Posted on 01/10/2013 1:57:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge

A man named by the UN as a pirate kingpin has said he is renouncing crime, a community leader in Somalia has confirmed to the BBC.

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, nicknamed "Afweyneh" meaning Big Mouth in Somali, told reporters after eight years in the business, he had agreed to stop.

He made the announcement in Adado, a town in central Somalia where pirate hostages have often been held.

Successful pirate attacks off the Somali coast fell sharply last year.

Analysts say this is because of the increased use of private security guards on ships and better co-ordination between naval patrols in the area.

After being in piracy for eight years, I have decided to renounce and quit”

Mohamed Abdi Hassan Pirate leader known as "Afweyneh"

Adado's administration chief said other top pirates had also agreed to disarm.

"We persuaded them to disarm and hand over whatever they have - boats and weapons," Mohamed Adan, the leader of the Adado administration, told the BBC Somali service.

"They realised that they cannot function as before with impunity and profits are no longer good," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bigmouth; pirate; quits; somali
What to do?

Times are hard all over.. I hear AQ and al jazeera are hiring.

1 posted on 01/10/2013 1:57:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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29 November 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20549056
Somali piracy: A broken business model?
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent

The business model that has underpinned maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia for the past few years has effectively been broken, according to the Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) in the region, Rear Admiral Duncan Potts.

He told the BBC that a number of factors had led to Somali pirates being “contained and restrained”, and that a combined naval forces raid on one of their land bases back in May had had a profound effect in discouraging pirates from putting to sea.

But he warned that progress against piracy was fragile and still reversible.

The statistics show a dramatic reduction in pirate attacks off Somalia.

In 2011, according to EU Navfor Somalia, there were 151 verified attacks on sizable ships, with 25 vessels being successfully pirated.

So far this year, the number of attacks has shrunk to 31, with just five ships captured, the last one in May.

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2 posted on 01/10/2013 1:59:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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Just five ships have been captured by Somali pirates so far in 2012, a significant decline

3 posted on 01/10/2013 2:00:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: NormsRevenge

The solution seems to have been the opposite of “gun control.” Evidently many ships are (dare we say it) fighting back by hiring (oh no!) ARMED GUARDS!


4 posted on 01/10/2013 2:03:46 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: NormsRevenge

He could move to Minnesota and collect government money.


5 posted on 01/10/2013 2:06:14 PM PST by EEGator
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To: NormsRevenge

Proportions look the same - 1 out of six attacks succeeds.
Maybe he has enough money?


6 posted on 01/10/2013 2:07:00 PM PST by Little Ray (Waiting for the return of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Declare Somalia a “No Boat” zone for the next 40 years (two generations).


7 posted on 01/10/2013 2:08:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: NormsRevenge

Well shiver me timbers!


8 posted on 01/10/2013 2:08:34 PM PST by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: NormsRevenge
a community leader in Somalia

Where have I heard that term before?


9 posted on 01/10/2013 2:09:55 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: NormsRevenge
a community leader in Somalia

Where have I heard that term before?


10 posted on 01/10/2013 2:12:26 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: NormsRevenge

Now that they have turned in their weapons and boats, there’s no reason not to send in the Marines to kill the whole bunch, is there?


11 posted on 01/10/2013 2:17:53 PM PST by beelzepug ("Why bother creating wealth when you can just redistribute it?")
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To: NormsRevenge

Last night the Military channel replayed a show about Navy SEALS and what they did during the Maersk Alabama hijacking. I love the ending!


12 posted on 01/10/2013 2:24:49 PM PST by lormand (A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
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To: NormsRevenge

Funny how changing ships from gun free zones to having armed guards destroyed a pirate industry that many nations navy’s could not contain.

A perfect example how the Police are only minutes away when seconds count.


13 posted on 01/10/2013 2:54:30 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Why is it that my first thought on seeing this story is that a certain number of American EBT cards are part of the equation.


14 posted on 01/10/2013 3:19:59 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Cicero
The solution seems to have been the opposite of “gun control.” Evidently many ships are (dare we say it) fighting back by hiring (oh no!) ARMED GUARDS!

Schools and merchant ships are the exact opposite though. Schools are on land, ships at sea. Schools are full of children who are there to learn, ships full of adults applying what they know. Most important: schools are bastions of political correctness, ships subject to the immediate effects of reality. Schools will not admit that announcing that any armed criminal will be the only armed person present is less effective than announcing that any armed criminal will be the least well-armed person present.

15 posted on 01/10/2013 3:23:04 PM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: EEGator

I don’t know about moving to Minnesota to collect government
money but his resume should qualify him for appointment as
Maritime Tzar in the Obama administration.


16 posted on 01/10/2013 4:14:58 PM PST by Sivad (Nor Cal Red Turf)
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To: Sivad
I don’t know about moving to Minnesota to collect government money but his resume should qualify him for appointment as Maritime Tzar in the Obama administration.

Or part of Uncle Joe's blue ribbon commission.

"I just had a great idea! Let's get that 'Big Mouth' guy! He's lookin' for work!"


17 posted on 01/10/2013 4:24:04 PM PST by COBOL2Java (kak-is-toc-ra-cy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. See: GOP-e)
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To: NormsRevenge

Armed security takes all the fun out of hijacking. It’s just not FAIR!


18 posted on 01/10/2013 6:30:14 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: NormsRevenge

I suspect the boys that decided to seize Chinese and Russian ships are not exactly the most popular people at the mosque.

It’s one thing to seize a Dutch ship, where their definition of life in prison is 17 months at a country club, but it’s an ENTIRELY different manner to mess with real countries.

Now they have to worry about dealing with Russians and Chinese on every ship.


19 posted on 01/10/2013 8:48:04 PM PST by BobL
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To: Paladin2

“Declare Somalia a “No Boat” zone for the next 40 years (two generations).”

Good point. They could have simply put up buoys that say “Piracy-Free Ship Zone” and been done with the problem. Would have saved the countries huge amounts of money, while also making them feel really good about themselves.


20 posted on 01/10/2013 8:50:39 PM PST by BobL
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