USA: Is this fair?

[deshbhakt]

Just to share some mind boggling issues of the mighty USA:-

Recently when pirates attempted to hijack a ship with an american crew,three pirates were eventually shot and one (15year old) was injured and eventually flown to New York to stand charges of piracy.During this saga, three american warships were brought in to 'show'power.

Question: Whilst other arrested pirates are being tried in Mombasa,why does this 15 year old pirate get shipped to USA to stand trial?

Some of you may know about the Anlgo-Leasing scheme in Kenya which todate still being investigated.Recently an American was arrested in the USA for having a role in moving funds from this scheme and the authorities there have 'promised to send any informations' to the Kenyan Govt.

Question: When a person is suspected of being a terrorist or has done some kind of 'harm'to american related interests,the person gets shipped to USA or Guantanamo to stand charges so why shouldn't this man be brought to Kenya to stand trial and or assist in person?

Delta Airlines will start direct flights to Kenya in June but not after making the Govt., incur additional costs of 'enhencing'security at their JK intl. airport.Infact they actually threatened to withdraw had the kenyans not complied!

Question: Does this mean all the other other international and local airlines were stupid or dumb for not having made similar demands?

There are bound to be more intriguing issues.....?

[dRU]

I have nothing much to add or comment ,as we can still dig out a lot from all these cover stories like the one below!!
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by Thomas C. Mountain
ASMARA, Eritrea -- One of the best kept secrets in the international media these days is the link between the USA, Ethiopia and the Somali pirates. First, a little reliable background from someone on the ground in the Horn of Africa.

The Somali pirates operate out of the Ethiopian and USA created enclaves in Somalia calling themselves Somaliland and Puntland. These Ethiopian and USA backed warlord controlled territories have for many years hosted Ethiopian military bases, which have been greatly expanded recently by the addition of thousands of Ethiopian troops who were driven out of southern and central Somali by the Somali resistance to the Ethiopian invasion.

After securing their ransom for the hijacked ships the Somali pirates head directly to their local safe havens, in this case, the Ethiopian military bases, where they make a sizeable contribution to the retirement accounts of the Ethiopian regime headed by Meles Zenawi.

Of course, the international naval forces who are patrolling the Horn of Africa know all too well what is going on for they have at their disposal all sorts of high tech observation platforms, ranging from satellites to unmanned drones with high resolution video cameras that report back in real time.

The French commandos started to pursue the Somali pirates into their lairs last year until the pirates got the word that for the right amount of cash they were more than welcome in the Ethiopian military bases in their local neighborhoods. Ethiopia being the western, mainly USA, Cop on the Beat in East Africa put these bases off limits to the frustrated navies of the world, who are no doubt growling in anger to their USA counterparts about why this is all going on.

Now that the pirates have started attacking USA flagged shipping, something that was until now off limits, it remains to be seen what the Obama administration will do. One thing we in the Horn of Africa have learned all too well, when it comes to Ethiopia, don?t expect anything resembling accurate coverage by the media, especially those who operate under the cloak of ?freedom of the press.?

[Max Shimba]

International court ipo pale lower Manhatan, pembeni ya center street. Hivyo basi yule Msomali ni haki yake kupelekwa pale na kufunguliwa mashtaka mapema, ili kuonyesha kuwa upairate ni kosa la jinai, na halita fumbiwa macho hata kidogo. Zaidi ya hapo, meli aliyo cheza nayo ni ya wa akina obama/wamarekani.

Kumbuka hawa pirates wamesababisha insurance ya meli kuongezeka kwa zaidi ya $50K kwa mwaka kwa kila meli, hiyo gharama ni kubwa sana kwa waendeshaji/owners wa meli na hivyo basi kumgusa msafirishaji. I have an Egyptian friend of mine, ana meli tatu, and I can see inavyo msumbua kichwa kuhusu hawa maharamia wa kisomali na kuongezeka kwa insurance ya meli zake.