Hardline Islamists vow to fight Somali pirates.

[Are_grits_groceries]

Islamist leaders have promised to fight the Somali pirates and to protect international shipping.
The hardline Islamic authorities in the southern Somali port of Kismayo vowed to forge an unlikely alliance by joining the efforts of the Nato and European Union naval task forces patrolling the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden.

"We will set up marine forces and will protect all ships and vessels from the pirates off the coastal areas we control," said Sheikh Hasan Yaqub, a spokesman for the Islamist administration in Kismayo.

"We will never allow those gangs to cause havoc in our waters anymore and we will protect all vessels."

Kismayo, one of the largest cities in Somalia, was captured in August by an alliance of Islamist fighters - who are conquering much of the country - and the warlord Hassan al-Turki, the leader of a group called al-Itihaad al-Islamiya which is considered a terrorist organisation by the US government.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3483672/Islamists-vow-to-fight-Somali-pirates.html

This is going to be brutal.

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Here we go again.

Back in the day, the Taliban got its start by taking on drug gangs and warlords, and got international praise for bringing stability to Afghanistan.

[Smith_3]

2. LoL, and the DU google ad that I got with that:

http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/imgad?id=CJLVuvaCj-6zFxCsAhj6ATIIb8809GUna4U

A pirate "naval-warfare" video game :silly:

[bullwinkle428]

3. The pirates are clearly threatening their lifeline (oil money)!

[NeedleCast]

4. I don't think this guy understand what the word Never means...

Baghdad Bob says what?