Monday, November 15, 2010

Somali Pirates Free British Couple for Ransom After More Than a Year in Captivity

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/world/africa/15pirates.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=pirates&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Subject: re: Somali Pirates Free British Couple for Ransom After More Than a Year in Captivity
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:
   Your tale of piracy chilled my blood. If Somalis now command magic ships capable of "sail[ing] to Xarardheere, a pirate den in central Somalia", will they pop up in my backyard next? A moment's research set my heart at ease. Xarardheere is just 13miles from the coast, and there is moorage for a conventional pirate boat at El Ghan, without invoking flying ships. Your article might have said as much.
Barry Levine

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