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Alamuti Lotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 08:11 PM
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Somali militants to stop piracy, free hostages
Source: AP

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamist militants who seized a pirate stronghold on the Somali coast will liberate any foreign hostages they find, a militia commander said Monday, but the brigands had already fled on land and were also sailing off with several captured foreign ships.

Dozens of fighters from the militant group Hizbul Islam group rolled into Haradhere on Sunday. Pirates piled their big screen TVs into the luxury cars they had bought with ransom payments and drove off, avoiding a clash. At least four hijacked ships anchored near Haradhere moved toward Hobyo, another pirate den, said Haradhere resident Osman Gure.

The head of operations for Hizbul Islam, Sheik Mohamed Abdi Aros, told The Associated Press his fighters have not come across any hostages yet but if that they did the militants would release them along with any hijacked ships. Pirates hold more than 300 hostages taken from ships attacked off East Africa the last several months.

"Hizbul Islam came here to install Islamic sharia law in this region and fight piracy, which we consider un-Islamic," Aros said by phone. "We hope to curb the dirty business."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_af/piracy
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