The Nation (Nairobi)
27 September 2008
All branches of the Kenyan Armed Forces were on full alert on Sunday night and heading for a showdown with the pirates who seized a cargo ship carrying battle tanks for the army.
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Watakao jichija sehemu za siri wajihadhari na ku fanya fanya mapenzi ovy ovyo, virusi vitangia rahisi sana katika sehemu zilizokatwa hivi karibuni. Kule uganda waliojichinja sememu ndio wanaugua ugonjwa huo zaidi.
Dear Pirates, Don't dare to free this ship with 33 Russian built T-72 tanks, ammunitions and other heavy weapons into the hands of these evil human killers. There is news all over that you're demanding a ransom of US$20,000 to free the ship, US$20,000 is nothing compared to the millions of African lives that you'll be saving from death at the hands of these dangerous and evil weapons should they get to their destination be it Kenya or Somalia. You'll be doing a holy and noble duty to destroy this ship and all the weapons on board. Then you can hold the crew members for a ranson. Please destroy the ship before these western evil killers get any closer. Don't negotiate anything with anybody. They have been supplying weapons onto our continents that have greatly killed our innocent African brothers and sisters. We do not produce weapons but we are the greatest victims of these weapons. We do not produce weapons but the greatest number of weapons are on the African soil. Do weapons provide jobs for the jobless? Do weapons provide medicine for the sick?, do provide education, tranquility, development and stability to us? How can African leaders be so stupid and wicked to import weapons to kill their people who are already under misery?
Who said they are going to kill people. Kenyan military do not kill people but i foresee them killing the pirates plus other innocent civillians. I have lived in kenya all my life but i have never seen these tanks but i know they are there. May be we should scrap the army and buy 'drugs'.
If these weapons are not to be used to kill innocent Africans, who will they kill? Are they to be used to kill African elephants in the jungle? If they want to fight drug dealers, they should go to latin America and Afghanistan, we don't do drugs in Africa. We don't produced those weapons and we don't need them on the African soil anymore.
I do think consultant really appreciate the extent and magnitude of the danger these Al Shabab terrorists shall bring on Kenya and region if they managed to get away with the tanks and ammunition on that vessel. In fact these terrorists,motivated by their wrong interpretation of Islam, believe that the millions of Africans Consultant want protected, are in fact part of their strategic targets after the US citizens. The attacks on Nairobi and Dar es Salaam not so long ago are proofs of the ill intentions of the terrorist groups operating along the Indian Coast against Africa.
If these terrorists succeed to intimidate the Kenyan Government into submitting to their illegal demands for ransom, or allow them to deck on the Somali coat with their booty, a precedent would have been set for upsurge of piracy and brigandage.
The world must collaborate to stop this.
Please pirate, i'm against pirates in any form but i congratulate this brave action of yours at holding a ship loaded with weapons destined to take away the lives of innocent Kenyans who are struggling to put food on the table, who are jobless yet, what an irresponsible government has to do is to import arms. what is Kenya going to do with war tanks and ammunitions? Is she fighting a war? Please pirate, destroy those tanks and ammunitions and keep a close watch on any vessel transporting arms to any African country. If this is the good job you will always do, then you'll deserve my undivided spiritual support.