Sunday - April 06, 2008
Arrgh, The French!!
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP)—France has made contact with pirates who hijacked a French luxury yacht off Africa’s eastern coast with 30 crew members on board, the French foreign minister said Sunday.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told France-Inter radio that France was in contact with the pirates.
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“We have established contact, and the case may take a long time,” he said, without providing more details. Asked whether France would consider paying a ransom, he responded, “We’ll see.”
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”We have to do everything to avoid bloodshed,” Kouchner said.
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Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, information minister for the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland, said he hoped international forces will “rescue this ship” at Eyl, confirming its location.
France’s prime minister said Saturday that he hoped to avoid force in freeing the crew but that no options had been ruled out. There are 22 French citizens, including six women, on board, as well as Ukrainian citizens, authorities said.
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A French diplomat working on the case said the hostages were being treated well, and that they have been provided food and given the opportunity to wash. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
So fwance will take the nuanced way out, and negotiate and negotiate and negotiate, eventually paying a much smaller ransnom than what was asked for. And the pirates will likely go free. Meanwhile the ship’s crew can bloody well rot.
Even the fly crusted locals expect a stronger reaction from fwance:
Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, information minister for the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland, said he hoped international forces will “rescue this ship” at Eyl, confirming its location.
Eyl, Somalia is about 3 miles up the river from the coast. It is the smallest of towns, perhaps 3/4 of a mile by 1/2, and seems to have perhaps a hundred simple trailer-like homes, each with a fenced in yard. Google Earth it up:
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