Sunday, January 11, 2009

Five Pirates Go To Their Seventy-Two Virgins

From this article in the Washington Post:
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 10 -- Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.

[...]

The drowned pirates' boat overturned in rough seas...
The the WaPo goes on to state the following:
Piracy is one of the few ways to make money in Somalia.
That makes piracy fine and dandy, then.

We're supposed to feel sorry for the pirates, never mind that they've obtained $30 million in ransoms extorted in the past year.

The mainstream media is beyond hope.

2 comments:

midnight rider said...

No no no. It's not 72 virgins. It's a 72 year old virgin.

Geez.

Reliapundit said...

THE POSTMODERN LEFT ALWAYS HAS AN EXCUSE FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE WEST.

AN NEVER ONE FOR THOSE WHO DEFEND IT.