Monday, April 20, 2009

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Gunmen have demanded a $1 million ransom for the release of three aid workers taken over the weekend, a local elder told Reuters on Monday.

Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous places for aid workers and is suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies, with 3 million people dependent on food aid.

Attacks on relief organizations, normally blamed on Islamist rebels or clan militias, have forced groups to scale back on humanitarian operations.

"We came back this morning with empty hands," said local elder Aden Isak Ali from Rabdhure town, near where gunmen seized a medical team from the charity MSF-Belgium.

"The gunmen who hijacked MSF aid workers told us this morning that they will only release the foreign workers if they are given one million U.S. dollars as ransom," he said.

MSF in Brussels confirmed on Monday two male doctors from Belgium and Holland had been kidnapped. A local MSF worker said a Somali employee was also taken.


I often wondered what would happen if government broke down completely, So this is what happens. The world tries to help, but the lawless just take advantage of them. It seems anarchist are not really in it for the greater good after all. When the thugs toppled the government I'm sure the people thought any change would be better than what they had.

There is a lesson in this about change. Change can be good or bad. Make sure you know what you are buying before you put your money down. Hope is a good thing, informed hope is a better thing.

Where is 'The meek shall inherit the earth' model when you need it? Seems we need a few tall men to make sure the meek don't get swallowed up by the greedy bastards of this world.

My plan isn't going to solve all the problem but might be a start. Explain to the above mentioned elder there will be no ransom... The people he elders over will all starve unless he provide intel on the thugs. When we get it go in and kill them all. Just to prevent anyone of them from killing the village informant. Then put their heads on a pike outside the place where the doctors were taken hostage.

Remember these thugs are in it for the money, there is no profit in killing the hostages. Get a good plan to rescue them and do it ruthlessly.

There is a KGB story. In Lebanon they took Americans hostage by the score but not Russians. Supposedly they took one Russian hostage. The KGB could not find him but they found people who knew people and they harshly interrogated them them. They got a name of the leader of the cell.

Supposedly the KGB found the man's brother who was not a terrorist. They cut off his head and dropped on the hostage takers father's doorstep. That they say is why there were no Russians kidnapped in Lebanon.

Since we hired ex Nazis to get into space, maybe we should hire a few ex KGB agents. That is if we haven't already.

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