Somali Pirate Arrives in NYC, Awaits Court Hearing

[IDemo]

Source: ABC News


Abduhl Wali-i-Musi awaits charges the hostage-taking of American ship captain

By VIRGINIA BYRNE Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK April 20, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press

The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain has arrived in New York to face charges in the attack.
U.S. Navy on Scene of Somalia Ship Hijacking, Captain Still Held By Pirates

Abduhl Wali-i-Musi (AHB'-dul wahl-ih-MOO'-sih) was surrounded by about a dozen federal agents as he arrived in lower Manhattan late Monday. He was manacled with a chain wrapped around his waist, and his left hand was heavily bandaged from the skirmish on the ship.

He was due to appear in federal court in New York on Tuesday. He is the first pirate to be tried in the United States in more than century.

The teenager's arrival came on the same day that his mother appealed to President Barack Obama for his release. She says her son was coaxed into piracy by "gangsters with money."


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[Cronus Protagonist]

1. WAIT!! Aren't they Terrorists?

What's this habeus corpus stuff?

[lbrtbell]

2. His mother's appealing to Obama?

Why didn't she appeal to her son, with words like, "Please don't threaten people's lives for money."

[MADem]

3. Jesus, that pic is something. Big grin--looks like he's a film star with an entourage.NT

[Adsos Letter]

4. Culture Shock!

[Hubert Flottz]

5. What is that guy doing here?

I thought we didn't look back anymore?

[ohio2007]

6. but will he be given a lifetime of steady hot meals ?

he wins the Somali lottery.

[Igel]

7. Spendy.

Provides notoriety and publicity.

And gives more Somalis a reason to take hostages--claiming he's a political prisoner, and holding others for his release, and targeting US ships even more than usual. For the obligatory additional 300 pirates that killing his 3 comrades creating, of course.

On edit: If he's not convicted, will he be eligible to claim asylum?

[ohio2007]

8. I bet some folks in Minnesota will be watching this case closely. Be interesting to see how the msm

in the Twin cities spin it

[maxsolomon]

9. why?

there are Somali refugees elsewhere. for instance in Seattle. LOTS of Somali refugees.

[ohio2007]

10. High-seas pirate tries to adjust to NY prison cell

NEW YORK (AP) — The wound on Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse's slim hand, where he was stabbed by a crew member during his pirate attack on a U.S. cargo ship, has been redressed. He's been given painkillers and antibiotics for his injuries and a Quran to use in prayer.

The Somali pirate is being held alone in a cramped cell for two weeks as part of the typical entry procedure at the federal prison also housing Bernard Madoff.

But he essentially has no idea what's going on, his lawyer says, as he faces what's believed to be the first U.S. piracy prosecution in more than a century.

"Imagine yourself in Somalia," court-appointed attorney Philip Weinstein said Friday. "Imagine how overwhelmed you'd be by everything."


snip

Muse, who is Muslim, has been given a special diet. So far he's been eating lots of salads and vegetables.

"He was given cold cuts, and he wasn't quite sure what to do with them, but that's being worked out," Weinstein said. "The prison is trying."


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h0RamKp6mQvrtRMiACUxlZNmPIfAD97P66VG0
Oh the horror..... being treated like Bernie Madoff .

Welcome to Somali Disney World punk