Pirates And Thugz And Islamists - Oh My!

In Somalia? Yes; Somalia. There's a pirate party going on:

Down south, the Islamists who had sworn to eradicate the piracy scourge have joined up with the pirates’ southern branch. There’s more: 13 pirate syndicates have gone public, becoming shareholding companies. The town of Barawa, pillaged and raped by Mohammed Farah Aideed’s Somali National Movement in 1991, is now the wedding capital of the Benadir, and according to a recent visitor’s account, an outpost of Blackberries, Porsches, and Bling.

Hat tip: Nick Wadhams, who reproduces the NSFW image below which accompanied the article.

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