1, It contains some stunning statistics about life in Somalia.
2, It's a fine example of media propaganda.
For decades now the French and other nations who produce nuclear waste have been dumping it in the sea off the coast of Somalia. This not only has led to stunning child mortality, among other lethal medical problems, it has also destroyed the fishing grounds. The people now allegedly committing acts of piracy are the fisherfolk who took to arms to stop the dumping of nuclear waste in their waters. Some of their number may (or may not) have committed acts of piracy, but these were decent, peaceful, law-abiding people until their livelihoods were destroyed. They now patrol their coasts in paramilitary fashion because they must.
Bahadur claims to have lived amongst the pirates, yet he says nothing about their principal grievance. Perhaps he deals with it in his book, but he is asked what people don't know about the pirates, and he says nary a word about the dumping.
Even more absurdly, he insists that the piracy is not the result of poverty. That's a damn lie, and he knows it. This interview (and book presumably) is for propaganda purposes. Perhaps Africom has decided to land troops in Somalia and this is part of the initial PR work to gain public support for yet another invasion and occupation, I don't know, but clearly the author has no intention of telling the truth. One can only speculate as to what his motives might be...
Anyway, for those of you who are foolish enough to believe the news broadcasters are trying to tell you the truth, take a gander at this psy-op.
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