Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Only under Holder-A suspected pirate, freed after a civilian trial, is seeking asylum here.

Only under Holder | National Review Online:

"The story begins with the 2011 arrest of Ali Mohamed Ali, who took part in the pirate attack on a Danish vessel, the CEC Future, off the northern coast of Somalia three years earlier.
Ali acted as a translator for the pirates and communicated their demands to the vessel’s owner, Clipper Group. 
After two months of holding the ship and its crew of 13 captive, the pirates eventually released them in exchange for a ransom of $1.7 million.
The ransom payment was dropped onto the vessel by helicopter.
As part of its efforts to suppress piracy, including the stationing of a naval task force off East Africa, the United States eventually captured Ali."


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