From Eaglespeak:A usually reliable source has informed me that two leaders of Somali pirate groups (at least 30 hijacks between them, I am told) are under pressure from the Islamic courts to stop all hijacking by the end of this month, when the monsoon normally slows pirate activities anyway.
In other word, they have been told to "gather their rosebuds while they may..." but May is all they have.
These "pirate kings" have been told that failure to cooperate in a cessation of ship nabbing will result in serious sanctions - including being the threat of being killed.
In addition, mosques in Puntland have been told to inform their female attendees that the pirates are bringing shame to Somalia by their "sea robbery" and are not good Muslims.
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My Comment: I wish this story was true .... but I doubt it. Somalia is a fractured and failed state. As much as the Islamic Courts would like to believe that they control the country .... they do not. (Hat Tip Information Dissemination).