Islamist Say They Intend to End Somali Piracy

By DANA HUGHES
NAIROBI, Kenya May 3, 2010

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Somalia's pirates fled their stronghold of Harardhere after an army of Islamic militants entered the city, promising to end piracy and free the pirates' hostages.

The Associate Press reports that Hizbul Islam incursion on Sunday sent the pirates "fleeing with big screen TVs piled into luxury cars bought with millions of dollars of ransom money."

The report also claims that Hizbul Islam is promising to eliminate piracy in the town and free all foreign hostages.

But there are other reports that the combination of the pirate money and encroaching on Al Shabaab territory are what made Harardhere so attractive to Hizbul Islam. …

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