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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMessage to Pirates: Go easy on the qat.
A pirate who gave his name as Bile Hussein told the Associated Press he had spoken to pirates at the scene of the raid and they reported that nine pirates had been killed and three were missing. He said the raid was very quick and caught the guards as they were sleeping after having chewed the narcotic leaf qat for much of the evening. Qat is a stimulant but users often sleep heavily after hours of chewing.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-25/Somalia-hostages/52784424/1
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Message to Pirates: Go easy on the qat. (Original Post)
trumad
Jan 2012
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liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)1. It is a global phenomenon - criminals are not very smart.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)2. If they were smart, they'd be stashing their loot in the Cayman islands. nt
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)3. DUzy!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. LOL!
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)7. And then running for President
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)5. Did we have intel that knew that?
I often wonder in situations like this whether we had a good source on the qat chewing habits of these pirates...if so, it made our job easier...these pirates were in a drug induced fog...
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)8. Heh.