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Why NY Is the Wrong Place to Try Somali Pirate

by Soterios Johnson

NEW YORK, NY April 23, 2009 —Eighteen Somalis captured by the French and German navies appeared in a crowded Kenyan court today to face piracy charges. Meanwhile, the lone surviving pirate from the attack on an American vessel is sitting in a New York jail awaiting a federal trial. Time.com senior editor Tony Karon says that's a mistake. He argues that bringing Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse to American soil to face an American court will not benefit the U.S. or Somalia, nor will it help put a stop to piracy off the African coast.


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