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    Deadly Waters: the hidden world of Somalia's pirates
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    Deadly Waters: the hidden world of Somalia's pirates

    By Jay Bahadur

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    For centuries, stories of pirates have captured the imagination of people everywhere. But the recent gangs of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking huge ships owned by international conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. While the world sees nothing but opportunistic bands of local bandits running riot, Jay Bahadur, the only Western journalist to venture so deeply into this world, truly sees how it operates.

    In Deadly Waters, Bahadur ventures to Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, and tells of the pirates’ lives beyond the attack skiffs: how they spend their money, how they think, and why they risk their lives in often suicidal missions. In the remote pirate havens of Somalia, Bahadur sits down and talks with some of the pirates, their cheeks bulging with khat (the local drug of choice), their mobile phones ringing as the men conduct their business. Bahadur also talks to some of the security personnel tasked with combating piracy, as well as with former pirate hostages who lived on their ships for months while awaiting news of a ransom.

    Deadly Waters is a major first book by a young freelance journalist who managed to embed himself in one of the world’s most dangerous places.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribe Publications
    Release dateJun 27, 2011
    ISBN9781921942020
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    Deadly Waters: the hidden world of Somalia's pirates
    Author

    Jay Bahadur

    JAY BAHADUR is a Canadian freelance journalist who has published articles in The Times (London), The New York Times, Financial Times and The Globe and Mail. He has worked as a freelance correspondent for CBS News, advised the U.S. State Department on Somali piracy and appeared on CNN, the BBC, Canada AM and The Daily Show. Bahadur currently lives in Toronto, where he runs an international news website, Journalist Nation. Follow him on Twitter @PuntlandPirates and at jaybahadur.com.

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    • 4/5
      First off, this author has dangly bits of steel. Flying into Somalia to write this book pretty much straight out of school ...This book details in great depth the who, how, and why of the pirating of the coast of Somalia. A very worthy read.
    • 3/5
      This book is a product of the young journalist's thirst for adventure and ambition to succeed at his craft. However, I couldn't help but think it would have been a much more entertaining and insightful book had it been in the hands of someone more experienced. At times, the book feels more of an academic exercise into the clan-based politics of Samalia, rather than the edge of your seat adventure I expected. Piracy is presented as the product of a complicated and divided culture that has been exposed and attacked through many years of civil war and political unrest.
    • 4/5
      Really 3 1/2 stars. Extremely interesting, but the writing is not great and the material is not terribly well-organized. The research is impressive, and I learned a lot, but it could have been so much better.
    • 4/5
      First off, this author has dangly bits of steel. Flying into Somalia to write this book pretty much straight out of school ...This book details in great depth the who, how, and why of the pirating of the coast of Somalia. A very worthy read.