An American businesswoman with connections to U.S. intelligence and the military has been talking with the Somali pirates who have commandeered the Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star, trying to get the ship released, ABC News has confirmed. First reported by Military.com, the pirates, who have halted all talks with the ship's owners, are talking to a woman named Michele Lynn Ballarin, instead.Frustrated with the pirates, a senior government official told ABC News,
"It's pretty sad when a horse country socialite has more sway in Somalia than the whole U.S.
In this file photo from Oct. 19, 2008, Somali pirates holding the Ukrainian merchant vessel, the MV Faina, stand on the deck of the ship after the U.S. Navy requested to check on the health and welfare of the ship's crew.government."Ballarin's eventual goal is to turn Somalia from a failed state into a functioning one, according to a business colleague.
SOURCE: ABC News,
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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