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boya -- i was taken to meet boya and then about 15 minutes outside of the capitol city immediately i didn't know my partner to well. i thought i was being ambushed or something because why are we going to meet him 15 minutes outside of the city in an abandoned field? and my partner told me that -- >> host: this is yours a moly partner? through the journalist -- >> guest: yak. explained that he was worried about tuberculosis because boya apparently had tuberculosis. i don't think that he actually had it but he was extremely and is heated and so mohammed was afraid and had this paranoia about tuberculosis it wasn't just this one incident. so i met boya at the farm and at first he was completely disdainful. first of all he was to get it. i'm about 6-foot five, and he was at least six of our six-foot eight, extremely thin, and the essentially wouldn't even look at me. he didn't even look at the when he shook my hand he said a grumbling as i interviewed him for about an hour grumbling looking at the sun and said the day was almost over. he was quite disdainful and afterwards i realized af
boya -- i was taken to meet boya and then about 15 minutes outside of the capitol city immediately i didn't know my partner to well. i thought i was being ambushed or something because why are we going to meet him 15 minutes outside of the city in an abandoned field? and my partner told me that -- >> host: this is yours a moly partner? through the journalist -- >> guest: yak. explained that he was worried about tuberculosis because boya apparently had tuberculosis. i don't think...
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but boya, yes, they started out in the early 90s attacking legal fishing ships.that being said, the current business model, which is essentially kidnapping at sea, you go out and capture a ship and it is the crew that's important if you bring them to your local base. and you demand a ransom. it's not conceptually different from taliban in afghanistan captured some and bring them to achieve or guerrillas and taking people into the jungle and holding them hostage. the common ground is they have some were safe and inaccessible, where they can hold and supply themselves while negotiations are carried out. that business model was not invented by the fishermen. it was invented by man, a nickname meaning big mouth. he was a former ex-pat who lived in central somalia, returned to the country. and just figured out that ships that should be coming in will pay these ransom. once he figured out that model and started equipping motherships -- this was a big key development, where early pirate attacks, boya and his menus sure, maybe five-meter fishing skits that they would use
but boya, yes, they started out in the early 90s attacking legal fishing ships.that being said, the current business model, which is essentially kidnapping at sea, you go out and capture a ship and it is the crew that's important if you bring them to your local base. and you demand a ransom. it's not conceptually different from taliban in afghanistan captured some and bring them to achieve or guerrillas and taking people into the jungle and holding them hostage. the common ground is they have...
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boya and his gang had been fishing. and had really suffered a lot of on foreign ships often european french and spanish are very common. mostly it's south asian ships, korean, taiwanese and when they were fishing close to shore for lobster mainly, for rock lobster which is what boya and his colleagues used to fish for, they would come in to conflict with local fishermen and their accounts -- i didn't just take everything that boya was saying as god's truth but there were third-party accounts that these foreign fishers arm themselves with antiaircraft guns. they destroy local gear. they -- i heard one story from the townspeople of ewl who -- two drivers had been swept up by a trawler net and drowned and they ended up destroying local stocks of lobsters through drag fishing. so one of the reasons that i found boya and his men so compelling and their story kind of the -- the thread of their story runs through my book is because they had a justification. it was easier to humanize them and make -- and, you know, make them sy
boya and his gang had been fishing. and had really suffered a lot of on foreign ships often european french and spanish are very common. mostly it's south asian ships, korean, taiwanese and when they were fishing close to shore for lobster mainly, for rock lobster which is what boya and his colleagues used to fish for, they would come in to conflict with local fishermen and their accounts -- i didn't just take everything that boya was saying as god's truth but there were third-party accounts...
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can see behind me but it's a boeing dreamliner as well as the airbus a three eighty as well as so boya super chess all those people being been visiting those big planes trying to see what it looks like inside also on the defense side of a very big build up towards the unveiling of the u.s. one thousand and fifteen this is a fifth generation of military fighter and a fifth generation we're talking about more efficient faster and also better stealth capabilities and the only one of its kind of the market right now is the f. twenty two raptor which we lost the u.s. air force so the t fifty is going to be the market as of the other option as as you will a competitor to the f. twenty two and this is an important ground because this is where they will make their first public appearance i mean has had its maiden flight in january of two thousand and ten but now it's going to be shown to the public to see what its capabilities are so who are the manufacturers expecting about one thousand jets to be produced over forty here period now this is also important for russia because it's the first rus
can see behind me but it's a boeing dreamliner as well as the airbus a three eighty as well as so boya super chess all those people being been visiting those big planes trying to see what it looks like inside also on the defense side of a very big build up towards the unveiling of the u.s. one thousand and fifteen this is a fifth generation of military fighter and a fifth generation we're talking about more efficient faster and also better stealth capabilities and the only one of its kind of...
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but i don't agree with boyas in the media -- bias in the media but i watch -- because there is nothing else to watch. host: why don't you agree with bias in the media? and where can you find no bias in the media? guest: you can't. host: so you don't degree with it and never found where in isn't any what difference does it make? guest: i think there should be a place where you can go to get the who, what, when, where, why, just the facts. host: are you willing to take the team to read the speech, watch the speech in its entirety? guest: sure. host: how often? guest: as often as it takes to learn the facts. host: aren't you busy? yes but with the internet there are so many easy ways and you can youtube and fast forward. host: so you don't really want the whole thing. i'm confused. let's ask this young lady. what is your name? guest: i'm from clifton park, new york. i think that bias in the media is so popular because it is easier. if you just give performance the facts they have to think about it themselves and they don't have time, they are too lazy. so if you tell them what to think th
but i don't agree with boyas in the media -- bias in the media but i watch -- because there is nothing else to watch. host: why don't you agree with bias in the media? and where can you find no bias in the media? guest: you can't. host: so you don't degree with it and never found where in isn't any what difference does it make? guest: i think there should be a place where you can go to get the who, what, when, where, why, just the facts. host: are you willing to take the team to read the...
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main character i embedded with for about three months as you mentioned was a former fisherman named boyaas his nickname, anyway. and he and his men were all former fishermen. they were the original wave of fishermen pirates who had begun fighting against foreign fishing in the 1990s. they weren't murder rurs. they were scary guys but they weren't murderers. the pirates you see out there now are becoming increasingly bloody and violent and don't hesitate to use torture. >> suarez: you talk about millions of dollars being realized as ransom for some of these captured ships. seized on the high seas, brought into a somalian port. when that couple of million bucks comes ashore in this puntland place, how does it get divvied up? who's in for a share and how much money are we talking about? >> well, the ransoms themselves are often actually not delivered by hand but actually parachuted down from small aircraft that just dump it on the ship or nearby the ship and leave and pirates immediately rush and go pick up the package and there's an accountant on board who has an excel sheet with everyone'
main character i embedded with for about three months as you mentioned was a former fisherman named boyaas his nickname, anyway. and he and his men were all former fishermen. they were the original wave of fishermen pirates who had begun fighting against foreign fishing in the 1990s. they weren't murder rurs. they were scary guys but they weren't murderers. the pirates you see out there now are becoming increasingly bloody and violent and don't hesitate to use torture. >> suarez: you talk...