| " Barthe Cortes is mad and God punishes madmen " | april, 2010 |
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In mid-April, a 24-year old Somali man published on his blog a photo made with his mobile at the coast of Mogadishu. This very controversial photo shows Barthe Cortes with some of his personnel and it sparked a wave of comments, as BVC employees shown there look rather like terrorists and not like personnel of an international company. Most of them have covered their faces and they hold AK47 guns in their hands. (...) The Somali blogger admits that he has been a pirate until recently. He repents and he also refers to Cortes when saying: "I consider myself to be a person saved from bad deeds. I can understand the evil which I did and I am aware that it was not in tune with teachings of Islam, but Barthe is none the better. He is mad and God punishes madmen." [read the full story here] |