What is so funny?

[TheCoxwain]

The Somali Pirate brought into the United States this morning .

[cali]

1. I'll take a whack at that.

He's a kid. He's probably nervous. Lots of people smile when they're nervous. Maybe he finds all this exciting.

[MADem]

2. He looks like a movie star with an entourage. nt

[babylonsister]

3. He finally made it to the US!!1! nt

[lame54]

6. beat me to it...

but I'll add - he's looking forward to his book deal

[monmouth]

4. He's thrilled to be in the States and out of that hell hole he's from. No brainer...n/t

[MineralMan]

5. He's famous. How many 16-year-old Somali kids

are famous. So he smiles. He'll smile less often once he's sentenced, I'm pretty sure.

[slackmaster]

7. He's probably just had the best meals of his life so far

Clean clothes and a good night's sleep.

[BeFree]

9. And not tortured!!

Cuz Obama stopped all that. Under Bushco he'd have been tortured by now. As it is, the US Navy has been his butler. Hell yeah he's happy.

[babylonsister]

8. Mystery surrounds Somali pirate's personal life

Mystery surrounds Somali pirate's personal life

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED – 53 minutes ago


MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At home in central Somalia, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse frequented a dusty, outdoor cinema after school, watched Bollywood films dubbed into his native Somali and, his mother says, "was wise beyond his age."

Now Muse — the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain — is a world away in New York City to face what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century. He smiled but said nothing Tuesday as he was led into a federal building under heavy guard.

"The last time I saw him he was in his school uniform," the teen's mother, Adar Abdirahman Hassan, 40, told The Associated Press by telephone Tuesday from her home in the central Somali town of Galkayo. "He was brainwashed. People who are older than him outwitted him, people who are older than him duped him."

Muse's personal details are murky, with his parents in Somalia insisting he was tricked into getting involved in piracy. His age also remained unclear. His parents said he is only 16; law enforcement said he is at least 18, meaning prosecutors will not have to take extra legal steps to try him in a U.S. court.

Muse's mother said she has no records to prove his age, but she and the teen's father say he is 16.

"I never delivered my babies in a hospital," she said. "A traditional midwife helped me deliver."

A schoolmate, however, said he believed Muse was older.

more...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igTmwSouMs9bDOk9sNI3fLcVSZ3wD97MTA6G0

[Javaman]

10. Somalia has a long history of children soldiers. I wouldn't be the least

bit surprised if this guy has been fighting one warlords battle after another for years.