Another American abducted

[DrFilth]

by gunmen in somalia

why do people let themselves be talked into going there, how many more people will get nabbed before people stop going there,even the boats don't like sailing near there

http://news.sky.com/h...news/article/16153790

[boxtops]

This person works there, presumably it's the money which is the carrot (or some people are just completely ignorant of what's going on around them..)

[sandyRoe]

He is a journalist so would know the dangers he faced. He was probably hoping to make a reputation by working in a dangerous place.
remember the people from the UK who were kidnapped in The Lebanon a few years back?