ACCOMMODATIONS PLUS INTERNATIONAL

IN A SURPRISE MOVE TODAY MUSLIM SOMALIA PIRATES HAVE CAPTURED "TREASURE ISLAND HOTEL AND CASINO" ......WELL NOT QUITE....... THEY SEIZED THE "SHIPS" OUT FRONT OF THE WELL KNOWN LAS VEGAS HOTEL AND CASINO

THE TAKEOVER PLAN HIT A SNAG HOWEVER, WHEN THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY CREWS ON THE SHIPS TO TAKE FOR HOSTAGE AND RANSOM

THEY DECIDED TO SEIZE JUST THE SHIPS, BUT WERE UNABLE TO TURN ON THE ELECTRICTY TO MAKE THEM MOVE ABOUT THE SMALL MOAT OR "OCEAN" IN FRONT

A PIRATE SPOKESMAN ADMITTED THEY WERE SOMEWHAT TAKEN ABACK AT THE SIZE OF THE "OCEAN" WHERE THE SHIPS WERE HARBORED
"IT LOOKS MUCH LARGER ON THE TV." HE STATED AND WAS UPSET THAT THERE WERE NO "TREASURE CHESTS" ON BOARD THE SHIPS
"THERE IS NOTHING NO GALLEY, NO BUNKS, NO CANNON......WHAT KIND OF FLEET IS THIS?"

THE PIRATES ARE NOW IN A STAND-OFF MODE WITH LAS VEGAS POLICE AND WHILE THE PIRATES FOR NOW AT LEAST WERE PROMISING TO NOT FIRE ANY SHOTS. THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THEY BE GIVEN A CHECK FOR THE AMOUNT OF 51 MILLION DOLLARS.... THE AMOUNT THEY FEEL THEY ARE DUE CONSIDERING THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF OBTAINING U.S. PASSPORTS UNDER THE GUISE OF "STUDENT VISITORS"

"IT WAS A LOT OF TROUBLE WE HAD TO STAND IN LINE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR, FILL OUT FORMS AND ONLY ONE OF US CAN WRITE.....SO HE HAD TO FILL OUT FOR EVERYBODY, IF WE HAD ANY IDEA HOW LONG THE LINE WAS WE WOULD HAVE WENT TO MEXICO AND HAD THE CARTELS JUST DROP US OFF IN THIS "ARIZONA" PLACE...THEY ASSURED US THEY "OWN" THAT AREA NOW"

"NOW WE DON'T HAVE HOSTAGES BUT WE HAVE YOUR SHIPS AND WE WANT THE MONEY FOR OUR TROUBLE" HE STATED

LAS VEGAS OFFICIALS SAID THAT WHILE THE "SHIPS" HAD BEEN SEIZED, THE CASINO AND HOTEL ITSELF WOULD REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL

WHILE MOST LAS VEGAS VISITORS SEEMED UNCONCERNED BY THE SEIZURE OF THE ATTRACTION
"WE'VE SEEN THE SHOW AT LEAST 70 TIMES....LET 'EM KEEP IT" SAID ONE GROUP OF FRIENDS

HOTEL OFFICIALS HOWEVER, STATED ROOM BOOKING WERE UP, AND VISITORS ARE CLAMORING TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE PIRATES EVEN WHILE LAS VEGAS P.D. WAS STRINGING UP CRIME SCENE TAKE AROUND THE "OCEAN" AREA

A COUPLE OF OFFICERS WERE HEARD TO CHUCKLE QUIETLY TO THEMSELVES

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS STATED THAT "IF A SATISFACTORY AND FAIR OUTCOME IS NOT REACHED WITH BOTH THE HOTEL AND THE PIRATES SOON, THEY WOULD TAKE OVER NEGOTIATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT BOTH SIDES WERE FAIRLY DEALT WITH
"WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SEEM UNFRIENDLY TO VISITORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES........AFTERALL THEY ARE ON STUDENT VISAS AND IN GOOD FAITH WE SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT" SAID AN ADMINISTRATION SPOKESHOLE
HE WENT ON TO SAY "WE UNDERSTAND THAT ROOM BOOKING WERE UP FROM SO CALLED PIRATE TAKEOVER AND IF SO WE FEEL THEY (THE "STUDENT VISITORS" OR PIRATES IF YOU WILL) SHOULD SHARE IN THE INCREASED PROFITS BEING GARNERED BY THE HOTEL AT THIS TIME......ON A PRO-RATED BASIS OF COURSE....AND FEDERAL TAX WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID"

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