It's just accusations that the priates are claiming in the name of piracy.
Also this quote I find hard to believe in:
Highly unlikely. More likely, we'll continue to buy AK-47's and possible nuclear weapon.
Again, Somalia needs to advocate for itself and form their own government instead of being a "pity me" type of mentality.
I would be surprised if they didn't buy weapons, yeah. Not sure about nuclear weapons

Some pirates talking bullshit does not mean a "pity me" mentality throughout Somalia, but I see your point, and one can speculate what the pirates tried to do when making those claims. Somali warlords recently threw out the US aided ethiopian invasion, so some of them must have some guts left.