Posted on 03/17/2014 8:40:54 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
CAIRO — U.S. Navy SEALs seized control of an oil tanker that had illegally taken on a cargo of crude oil peddled by rebels in Libya who had earlier captured key oil ports, the U.S. military announced early Monday.
The seaborne raid, staged off of the Cypriot coast, came at the behest of the governments of Libya and Cyprus, the Pentagon said in a statement.
“No one was hurt tonight when U.S. forces … boarded and took control of the commercial tanker Morning Glory,” the statement said.
The SEAL team, backed by helicopters, launched its operation late Sunday local time from the U.S. guided missile destroyer Roosevelt, the Pentagon said.
The episode marked the latest chaotic turn of events for Libya, which has been plagued by turmoil in the nearly three years since the oil-rich North African nation rose up against longtime dictator Moammar Kadafi. A weak central government has been struggling to maintain some semblance of control, while powerful militias, some them tribally based, have tried to fill the power vacuum.
Among the most high-profile of the armed groups is that of Ibrahim Jathran, whose forces engineered the illicit oil sale. He and other groups in eastern Libya's have demanded autonomy and a greater share of oil revenues. But their months-long blockade of key ports had reduced oil output to a trickle.
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Libya. Obama created hell hole left in a vacuum. Death and destruction has followed.
We can send SEAL’s to save the oil, but not to save four lives in Benghazi.
Yes, we can. If I were included in that "we" I would have sent the SEALs to Benghazi but the Commander-in-Cheese made the "other" decision, didn't he?
Apparently the "awl bidness" is more important to him and his minions. What else is new?
Supposedly this had approval from the “lyin’ king” so I guess we’re real, real lucky he’s on top of all this stuff huh? NOT! Did he also “dictate” a corpse-man be included in the detail?
Why did obama order this? Are the oil fields in Lybia run by his brand of muzzies?
What a terrible headline! I’ve never heard of “fugitive” oil tankers...
Excellent observation.
The "Arab Spring" horse manure was always about controlling oil, cash flow and IMF banking for Europe in exchange for support of Islam and the subversion and co-opting of states to create the World Caliphate.
Obama chose dishonor and we shall have war.
We’re working for Libya now?
We’re working for Satan, now.
It's the Slimes, and I had to use it.
God save these guys with soebarkah as CIC. How long before an “accident” befalls them?
The level of insanity that we are now willing to accept as normal is mind boggling.
Not blaming you, of course. Just another example of the lack of professionalism at the Times.
That, is a good one.
um.... since when is the USA fighting Libya’s battles for them?
We put those men’s lives in danger for Libyan Oil?
For the Muslim Brotherhood who took over?
Hillary and Obama wrecked Libya and took a million barrels of oil a day off the world market. Who does that help? Who does this help? Sorry, Republican Congressmen, what is it going to take to build a fire under you? Do we have a treaty with whatever passes for a government in Libya to go out and seize ships for them? Is our military just Obama’s plaything? The paid Democrat liars in the news just ignore this or try to sell it as being a good idea. Is the whole country high?
Second, it's a North Korean flagged tanker ? This is like a bad 90's Bond movie.
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