Posted on 03/28/2019 12:11:33 AM PDT by blueplum
Migrants hijacked a cargo ship that rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea and forced the crew to put the Libya-bound vessel on a course north toward Europe, authorities in two European countries said.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, identified the ship as the Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1. He said the tanker had rescued about 120 people and described what was happening as "the first act of piracy on the high seas with migrants" as alleged hijackers.
The new route put the ship on a route to Italy's Lampedusa island and the island nation of Malta. The governments of both countries vowed to keep it from their territorial waters in the Mediterranean.
"Poor castaways, who hijack a merchant ship that saved them because they want to decide the route of the cruise," Salvini, who heads the anti-migrant League party, was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency. There was no immediate word on the condition of El Hiblu 1's crew.
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It was the strawberries.
What a bunch of ingrates.
Well there you go.
It went to Malta, their Navy has brought it into port at Valletta.
Surprised it took them this long to learn the new strategy. Eventually, throw-away sailboats will be built and sold along the Libyan coast, with a dozen folks climbing on and spending five days sailing across the Med to land on the coast of Italy.
Somebody hire this Person for Our use !!!
I’d love to hear what Pops Frankie has to say about this.
Hang ‘em high, maties. Yarr!
Trump’s wrong, it’s not a national emergency....it’s an iNTERNATIONAL emergency!
The Snake. (Trump’s poem)
This happened six miles from Libya. Why didn’t the tanker captain just call the Libyan Coast Guard? Nothing good is going to happen with 120 Africans on your ship. The captain is risking his crews lives by stopping.
Take them to Corsica .The flag features a beheaded Moor. Refresh the meaning and the memory.
“The Halls of Montezuma” refers to the Battle of Chapultepec on 12-13 September 1847 during the Mexican–American War, where the United States Marines stormed Chapultepec Castle.
“To the shores of Tripoli” refers to the Battle of Derne in 1805, during the First Barbary War. Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon and his Marines hoisted the American flag over the Old World for the first time, in response to piracy.
It’s time for the United States Marine Corps to provide history lessons to our eternal enemies - those willing to use force to spread their evil.
Soon carjackings at a border near you, but it aint a crisis...
This is why we can’t have nice things...
Throw them all overboard. Let them swim home.
Good point. Like most hellholes The Libyan coastguard would probably get around to showing up a few hours later. Lazy sacks of poop.
I was just reading about that on OANN.
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/world/rescued-migrants-hijack-ship-europe-officials-say
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