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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To quote the last line of a poem, “You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
WHAT A METAPHOR!
I don’t see a plank in that photo.... or ropes from the yardarms .
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