{"id":40407,"date":"2014-03-17T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=40407"},"modified":"2014-03-17T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:15:08","slug":"seals-seize-rogue-tanker-in-med","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=40407","title":{"rendered":"SEALs seize rogue tanker in Med"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to the New York Times<\/a>, an oil tanker flying the flag of North Korea, but disavowed by the Norks, was cruising the Mediterranean Sea looking for a buyer for it’s contents. The Libyan and Cypriot governments asked for help from the US to help gain control of the rogue ship, so the White House authorized an operation at about 10 PM yesterday and within a few hours SEALs seized control of the oil tanker and it’s crew;<\/p>\n

The American intervention is a salvation to the fragile transitional government in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, which would have faced the loss of its main source of revenue and its sole source of political power if renegade militias succeeded in selling Libya\u2019s oil. Despite days of furious bluster, the Libyan authorities were unable to stop the tanker from arriving in the eastern port of Sidra early last week or from leaving with the oil a few days later. The loss of control over oil revenue threatened the government so gravely that the transitional government appeared to teeter, with Parliament voting to remove its prime minister without any consensus on his long-term replacement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Department of Defense press release<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“The boarding operation, approved by President Obama and conducted just after 10 p.m. EDT on March 16 in international waters southeast of Cyprus, was executed by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs attached to Special Operations Command Europe.<\/p>\n

“The SEAL team embarked and operated from the guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80). USS Roosevelt provided helicopter support and served as a command and control and support platform for the other members of the force assigned to conduct the mission.<\/p>\n

“The Morning Glory is carrying a cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government National Oil Company. The ship and its cargo were illicitly obtained from the Libyan port of As-Sidra.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess the military folks in the Med are more available for operations these days than they were on September 11th, 2012. But according to both links, the US Navy will be returning the ship to the Libyan government. So this is no “war for oil”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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