SEALs Board N. Korea-Flagged Ship Headed To Libya -- Washington Post
A team of Navy SEALs boarded a North Korean-flagged oil tanker Sunday night in the Mediterranean in an apparent bid to prevent the delivery of Libyan crude worth several millions of dollars that members of a militia had been attempting to sell, according to U.S. and Libyan officials.
In a daring operation approved by President Obama, the SEALs commandeered the commercial tanker Morning Glory shortly after 10 p.m. and were en route overnight to a Libyan port, Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. No one was hurt during the operation, he said.
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The dispute over the ship underscored the weakness of the Libyan state and the extent to which the Obama administration is willing to use military force to support an oil-rich state still reeling from the aftermath of its civil war.
Alice--
I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
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