US SEALS seize 'rebel' tanker from Libya

[bayonetbrant]

http://news.yahoo.com/u-navy-seals-board-tanker-hijacked-libya-pentagon-082427948--finance.html

U.S. special forces have seized a tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port controlled by anti-government rebels, halting their attempt to sell crude on the global market.

Gunmen demanding regional autonomy and a share of oil wealth had managed to load the ship, which escaped Libya's navy and triggered a crisis that prompted parliament to sack the prime minister.

A U.S. SEAL commando team boarded the tanker Morning Glory from a Naval special warfare rigid inflatable boat as it sat in international waters off Cyprus on Sunday night.

The seizure was approved by U.S. President Barack Obama and requested by the Libyan and Cypriot governments, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said.

No one was hurt in the under two hour operation, and no shots fired. Two AK47 rifles were found and the three Libyans holding the ship remained in U.S. control, a U.S. defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The best part of it all, the commentator who drops a "durka durka" on Fox News
http://video.foxnews.com/v/3353242322001/navy-seals-seize-control-of-oil-tanker-from-libyan-rebels/?playlist_id=2694949843001#sp=show-clips
at the 30-s mark or so

[MetalDog]

Stone Phillips, "Durka durka go berserka."  Right before the one minute mark.

[Gusington]

Libya has a navy??

[bayonetbrant]

Libya has a navy??

they have boats.  not quite the same as a navy :)

[GDS_Starfury]

kinda like Canada.   ;)