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Navy SEALs take oil tanker from Libyan rebels

By Meghashyam Mali
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Navy SEALs take oil tanker from Libyan rebels

A team of Navy SEALs seized control of an oil tanker from Libyan rebels, the Pentagon announced early Monday.

Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby, in a statement, said that the operation had been carried out after being approved by President Obama late Sunday evening.

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