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Navy SEALs take oil tanker from Libyan rebels

By Meghashyam Mali
Published March 17, 2014 12:00am ET
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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. The commercial tanker, Morning Glory, had been taken over […]

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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