23/03/2014
US sailors turn over hijacked tanker to Libya
American sailors handed over control of a hijacked commercial tanker to the Libyan government on Saturday, according to the U.S. Embassy in Libya. The vessel Morning Glory was hijacked earlier this month by three Libyans and filled with oil at the rebel-held port of As-Sidra. Despite an effort by the Libyan government to stop the ship, it pulled out of the port and steamed northeast before being boarded by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs just south of Cyprus last week. No shots were fired in the...
