U.S. Special Forces Seize a Tanker from Rebels in Libya

U.S. special forces seizes a tanker from a group of anti-government rebels in a Libyan port with a cargo full of oil. This order was approved by President Obama. No shots were fired and the tanker was taken in under 2 hours. The weak government makes the oil sector an easy and frequent target of rebel forces who use this control to make demands of the state. The seizure of the tanker will likely prevent any more attempts at illegal oil sales for a short time.

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Laessing, Ulf, and Feras Bosalum. "U.S. forces seize tanker carrying oil from Libya rebel port." Yahoo News. (2014): n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://news.yahoo.com/u-navy-seals-board-tanker-hijacked-libya-pentagon-082427948--finance.html>.