Monday 17 March 2014 09.40 US Navy SEALs have boarded and taken control of an oil tanker that escaped earlier this month from a Libyan port with armed men at the helm, according to the US Department of Defence.
Libyan anti-government rebels, who are calling for a greater share of oil wealth and autonomy, had managed to load crude oil onto the 37,000 tonne-tanker, which escaped the Libyan navy, embarrassing the government and prompting parliament to vote the prime minister out of office.
No one was hurt in the boarding operation, approved by US President Barack Obama, requested by the Libyan and Cypriot governments and conducted in international waters southeast of Cyprus, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said.
"The Morning Glory is carrying a cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government National Oil Company. The ship and its cargo were illicitly obtained" from the Libyan port of Es Sider, his statement said.
The Cypriot ministry of foreign affairs said the vessel was now heading west in the Mediterranean with a US military escort.
It was parked 29km southwest of Cyprus when the operation occurred around midnight Cyprus time.
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