File photo of an oil tanker. PHOTO: REUTERS
Six Pakistanis were also on board the vessel when it was seized, according to Express News.
US forces boarded the tanker at around 10pm on March 16 and took control of the vessel at the request of both the Libyan and Cypriot governments, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm John Kirby said in the statement.
"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 As-Sidra,” according to the statement.
The commercial taker will be underway to a port in Libya with a team of sailors supervising the transit, the statement further stated.
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@Salman: Then who do you think rescued the freighter? The common Americans?
Zindabad America!
Thank you US for rescuing Pakistanis...
Must be a relief for their families...
Pakistanis!!! They are a global meagrain!!!
Americans are very decent people. We should follow them. Should we follow Saudis?
@fifo: Americans are not evil. Their government is!
The linked Press Release by the US Government does not mention the presence of any Pakistanis on the tanker. Where did Express News got its news from?
Pray tell us what Pakistan Navy has been doing to protect its citizens now and before?
Thanks USA.
The lice filled filthy and crap loaded beard Mullahs of Pakistan should and must ask their mothers about their father and once they find out that these American are their daddies, then they can collectively abuse or hate them; Thats what these dirt duce bags are worth; Nothing more than that;
Can Americans be good smaritans? Hairat hai! According to the people of Pakistan + mullahs they are pure evils.Come on folks, time to come up with conspiracy theories.