US forces board sanctioned vessel without incident, Pentagon says
The Hill
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The U.S. forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight without incident, the Pentagon announced Tuesday morning.
The Pentagon said U.S. personnel performed a “right-of-visit, maritime” interdiction and boarded the “stateless sanctioned” M/T Tifani in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Indopacom) area of responsibility. “As we have made clear, we will pursue global…
US Forces Board Sanctioned Tanker
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