Somali Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker Headed For U.s. (ap)

Pirates surrender to Portuguese Marines off the coast of Somalia earlier this month. Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces has told AFP.(AFP/File/Ho)AP – Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying more than $20 million of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat.

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