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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 18 > Pirates capture supertanker with $100 million in cargo

Pirates capture supertanker with $100 million in cargo

By Robert F. Worth / The Bulletin
November 18, 2008

JEDDA, Saudi Arabia — Pirates captured a Saudi-owned supertanker loaded with more than $100 million worth of crude oil off the coast of Kenya, seizing the largest ship ever hijacked, U.S. Navy officials said Monday.

The hijacking follows a string of increasingly brazen attacks by....

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