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Re: Somali Officials Suspicious Of Citizen's New Oil Tanker

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Originally Posted by TheHighForester View Post
The vessel is registered in Panama, and operates under that country's flag. I think that the Panamanian government should send its navy to the rescue.
Well, that just confuses things more. It's a Saudi owned ship, registered in Panama, run by a Dubai based company, comprised of an international crew, delivering products to customers in the US, hijacked by Somalis and being kept in Somali territory.

Maybe no one is doing anything about it because no one knows who the hell should do something about it?
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