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U.S. seizes Venezuelan-linked oil tanker

The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move President Donald Trump described as the “largest tanker ever seized” and one that sharply intensifies Washington’s confrontation with Nicolás Maduro’s government.

US officials said the vessel, identified as the Skipper, had long been sanctioned for moving crude tied to illicit networks supporting Hezbollah and Iran’s Quds Force, and had been “spoofing” its location for months.

Footage released by Attorney General Pam Bondi showed US Marines and Coast Guard personnel fast-roping onto the tanker from helicopters launched off the USS *Gerald Ford*, the world’s largest aircraft carrier.

Venezuela denounced the operation as “international piracy,” accusing Washington of seeking to plunder its natural resources, while Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello called US forces “high seas criminals.”



Analysts warned the seizure could disrupt Venezuela’s oil flows and heighten risks for global shippers, with Brent crude prices rising slightly after the announcement. The tanker had recently visited ports in Iran, Iraq, and the UAE, and was reportedly displaying a Guyana flag despite not being registered there.

The operation comes as the US boosts its military presence in the Caribbean and continues a series of maritime strikes targeting alleged drug-smuggling vessels, fuelling speculation over escalating regional tensions.

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11 COMMENTS

  1. The US endearing themselves to the world again. And, this country pandies to them and supports these criminals.

    Submit your social media history for the last 5 years to enter the land of the free.

    I hope that one policy sees football fans decide not to go to the US, but people are, as covid showed, mostly too dumb to question or push back.

    Do they deny you entry if you don’t use social media?

  2. Land of the FEE, Home of the Slave! – Anthony J. Hilder from hos video of 1993 titled ‘Millennium 2000’.
    The U.S. has NEVER had freedom, and never will!
    It has only experienced and touted ‘liberty’ as a ‘freedom’, thus deceiving all who live there, except for the J3wdicial and Courts Systems.
    Israel owns, runs and ‘manages’ the corporation known as the United States (of Israel..) and it’s Jared Kushner who is once again running the show as he did under ’45’. Let’s not forget CIA / Mossad asset Suzie Wiles who manages Trump’s every move in behalf of Israel (via Mossad) and the Deep State (via the CIA FBI and other corrupt Deep State Alphabet Agencies)!
    House Leader Mike Johnson also has been compromised, as have all of the Senators and Congressional Critters who have a J3wish watchdog / advisor attached to each and every one of them!
    ALL bought and paid for by Israeli money that is actually a back-flow of U.S. Taxpayer money sent to Israel for many years, in the TRILLIONS of dollars…just like in the Ukraine (Khazaria).
    These J3w$ who manipulate the U.S. politicians are in line with being a Yoda…which is tied to Judah. Yoda is a Masonic spirit guide (demon) that was presented as a swamp-dweller in *Star Wars (*remember the weapons system under Reagan?) where Luke ( Luke as in the Bible) crashed his ‘X-Wing fighter’ (X= the unknown value) into the swamp (symbolising Washington D.C.) and received his Jedi Knight training (Jedi = Jeddah, where assassins were once trained) from the little demon Yoda.
    And then there’s ‘The Dark Side’ which is consumated on the black monolith on the 14th floor of the U.N. Building in the ‘Empire State’ (ie The Empire Strikes Back via 9-11…) of New York!
    “Watch what they do…remember who they are, and what they have done!” — Lt. Col. Ricardo Bosi, Australian SAS (Retired) & Candidate for the Australian Parliament.
    Plan your vacations, hellidays, and game attendence somewhere else other than the ‘Good Ol’ U-S-of A!!!

  3. Piracy and international criminal networks don’t change. The USA are doing exactly what the British Empire did 400 years ago. Hegemonic colonial governments remain the source of international crime.

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