“The ship is flagged, insured, and unsanctioned — proving conclusively that the US couldn't care less about so-called ‘international law’,”
https://x.com/NuryVittachi/status/2002568487382983034
BREAKING NEWS: The US seized a ship belonging to a China-based oil company, it was reported today.
The Chinese ship, called Centuries, was snatched in an operation using military helicopters which illegally landed US Coast Guard officers on board.
In a classic “piracy on the high seas” operation, the armed officers went to the ship’s bridge, took the crew hostage, and gained control of the vessel.
The ship is NOT on the list of US sanctioned ships, the New York Times reported this morning. This makes the seizure illegal under US law as well as international law.
“The ship is flagged, insured, and unsanctioned — proving conclusively that the US couldn't care less about so-called ‘international law’,” Will Schryver, a popular US geopolitical commentator, said today.
The ship transports Venezuelan crude oil to China for refining.
The US is expected to now steal both ship and cargo, taking it to a US port, as happened with an oil tanker called Skipper, a week ago.
US government and media are using the word “confiscate” because it implies punishment for wrongdoing – except there was no wrongdoing. The ship was licenced and flagged and engaged in legal international business.
The move follows a statement by President Donald Trump that Venezuela’s oil was stolen from the United States. “We want it back. They took it from us illegally,” the president said.
This is despite the fact that oil would have been formed in the Mesozoic age, which ended 66 million years ago.
posted by Satish Sharma at
09:46
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