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Somali pirates hijacked an Emirati oil tanker with Iraqi crew members. Instead of paying the ransom, the Iraqi tribe of the hostages flew to Somalia, bought weapons, launched a sea raid, and wiped ou… (lemmy.world)
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Full title: Somali pirates hijacked an Emirati oil tanker with Iraqi crew members. Instead of paying the ransom, the Iraqi tribe of the hostages flew to Somalia, bought weapons, launched a sea raid, and wiped out the pirates to rescue the hostages.

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[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Source?

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

The AI said so

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Reverse image search shows a bunch of other social media posts and Arabic sites that I can't read.

A reddit post cites this source: https://shafaq.com/en/Security/Basra-tribesmen-help-free-hijacked-oil-tanker

Also mentioned in that post is this reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-sanctioned-oil-tanker-sibu-1-rescued-somali-pirates-2026-09-25/

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Trust me, bro!

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

And the observers all clapped and cheered.......... (Sorry, it does sound a bit made up)