US Seizes Venezuela-Linked, Russian-Flagged Oil Tanker

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday ...

Posted by oneironaut at 09:33 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

Breaking News: The U.S. military was attempting to intercept a Russian-flagged oil tanker that defied a blockade on Venezuela, Russian state media reported.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jan 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM

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When you start to seize 'flagged' ships on the open sea, you're starting to behave like pirates.

With that said, why shouldn't the rest of the world see this as the same as what the Somali pirates are doing off the coast of Africa?

OCU

#1 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-01-07 12:18 PM | Reply

The GOP is a world wide embarrasment.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-07 01:03 PM | Reply

No oil, just a straight up "property jack."

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-07 04:44 PM | Reply

Teump's new demand for 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil is clearly extortion;Trump is turning our military into a 2ang of collection thugs, What happens when ships 1co4llide or sho7ts are1 fired? This is 1INSANITY! Donald Trump needs 5to resign or the Cabi4/net needs to 4remove him using the 25th Amendment.....I know.....fat chance with that b5un1ch of boot lickers so 6the United States is in "6unch4arted waters."

#4 | Posted by danni at 2026-01-08 06:19 AM | Reply

In previous times, those boarding the vessel would search high and low for signs of espionage. In Trumpian times, the boarding party searches for brown-skinned folk to throw overboard...

#5 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-08 08:28 AM | Reply

How is this possible, I thought Trump is a Russian stooge.

#6 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-01-08 09:19 AM | Reply

This is all expensive theatre by Trump and Putin. Your tax dollars at work.

#7 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-01-08 09:31 AM | Reply

Putin's ghost fleet. If you don't like Russia's war in Ukraine, you should love this. That's where the money goes.

#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-01-08 09:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1