▲ 31 ▼ 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) submitted 1 month ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (3 children) Source? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago The AI said so permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month 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/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Trust me, bro! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month 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/ permalink fedilink source parent