Analyst's note:  This operation was said to have been carried out Sunday night.

Navy SEALs have boarded and taken command of an oil tanker that was seized by three armed men at a Libyan port earlier this month, thwarting an attempt by a splinter militia group from selling nationalized oil on the black market. 

[....] "The Morning Glory is carrying a cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government National Oil Company. The ship and its cargo were illicitly obtained from the Libyan port of As-Sidra," Rear Adm. John Kirby's statement read in part.

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[....] The ship was docked at the port under the flag of North Korea, but officials in Pyongyang told the Associated Press they had canceled the vessel's registration after being notified that the tanker had been loaded for export in defiance of the authorities in Tripoli. 

The Pentagon said that a team of sailors will take the tanker to a Libyan port.