U.S. enforcement of UN sanctions against a defiant Sudanese tanker smuggling Iraqi oil, escalating from failed Navy boarding to debates over aggressive seizure, highlighting institutional weaknesses in international resolve.
U.S. enforcement of UN sanctions against a defiant Sudanese tanker smuggling Iraqi oil, escalating from failed Navy boarding to debates over aggressive seizure, highlighting institutional weaknesses in international resolve.
Events in This Arc
At Andrews Air Force Base, amid roaring jet engines, Leo briefs President Bartlet on stopping a Cyprus-flagged tanker from Qais suspected of carrying sanctioned oil, confirming plans to board it. …
In the Situation Room, Navy officer Mark Chase urgently briefs Leo on the Sudanese tanker's captain refusing boarding, a CH-47 Seahawk helicopter repelled by seamen barricading the deck and firing …