If a vessel at sea is attacked, looted, and commandeered; when its passengers and crew are abducted; if this is committed by a non-state actor it is classified as piracy on the high seas, when it is committed by a state , it’is as an act of aggression, potentially an act of war
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Technically, #sheikhalatifa was kidnapped from US territory when…
Technically, #sheikhalatifa was kidnapped from US territory when she was taken off #Nostromo screaming that she was seeking political asylum in the US. She had every right to be on that boat, and Indian and UAE forces had no right to be there