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  • 12 Filipino seafarers rescued after suspected Iranian attack on oil tanker in Iraq

    12 Filipino seafarers rescued after suspected Iranian attack on oil tanker in Iraq

    MANILA — Twelve Filipino crew members of the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Safesea Vishnu were rescued after a suspected Iranian “suicide boat” attack near Basra, Iraq, on March 11, the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad said. The incident killed one Indian national, while the 12 Filipinos are now safe in the Basra Governorate in southern Iraq.…