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The operation was no ordinary police action; it was a military decapitation of regimes' financial arteries. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that the seizure targeted a transnational illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations. She detailed that the operation involved multiple agencies, including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War—a resurrected and boldly named branch of the Defense Department.