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| Keywords: US Navy 030911-N-4943L-004 Iraqi investigating Judge adjudicates smuggling cases in Arabian Gulf.jpg en North Persian Gulf Sep 11 2003 -- The master of Motor Vessel Manara II left listens as an Iraqi Investigating Judge from Al Basrah center conducts an administrative hearing aboard the vessel Coalition forces detained the Manara II under suspicion of smuggling oil out of Iraq The judge along with representatives of Commander U S Naval Forces Central Command in conjunction with the Coalition Provisional Authority and Commander Joint Task Force Seven are visiting vessels being detained in Iraqi territorial waters to adjudicate smuggling cases Coalition naval forces have conducted Maritime Interdiction Operations MIO in the Persian Gulf since 1990 Prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom MIO was focused on enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq More recently those intercept operations have been focused on stemming the flow of contraband goods including smuggled Iraqi oil U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Denny Lester RELEASED 2003-09-11 030911-N-4943L-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 9592 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Denny Lester PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Persian Gulf | ||||
