VOL. XLIV

No 48

26-November-2001

IRAQ

VesselCarrying Iraq Crude Sinks In Northern Gulf, US And Iraqi Seamen Missing

Asmall vessel identified as the Samra sank in the northern Gulf on 18 Novemberafter it was boarded by a search party from the USS Peterson, one of the shipsmaking up the Multinational Intervention Force (MIF), which patrols the Gulf insearch of vessels smuggling oil products and other goods to and from Iraq.The Panamanian-registered Samra, owned bythe UAE-based Bright Star Shipping...