VOL. XXXVIIINO. 531-OCTOBER-1994

Iraq

US Navy Intercepts Second Ship Carrying Iraqi Oil

The US navy in the Gulf has intercepted a second ship in 10 days carryingIraqi petroleum products. The identities of the owners of the vessels or theultimate buyers of the products are still unclear. The shipment of a smallvolume (estimated to be around 1,000 tons/day) of Iraqi petroleum products tothe southern part of the Gulf has been going on for several months now and isquite well known to oil industry...