Attempt to smuggle oil derivatives foiled in Basra.Byline: SK Basra, May 25, (VOI VOI Voice Over Internet VOI Volume of Interest (medical imaging) VOI Venus Orbit Insertion (NASA) VOI Value of Information (decision making) VOI Value of Investment )- Iraqi police foiled an attempt to smuggle smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. oil derivatives by a vessel through Shatt-al-Arab waterway in Basra, southern Iraq, a police source said on Sunday. "A vessel loaded with oil derivatives and prepared for smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain was seized by Basra police in Shatt-al-Arab waterway near Abu al-Khasib area, 20 km south of Basra, last night," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI). Shatt-al-Arab waterway, divided between Iraq and Iran according the thalweg thal·weg n. Geology 1. The line defining the lowest points along the length of a river bed or valley. 2. A subterranean stream. (deepest channel) of the waterway, discharges into the Gulf. It has more than 64 small harbours allegedly used to smuggle crudes and oil derivatives from Iraq to neighborly neigh·bor·ly adj. Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor. neigh  bor·li·ness n.Adj. 1. countries, according to official sources. Smuggling attempts, according to Basra authorities, have decreased since the large-scale military operation Charge of Knights that started in late March 2008, due to the deployment of Iraqi troops into ports formerly used for oil smuggling. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. Copyright [c] 2008 Aswat al-Iraq Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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