11.   Navy sailors had boarded the ship to check for smuggled oil.

12.   Revenues from smuggled Iraqi oil cause concern because Saddam can do whatever he wants with them.

13.   Smuggled oil revenues, however, go straight to Saddam, observers say.

14.   Ships loaded with smuggled Iraqi oil routinely pass through the waters off the Emirates.

15.   Smuggled oil, which evades import duties, is a big business in Thailand.

16.   The barge was not built to transport oil and is believed to have been carrying smuggled oil from Iraq.

17.   The United Arab Emirates has announced that it will punish the owners of ships caught transporting smuggled Iraqi oil in its waters.

18.   Vessels caught by carrying oil from Iraq without U.N. approval are auctioned off, as is the smuggled oil.

19.   Western diplomats suspect merchants in Iran and the Emirates buy smuggled Iraqi oil at huge discounts.