1.   A U.S. Navy official told The Associated Press in February that some smuggled diesel oil from Iraq was being unloaded at ports in the Emirates.

2.   Fargo said some smuggled diesel oil eventually is offloaded in the United Arab Emirates in the southern Persian Gulf.

3.   Mr Li said there had been a shift from the blatant use of marked oil to the more discreet use of colourless marked oil and smuggled diesel oil.

4.   They said that some smuggled diesel fuel was unloaded at ports in the Emirates.