1.   Each group wants control over the taxing of smuggled oil to Turkey and goods from Iran.

2.   Iraq has become increasingly successful at selling smuggled oil through Turkey and Jordan.

3.   Military specialists say Hussein has continued his weapons buildup, particularly now that he has increased revenue from smuggled oil.

4.   Oil industry specialists have estimated the recent surge in smuggled oil from the behavior of its neighbors.

5.   Smuggled oil is much cheaper than domestically produced oil, whose price is set artificially high by the government, and illegal sales have severely hurt domestic refineries.

6.   Some US officials fear Iraq has used money from smuggled oil and two years without inspections to restart illicit weapons programs.

7.   The officials said the United States has stepped up pressure on Turkey and Jordan to prevent hundreds of millions of dollars worth of smuggled oil from crossing the border.

8.   Last week, Iran detained a Honduran-registered tanker, accusing it of carrying smuggled Iraqi oil.

9.   Meanwhile, smuggled oil is pouring out of Iraq and onto the markets, the U.S. Navy says.

10.   Most of the smuggled oil went to Iran.