The coalition leadership has noted the widespread smuggling of iraqi oil via the northern persian gulf, and…

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1. THE COALITION LEADERSHIP HAS NOTED THE WIDESPREAD
   SMUGGLING OF IRAQI OIL VIA THE NORTHERN PERSIAN GULF,
   AND HAS DIRECTED ACTION TO END IT. COALITION NAVAL
   FORCES HAVE INTENSIFIED INTERCEPTION OPERATIONS
   AGAINST SHIPS SMUGGLING THE ILLEGAL OIL, IN
   CONJUNCTION WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY IRAQI
   OFFICIALS AND COALITION FORCES IN IRAQ. PROCEDURES
   ARE BEING ESTABLISHED FOR DETENTION AND POSSIBLE
   CONFISCATION OF THE SHIPS AND FOR LEGAL ACTION
   AGAINST THE PARTICIPANTS.
2. ONLY OIL LEGALLY PURCHASED FROM THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT'S
   STATE OIL MARKETING ORGANIZATION (SOMO) IS AUTHORIZED
   FOR EXPORT. CURRENTLY AND FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, THIS
   INCLUDES ONLY THE FOLLOWING TWO CATEGORIES:
   A. CRUDE OIL ONLOADED AT THE OFFSHORE MINA AL-BAKR OIL
      TERMINAL, PURCHASED UNDER VALID SOMO CONTRACT.
   B. REFINED OIL ONLOADED AT KHOR AZ ZUBAYR TERMINAL IN
      KHOR AZ ZUBAYR PORT, PURCHASED UNDER VALID SOMO CONTRACT.
3. ANY OIL THAT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE ABOVE TWO CATEGORIES
   IS STOLEN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND THEREFORE NOT AUTHORIZED
   FOR SALE OR TRANSPORT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
   A. ALL IRAQI OIL, INCLUDING BOTH FUEL OIL AND GASOIL (DIESEL),
      SOLD AS FUEL FOR SHIP BUNKERS. SOMO HAS NOT AUTHORIZED
      THE SALE OF ANY SHIP BUNKERS, ANYWHERE IN IRAQ.
   B. ANY IRAQI OIL CURRENTLY BEING SOLD IN ABU FLUS PORT OR
      AT ANY OTHER LOCATION ALONG THE SHATT AL-ARAB WATERWAY.
4. THE COALITION LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO RESTORING ECONOMIC
   STABILITY IN IRAQ, WHICH INCLUDES CONTROLLING THE THEFT
   AND SMUGGLING OF OIL THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO THE
   IRAQI PEOPLE. ANY SHIP TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL IRAQI OIL
   IS SUBJECT TO SEIZURE AND DETENTION BY COALITION
   NAVAL FORCES. FURTHER, THE VESSEL MAY BE SUBJECT
   TO FORFEITURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRAQI LAW.
5. SHIP OWNERS AND OPERATORS PARTICIPATING IN THE ILLEGAL
   ACTIVITY ARE ADVISED OF COORDINATED COALITION EFFORTS
   AND WARNED OF THE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.