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06-21-2006, 05:16 AM
Oil minister criticises Iran over smuggling
Iraq's new oil minister accused Iranian coastguards on Tuesday of protecting smugglers shipping oil out of Iraq.
"We blame the Iranian coastguards for letting Iraqi smugglers' boats ... reach the Iranian coast and protecting them until they reach the open sea," Hussain al-Shahristani said in an interview on state television in which he said he would crack down on corruption and crime to improve supplies and revenues.
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Iraq's new oil minister accused Iranian coastguards on Tuesday of protecting smugglers shipping oil out of Iraq.
"We blame the Iranian coastguards for letting Iraqi smugglers' boats ... reach the Iranian coast and protecting them until they reach the open sea," Hussain al-Shahristani said in an interview on state television in which he said he would crack down on corruption and crime to improve supplies and revenues.
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