Word: tanker
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...first few months fixing ailing systems and upgrading others. Then they moved on to training exercises, preparing the ship's departments--combat systems, navigation, engineering, operations--to work under battle conditions. In one exercise, McGrath trains her binoculars on an object in the distance. As a nondescript oil tanker comes into view, a dozen sailors cram into a small boat that's lowered over the Jarrett's port side. Armed and nervous, they're preparing to climb aboard the tanker (actually a Navy supply ship) to ensure it is not smuggling Iraqi oil in violation of the U.N. sanctions...
...Vladimir Putin may mug for the camera like old pals, but a dramatic showdown on the high seas may say more about the state of U.S.-Russian relations. U.S. Navy personnel in the Persian Gulf waited until Albright's plane had left Moscow Thursday before boarding a Russian tanker suspected of smuggling Iraqi oil in violation of the U.N. embargo. Russia demanded the immediate return of the vessel and denied smuggling Iraqi oil, although Moscow has taken a lead in efforts to end international sanctions against Baghdad. And that's just one of the areas in which Moscow and Washington...