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U.S. Marines board a ship during an anti-smuggling operation outside the port of Umm Qasr, in southern Iraq Sunday Oct. 19, 2003. Coalition forces have mounted a campaign to combat the smuggling of oil and other goods from Iraq's southern ports. Coalition forces have recovered 24 oil barges, 15 empty barges, 10 land-based fuel pumps, eight oil boats and 50 vehicles in recent days. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)