Iraqi force tracks down naval thieves – report

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi naval force tracked down thieves who hijacked a number of ships near Iraq’s oil ports in Basra, said a news report posted on-line by an Iraqi Web site. “We cannot describe these thieves as pirates, they are just thieves,” the report quoted an Iraqi source. He described such incidents as individual, and committed by small criminals. MH (P)/SR 2