Coalition forces inspect mines on Iraqi shipping barge
NAV2003033010 - THE ARABIAN GULF, March 21 (UPI) -- Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal team members inspect camouflaged mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge. The shipping barge was intercepted and inspected by Coalition Maritime Interdiction Operation and Vessel Board Search and Seizure teams from the patrol craft USS Chinook (PC 9) in the early hours of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. mh/U.S. Navy/Richard Moore. UPI
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