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US: Iran Removed Unexploded Mine From Oil Tanker

Carla Babb

   The U.S. Navy has released video it says shows an Iranian patrol boat
   removing an unexploded limpet mine from the hull of one of the two oil
   tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman Thursday.

   One of the tankers is Norwegian-owned, and the other is owned by a
   Japanese company.

   The mine was attached to the Japanese tanker, slightly forward of a
   mine that had exploded.

   The Norwegian tanker was set on fire and sent up smoke thick and black
   enough to be seen by satellites in space.

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