As I blogged here, the Gaurdian writes that Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “disclosed that the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, with about 2,200 Marines aboard the USS Peleliu, went ashore in southern Iraq to assist a campaign to halt the smuggling of oil and fuel. The anti-smuggling effort, called ‘Operation Sweeney,’ has resulted in the arrests of about 75 people and the seizure of 20 full barges, 15 empty barges, eight oil boats, 36 petroleum tankers and nine pickup trucks containing fuel and 10 fuel pumps, Myers said.”
