Keywords: US Navy 030321-N-4655M-021 This acoustic influence mine is among the over five-dozen weapons found by Coalition Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) and Vessel Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) teams.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 21 2003 This acoustic influence mine is among the over five-dozen weapons found by Coalition Maritime Interdiction Operation MIO and Vessel Board Search and Seizure VBSS teams carefully camouflaged inside a shipping barge or as oil barrels on deck The shipping barge was intercepted and inspected by the MIO and VBSS teams from the patrol craft USS Chinook PC 9 in the early hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Richard Moore RELEASED 2003-03-21 030321-N-4655M-021 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6033 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Richard Moore PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Chinook PC-9 Naval mines Naval mines of Iraq |