¡¡   KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- An Iraqi vessel with four Iraqisaboard was seized on Thursday upon entering Kuwait territorial waters, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported.

¡¡¡¡Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah told KUNA that he had ordered concerned officials to turn over the incident to the Interior Ministry for investigation.

¡¡¡¡The minister, on a routine visit to a naval base earlier in the day, said he saw the vessel anchored there and met the four Iraqi detainees and instructed officials at the base to treat them properly.

¡¡¡¡Last Saturday, Kuwait said it has intercepted two Iraqi boats that were "infiltrating" the country's territorial waters.

¡¡¡¡On Tuesday, Kuwait alleged that an Iraqi vessel fired on two Kuwaiti coast guard patrol boats near a northern island of the Gulfstate.

¡¡¡¡Kuwait has announced the interception of Iraqi boats carrying goods in violation of the embargo imposed by the United Nations on Baghdad since the Gulf war, when a US-led coalition troops drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait after seven-month invasion.

¡¡¡¡But Iraq has repeatedly accused Kuwait of "piracy" against its shipping in the Gulf waters. Enditem

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