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Wed 12 Dec 2001US navy attacks Iran oil tanker in GulfUS naval forces in the Gulf attacked an oil tanker bound for an Iranian port on today injuring two people, Iran's state television reported.A foreign ministry spokesman said the Saudi-owned tanker was carrying raw material for unleaded gasoline to the southwestern Iranian port of Abadan when it was intercepted by several US boats and seized.