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A U.S.-led naval force rescued the Iraqi crew of a tanker that was sinking in the Persian Gulf while attempting to smuggle oil out of Iraq, the United States Navy said Monday.

Pentagon sources tell CNN that an RQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been lost over Iraq's southern no-fly zone and may have been shot down as Iraq claims.

The United States has put on hold plans for large-scale retaliatory airstrikes on Iraq after a missile attack on a U.S. spy plane last month, Pentagon sources said Monday.

U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets bombed a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq Tuesday, U.S. officials said.

CNN's Roy Wadia was one of 12 U.S.-based journalists who traveled recently to Brazil, as part of the Pew Gatekeeper Fellowship program. The fact-finding trip was sponsored by the Pew International Journalism Program at International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University.