30th April 2006..Basra, Iraq..Iraq/Iran Border Enforcement..British soldiers from the 9/12 Lancers work alongside Iraqi Security Forces along the Iraq/Iran border. The task is to combat smuggling of people, weapons and fuel across the river...A team or Iraqi Commandos based at a border fort on the Shat al-Arab waterway between Iraq and Iran lookout for smugglers transiting the area. They search all boats that pass them on the Iraq side of the river...They have heavy weapons and will open fire on any vessels that do not stop to be searched...