An Iraqi oil tanker that disappeared from radar off the coast of Texas last week has suddenly reappeared today - and it's still full of $100million in crude. The United Kalavrvta is at the center of a legal and political battle over Iraq's oil wealth between the  Kurdish region in the north of the country and the central government in Baghdad. The tanker vanished from U.S. Coast Guard tracking systems on Thursday and is believed to have shut off its transponder. The ship, which has 1million barrels of crude oil aboard, reappeared on radar on Monday - in almost exactly the same spot where it was when it vanished.
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United Kalavrvta, carrying one million barrels, disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday
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It reappeared today in the same spot where it was last seen
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Ship was anchored near Texas in preparation to unload its cargo to U.S. when it went dark
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Legal dispute with Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan means ship was in limbo for a month
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Iraq sees Kurdish oil deals as smuggling and wants to block future exports
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They filed lawsuit in U.S. court to order retrieval of cargo but case rejected
The suit demonstrates that Baghdad is now stepping up their legal and diplomatic push to block @placeholder's oil deals, which they view as smuggling.