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Iraqi general: Iranian troops 'occupy' oil well on Iraqi border
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/300012,iraqi-general-iranian-troops-occupy-oil-well-on-iraqi-border.html ^

Posted on 12/18/2009 5:54:06 AM PST by jhpigott

Al-Amara, Iraq - Iranian troops have claimed an oil well on the border of southern Iraq, a senior Iraqi military officer said Friday. Iranian troops on Thursday "occupied" the "Number 4" oil well in the Eastern Maysan oil field, located in the border district of al- Fakah, Brigadier-General Dhafir Nadhmi said in a statement Friday.

Nadhmi said that Iranian forces had taken control of the well, dug a trench around it, deployed armoured vehicles, and raised the Iranian flag over the well.

(Excerpt) Read more at earthtimes.org ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: fakka; fakkaoilfield; fauqa; fauqaoilfield; geopolitical; geopolitics; iran; iranianborder; iraq; iraqiborder; israel; mideast; nukes; oil; oilfield
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To: listenhillary
>>> "I'm sure Zero will write them a letter and tell them to work it out in a bipartisan manner." <<<

No, Obama will be too angry to even hold a pen, LOLOL -- surely this news will detract from the Great Speech that the Great One delivered to the freeezing cold global-warmer enthusiasts & true believers -- now all the reporters will be focused upon Iran and not upon BHO.

LOL

21 posted on 12/18/2009 6:25:12 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: jhpigott

Sound like a couple of those concrete jdams are custom-made to fix this problem post-haste.


22 posted on 12/18/2009 6:29:26 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, nothing more than bald haired hippies.)
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To: jhpigott

Wake up folks! Notice what is happening!

Iran is already positioned on Saudi Arabia’s flank (Yemen) and now are making overt moves into Iraq.


23 posted on 12/18/2009 6:31:37 AM PST by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
Real news. And as such unreported by “big media”.

Big deal... We have to know more about Tiger Woods! Get this trivial Iran/Iraq thing out of the way so we can have more threads about Tiger and we can tsk tsk about his behavior!

24 posted on 12/18/2009 6:32:54 AM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: nuconvert; sonofstrangelove; paulycy; Bobalu; PIF; American Constitutionalist; Erik Latranyi; ...

FYI *ping* - a possible incident...


25 posted on 12/18/2009 6:34:08 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: jhpigott
Well Brigadier General Dhafir Nadhmi, do something about it! Order your unit to take the oil well back! Just Do It and don't come belly aching to the US.
26 posted on 12/18/2009 6:35:34 AM PST by 2001convSVT ("Only Property Owners that pay taxes should have the right to Vote")
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To: rjp2005
The Muslim of The United States (MOTUS) is receiving his Festivus wish ahead of time. May Allah be with him.

Surfs up, off to Hawaii!

27 posted on 12/18/2009 6:36:35 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
>>>> "Big deal... We have to know more about Tiger Woods! Get this trivial Iran/Iraq thing out of the way so we can have more threads about Tiger and we can tsk tsk about his behavior!" <<<

Tiger Woods is sooo yesterday but did you hear what comedian Senator Al Franken said to Senator Joe Lieberman yesterday, tsk, tsk, tsk.....

The MSM can't be bothered with real news.

28 posted on 12/18/2009 6:36:48 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: phormer phrog phlyer

And “who” is going to do anything about this?

Exactly...


29 posted on 12/18/2009 6:37:50 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: metesky

Maybe we’ll find out.


30 posted on 12/18/2009 6:40:52 AM PST by GeronL
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To: listenhillary
I’m sure Zero will write them a letter and tell them to work it out in a bipartisan manner.

Can you invite Sunnis and Shias to a beer summit?

31 posted on 12/18/2009 6:40:55 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: jhpigott
Starting a war with Iraq does make a certain amount of twisted sense for Iran, not that they will benefit from it as much as they might think they will.

We'll have to wait and see if this is anything more than just a few rebel idiots.

32 posted on 12/18/2009 6:42:32 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: jhpigott

Iran’s goal is hegemony over Saudi Arabia and Iraq. It need not attack Israel, the destruction of which it knows can be entrusted to western politicians.


33 posted on 12/18/2009 6:42:32 AM PST by bsf2009
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To: MSF BU

You are going back to the Reagan years. That’s good.


34 posted on 12/18/2009 6:44:04 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: paulycy

looks like (for the time being) this incident is over

Iran troops ventured onto Iraqi oilfield — source
Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:14am EST

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iranian troops briefly entered Iraqi territory on Thursday and spent several hours at an Iraqi oilfield, an Iraqi official said on Friday.

A security source in the southeastern Maysan province, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Iranian troops made their way onto the Fakka oilfield, located just on the Iraqi side of the two countries’ long desert border.

The troops withdrew after several hours, the official said. It was not immediately clear why the troops would have undertaken such a move.

According to Arabic-language television reports, Iranian troops entered the Iraqi oilfield and raised an Iranian flag.

[link to www.reuters.com]


35 posted on 12/18/2009 6:45:03 AM PST by jhpigott
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To: jhpigott
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6054

Iranian forces yesterday entered Iraqi territory at dawn, and occupied well number 4 in the East Maysan field in al-Fakah region, 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Baghdad, Border Guard General Zaser Nazmi said. The Iranian forces positioned tanks around the well.
The border guard’s comments couldn’t be immediately verified independently.

“They positioned tanks around it and dug trenches,” Nazmi said by phone from Basra. “They are still there, they raised the flag.”

East Maysan in southern Iraq is an old oil field that is no longer in production, according to Nazmi. Iraq is the third largest oil producer in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and Iran.

36 posted on 12/18/2009 6:46:54 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: jhpigott
Iranian troops entered the Iraqi oilfield and raised an Iranian flag.

The indigenous thuggery is getting restless, that's all.

Move along people, go back to your lives...

37 posted on 12/18/2009 6:47:18 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: hennie pennie
>>>>

"Iranian troops briefly entered Iraqi territory on Thursday and spent several hours at an Iraqi oilfield, an Iraqi official said on Friday....

[__snip__]

"According to Arabic-language television reports, Iranian troops entered the Iraqi oilfield and raised an Iranian flag."

38 posted on 12/18/2009 6:53:53 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: jhpigott

Send in a WartHog.

LLS


39 posted on 12/18/2009 6:57:13 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: paulycy

Obama might need to break out his hookah and stash.


40 posted on 12/18/2009 7:20:02 AM PST by listenhillary (I believe AGW is real now. It was caused by scientists and greenies LYING!)
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