Iranians Seize Iraqi Oil Well – Iraq Demands Immediate Withdrawal
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, December 18, 2009, 3:10 PM
Iranian forces entered Iraq today and took control of an oil well.
The AFP reported:
Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP.
“There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of Iraq and Iran,” a US military spokesman told AFP at Contingency Operating Base Adder, just outside the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
“The oil field is in disputed territory in between Iranian and Iraqi border forts,” he said, adding that such incidents occur quite frequently.
The Iraqi government demanded an immediate withdrawal later today.
Sky News reported:
Iraq has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Iranian troops who have apparently seized control of a disputed oilfield in the south after “infiltrating” the border.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said his country viewed the alleged Iranian incursion into the Fakka oilfield and the area known as ‘Well Number Four’ as a violation of its sovereignty.
He added that Iraq is seeking a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the situation.
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Anonymous commented:
So, I wonder what Jimmy Carter’s response to this one will be?
Saint commented:
I hope it ends in war. I would love to see the Iranians get what they deserve.
bg commented:
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via TRBO
WSJ (second video) @ 3:50 mark
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Tom Kubiak commented:
What has Washington said??? Obama??? I’m getting tired holding my breath.
bg commented:
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Anonymous @ 3:23 pm #1
it’s all Boosh, the Joos & racist America’s fault..
[Jimmah’s secret sarc thoughts on/
oh wait, my ancestors owned salves & my ancestors slaves owned
slaves.. eh nuts, maybe i should stick to writing fiction.. hmhmhm
/Jimmah’s secret sarc thoughts off
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MainStreet commented:
Another success for Obama’s Get Tough Policy.
Mockingbird commented:
At last, a war for oil. And Obama could have stopped it with a Nobel Peace Prize and a teleprompter!
Joe commented:
All the Iraqis have to do is surround them and have a Mexican standoff. Let THEM be the agressors, if only when they run out of warm dub and kefta kebaps. Let them be the clumsy aggressor, and no potential opponent of the Islamic Republic’s regime will feel any sort of nationalist sympathy.
Better still, silently knock off their known proxies and agents in Iraq. The Iranians will be too ashamed to admit to having their assets handed to them.
The US can’t really get involved in any of this becase Obama’s White House dosn’t have the mettle to believe they could strategize their way through it – the Iranins will not accomodate a month’s pause to re-evaluate at every turn.
timothyJ commented:
Does anybody remember the English boat that “strayed” into iranian waters and was taken over? Let’s urge the Iraquis to gather up these nimrods and have a show trial, and then execute them. This would probably make iran think twice about sending more people into Iraq.
bill-tb commented:
Two points, I think it’s a very valuable high yield ‘oil well’.
Don’t we still have over 100,000 troops in Iraq?
Well, don’t we …
GrayRider commented:
The Iranians know that our Appeaser-in-Chief will do nothing. They know that Iraq is militarily weak. It’s a win-win for the Iranians.
brad commented:
This is the fault of Booosh and the Jooooos
PS – Please fix the view the site – you have to scroll all the way down below the side mast to see your posts
bg commented:
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OT..
via TRBO
Glenn Beck Show December 17, 2009
[But first … the coal in the stocking: Department of Disbelief: BBC headline from the “climate talks” in Copenhagen: Climate deal looks
close, but may not halt warming.
Then the sugar plum surprise: Department of Miracles: General Accounting Office agrees to investigate ACORN’s use of federal funds.]
and a whole lot more..
ie: racist America..
[Redistribution of Wealth: The Wall Street Journal reports Obama supports a bill that would redistribute Hawaii’s wealth based on race.]
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bg commented:
Iranian Scorecard
The Administration opposes a bipartisan sanctions bill.
[• Diplomacy. In October, the U.S. and its allies offered to enrich Iran's uranium in facilities outside the country, supposedly for the production of medical isotopes. The idea was that doing so would at least reduce Iran's growing stockpile of uranium and thus postpone the day when it would have enough to rapidly build a bomb.
[Uhbama, Bush & Putin tried that back in 05]
Tehran finally came back with a counterproposal late last week, in which no uranium would leave Iranian soil. Even Hillary Clinton admits it’s a nonstarter: “I don’t think anyone can doubt that our outreach has produced very little in terms of any kind of positive response from the Iranians,” the Secretary of State told reporters.
Given those remarks, we would have imagined that Mrs. Clinton would take it as good news that on Tuesday the House voted 412-12 in favor of a new round of unilateral sanctions on Iran. The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act would forbid any company that does energy business with Iran from having access to U.S. markets.
Instead, last week Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg wrote to Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry urging that the Senate postpone taking up the House bill. “I am concerned that this legislation, in its current form, might weaken rather than strengthen international unity and support for our efforts,” wrote Mr. Steinberg.
So let’s see: Iran spurns every overture from the U.S. and continues to develop WMD while abusing its neighbors. In response, the Administration, which had set a December deadline for diplomacy, now says it opposes precisely the kind of sanctions it once promised to impose if Iran didn’t come clean, never mind overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. For an explanation of why Iran’s behavior remains unchanged, look no further.]
imho there’s not much more they can do other than
what they STOPPED BUSH FROM DOING, gah!!
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Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Seems to me this little incident was a test…
…And the Iraqis have failed.
jonyjoe101 commented:
stuff like this never happened when saddam was around. Right now he would be raining nerve/mustard/anthrax gas on top of the iranians.
The only point I want to make is that “it takes a bully to deal with a bully”.
The current Iraqi regime is too friendly with the Iranians, Obama definitely is not going to do anything that will jeopardize his beloved “nobel peace prize”.
Though the Iranians invaded Iraq, it’s really a test to see how Obama will react. Just like Al- Queda tested clinton in somalia and New York, his tepid response led to 9/11.
Robert commented:
It is a test, but not of Iraq.
I wouldn’t get too upset over this. It just means we will have to stay in Iraq for longer than we otherwise might have.
LimoLibsStink commented:
0bama:
This dispute can only be solved by proper diplomacy, bowing, shine jobs and bending over. I, Barney Frank and Kevin Jennings are up to the task.
I’ll take the lead position, Ahmadinejad behind me, Barney Frank behind him, Khamenei behind him, Fisting Czar Kevin Jennings behind him and Revolutionary Guard leader Mohammed Ali Jaafari behind Kevin Jennings. We will have unprecedented Up Your Alley Line Dance, twisting of testicals and everybody will be satisfied.
This is the type of diplomacy that gets results. War solves nothing and our troops suck.
My limousine is running and I have a pre-metrosex practice session with Barney and Kevin in the back seat. Wish us happy fisting. Good day.
oldguy commented:
Maybe Iraq can get the countries who got the oil leases to come to their aid.
Franklin commented:
Iran is obfuscating. They want us to focus on something other than their plan to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
Bibi, you better take action now.