Comments on: Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border

By: Ms Sparky

Ms Sparky — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:17:07 +0000

Here’s an update on this issue: Thanks KRASH!

BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi troops escorted workers back to a remote oil well Sunday after Iranian forces withdrew as a standoff on the two countries’ disputed border appeared to wane.
Two Iraqi government officials and an employee at the site said about 11 oil workers returned to well No. 4 at the al-Fakkah oil field, seized by Iranian forces on Thursday. Al-Fakkah is one of the largest oil fields in Iraq, and is located in the southern province of Maysan.
Iraqi soldiers planted the Iraqi flag on the well where Iran’s flag had flown, said a senior Oil Ministry official in Baghdad.
The three officials and the oil worker spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
The Iranians were still nearby, however: a half-dozen soldiers retreated to a hilltop overlooking the oil well, said the two government officials. Another 50 were stationed at a border checkpoint about 150 meters away.
Both Iran and Iraq claim parts of al-Fakkah as theirs. Located about 200 miles (about 320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, the oil field has an estimated 1.5 billion barrels in reserves.
The standoff displayed the occasionally tense relations between the two oil-rich nations, which fought an eight-year war in the 1980s but now share common ground in Shiite-led governments. It spurred an emergency meeting of Iraq’s national security council and high-level diplomatic talks between Baghdad and Tehran.
U.S. officials, worried about Iran’s growing influence in the region, praised what they described as Baghdad’s quick but measured response to the dispute.

By: for-what-it's-worth

for-what-it's-worth — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:36:07 +0000

This move by Iran is purely a Political one. Iran is simply stirring the pot so to speak. They have more oil than Iraq, according to reports I’ve read, so why make this move now. The current dictator of Iran is pushing too many buttons. I see a parallel with what N. Korea, and Iran do every once in a while. They are both under santions by the U.N., their two respective countries peoples are oppressed and murdered. Irans religious leader could take a stand against this type of conduct but he is part of the problem. I haven’t read their “Koran” but I don’t believe that it tells their believers to treat the followers of the “Koran” to oppress, rape or murder. This is strictly a DICTATORSHIP, not unlike what Hitler was like. I personally think that the Dictatorship in Irans days are numbered and the people of Iran will eventually know what true Freedom is like.
I spoke with two Iranian women while waiting on a flight in at the Dubai airport. One said she liked their leader and the other didn’t, so that tells me atleast half or more would like a change, and it will happen sooner than later:)!

By: japan rp

japan rp — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:09:31 +0000

Oh gawd, just what we need, more tensions in the ME!