Posted on 07/27/2002 4:38:57 PM PDT by knighthawk
BAGHDAD: Iraq has protested to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan over what Baghdad called "piracy and provocative acts" by US and Australian naval units against Iraqi vessels in the Gulf, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry says.
Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said in a letter to Mr Annan that the US and Australian naval units intercepted Iraqi vessels, interrogated their crews "and sometimes seized the ships and their crews for long periods". He urged Mr Annan to intervene to stop such activities.
Giving examples, Mr Sabri said: "Two Australian military boats with 20 armed soldiers aboard attacked Iraq's al-Fida' ferry on June 28 while it was sailing from Iraq's Umm Qasar port to al-Ma'qal port.
"The soldiers forced their way aboard the ferry, seized its crew, searched it, broke locks of its store-rooms and made it change course."
He described the presence of units of the US and Australian navies and what he said were their attacks on civilian ships in the Gulf as an "act of aggression".
Saddam: "Kofi, what is this crap? Brother Osama paid good money to you, and so have I! Why the hell are we still under sanctions, and why is my illegal shipping racket being harrassed?"
Kofi: "Calm down, Saddam! We'll kill or water-down the sanctions soon enough, but we don't want to alert America. We have to slowly relax sanctions."
Saddam: "Whatever... I want results! We paid good money for your ass...!"
FOFLMAO !
ROFLMAOPMP!! How many ships in Mr. Annan's Navy?
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