Posted on 08/22/2006 5:05:04 AM PDT by John999
Edited on 08/22/2006 5:08:53 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BUCHAREST, Romania -- A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire Tuesday from an Iranian military warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said.
The Iranians first fired into the air and then fired at the Orizont rig, said GSP spokesman Radu Petrescu. Half an hour later, troops from the ship boarded and occupied the rig and the company lost contact with the 26 crew members shortly afterward....
maybe change #1 to;
Stop shipping all our scrap iron to Asia, particularly China. Smelt all those used up cars being shipped out of Wilmington, stockpile the iron. Then, skip taking out N.Korea, why bother(?) when all it would do is piss China off something fierce.
"I guess the rig was trying to escape so they fired on it."
Apparently this is exactly what was happening.
Read the 'rest of the story' linked in post #20.
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