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 ^

[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.

[jhpigott]

not familiar with this news source, however the story was originally broke on bloomberg just a little while ago. Would have posted that article, but Bloomberg articles are blocked on FR

[jhpigott]

ping

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Things may get alot more interesting.

[refermech]

Who knew? What a way to start a Friday.

[SueRae]

Iran invading Iraq? Here we go...

[GeronL]

Will Obama even give a crap?

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

[jhpigott]

I would say so . . . with speculation ramping up (again) of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuke facilities, student protests in Iran, the Iranian test missile launch earlier this week, and news yesterday from a Kuwaiti paper that Tehran and “urgently” summoned the Syrian FM and Hezbollah leader for consultations . . . lot going on

[rhombus]

Iran could use a few distractions from their internal troubles.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Real news. And as such unreported by “big media”.

[listenhillary]

I’m sure Zero will write them a letter and tell them to work it out in a bipartisan manner.

[MSF BU]

The can send a few attack helicopters over there at 0300, wipe out the element and be back in bed by 0400.

[newfreep]

Never trust “REALLY” big oil.

[St. Louis Conservative]

Who owns the oil well? Or who is servicing it?

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[jhpigott]

bloomberg’s article makes reference to this being unverified, but I see no reason why an Iraqi general would lie about something like this . . . I would assume the major outlets are trying to confirm. For Tehroan to end an armored column across the Iraqi border to capture an oil well is BIG NEWS.

[The_Victor]

[jhpigott]

Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects...wTickers.jhtml

“15:41 Iraq`s Dep. Interior Minister: Iran made no incursion into local oilfield (Reuters)”
“14:18 Report: Iran troops ventured onto Iraqi oilfield for several hours (Reuters)”

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could be a local IRGC commander doing his own thing. Wouldn’t be the first time. Many analysts believed the Iranian forces who captured the 15 Brit sailors a few years back were IRGC who were not acting under orders from Tehran

[jwparkerjr]

Is this well in that part of the border region that has been in question for years and years? I don’t recall the specifics, but there’s an area along the Iraq/Iran border that has been disputed, often with armed conflict.

[metesky]

I don't know...

Is he Sunni or Shi'ite?