Iranian Soldiers Take Control of Iraqi Oil Well

	<a href='http://www.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a9cd87eb&cb=1187340286' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=1&cb=1187340286&n=a9cd87eb' border='0' alt='' /></a>	May 23, 2013
		Text Size

Trending: chris hedges economy elizabeth warren politics robert scheer

A Call to Action

Bizarre, Apparently Jihadist Slaying in London (Video)

Hell on Earth for Greeks

Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

Another Memorial Day in This Endless War

Benghazi: Dissecting Congressional Follies, Media Coverage and ‘Cover-Up’ Charges
By Joe Conason

Oklahoma Needs Help, Not Ideology
By E.J. Dionne, Jr.

A Call to Support Guantanamo Detainees
By Timothy Murphy

Another Memorial Day in This Endless War
By Amy Goodman

Bizarre, Apparently Jihadist Slaying in London (Video)

Lawmaker Gives Atheist ‘Prayer,’ Glenn Beck’s Latest Controversial Comment, and More

U.S. Admits Drones Killed 4 Americans

Hell on Earth for Greeks

Apple Bullies the U.S. Government for Lower Taxes

Anthony Weiner Announces NYC Mayoral Bid (Video)

Eric Holder Should Resign Over Spying, Editor of The Progressive Says

Watch: Sen. Warren Grills Jack Lew on Too Big to Fail Banks

Economic Murder: How and Why Austerity Kills

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

A Call to Action
By James Cromwell

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer

By Garry Wills
$16.27

Iranian Soldiers Take Control of Iraqi Oil Well

Flickr / Mohammed Aliwi

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that although Iranians have crossed the border before, they had not previously ventured as far as the al-Fakkah field, about 200 miles from Baghdad. The oil well above is in Basra, along the Iraq-Iran border.

Iranian troops have again entered Iraqi territory, though in a disputed border section, and taken control of an oil well in the al-Fakkah field, about 200 miles from Baghdad. —JCL

AP via Google:

Iranian troops have crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil well that lies in a disputed area along the two countries’ southern border, Iraq’s deputy foreign Minster said Friday.

The deputy minister, Mohammed Haj Mahmoud, said Iranian troops seized oil well No. 4 Thursday night in the al-Fakkah oil field, located about 200 miles (about 320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. The oil field is one of Iraq’s largest.

[...] “We are coordinating with the Oil Ministry regarding this issue. This is not the first time that the Iranians have tried to prevent Iraqis from investing in oil fields in border areas. Tomorrow, we might summon the Iranian ambassador to discuss this issue,” Mahmoud told The Associated Press.

The al-Fakkah field is considered a shared field between Iran and Iraq, meaning both nations are able to pump oil from it, but the Iraqis consider oil well No. 4 theirs.

Read more

More Below the Ad

Advertisement

TAGS: border dispute flag incursion iran iraq oil oil well

Related Entries

Email to a friend

Get truth delivered to
your inbox every week.

Previous item: CIA Working With Palestinian Security

Next item: Eritrean Team Seeks Asylum in Kenya

New and Improved Comments

If you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy.

By tropicgirl, December 18, 2009 at 1:51 pm Link to this comment

I love the suggestion that Iran is stealing oil, coming from ANYONE in the U.S.

To top it off, American men and women died and continue to die for oil
companies that are INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES. There are no “American” oil
companies. There is no “energy at home” or any “foreign oil”. It’s ALL “foreign” oil,
certainly not American. That is what the trade deals are for…

This area was always supposed to belong to Iran, given the U.S. occupation of
Iraq, it makes it even more important to take it back now.

“....i’m shocked, shocked, to see gambling (stealing oil) going on here…. but here’s
YOUR winnings, sir….”

Report this

By ardee, December 18, 2009 at 1:46 pm Link to this comment

If this is a shared oil field then the TD headline is more than a bit misleading..is it not?

Report this

By jean Gerard, December 18, 2009 at 1:28 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

Fortunately, “no US troops were in the area.”

Amen! If they had been, there would undoubtedly have been an immediate
shoot-out followed by a release to AP Worldwide that we were “called in” to
“assist” the Iraqis who were unable to “defend” “their” property.

Facts such as “the wells have been shared” and “the territory has been in
dispute” etc. etc. would have been “disappeared”, CentCom would have sent in
a few drones to wipe out a few wedding parties and McChrystal would be on his
way back to Washington to ask for 30,000 more “boots on the ground.”

Excuse the sarcasm, but sadly, things have got just about that bad and such a
scenario is not impossible.

Report this

By Hamid, December 18, 2009 at 12:36 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

That oil field belongs to Iranians only. It’s about time we took it back.

No dispute there.

Report this

By Ed Harges, December 18, 2009 at 11:59 am Link to this comment

If you actually read the article, it’s clear that this disputed oil well was supposed
to be shared by the two countries.

It was the Iraqis who violated this arrangement and declared it to be wholly theirs.
Iraq “seized” it, contrary to the settled agreement. Now, Iran has answered Iraq’s
aggression by asserting itself to the contrary.

Oh, but we mustn’t let any of these messy facts get in the way of a nice
inflammatory headline that can help to drum up a war against Iran for Israel,
right?

Report this