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| Iraqis gift Al-Omayeh, Al-Bakr oil platforms without resistance |
| 2003-04-03 |
| Iraq conceded two of its major oil exporting platforms north of the Persian Gulf to US and British coalition forces in a bloodless battle. No Iraqis were said to have been present in the platforms when they were taken over by US and British forces immediately after the start of the war on March 20. Iraq completed projects for reconstruction of the platforms just 20 days before the war and the first ships to load Iraqi oil within the UN "oil-for-food" program for export to the US and East Asian states were berthing in the area just two days before the war erupted. Iran's Karbala-3 operations managed to capture the Al-Omayeh platform during its eight-year with Iraq. But Iraq later fired 90 missiles on the platform and destroyed it just to be able to regain it. Al-Omayeh is in Khur Abdullah region and has offshore and onshore operations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Iraq completed projects for reconstruction of the platforms just 20 days before the war and the first ships to load Iraqi oil within the UN "oil-for-food" program for export to the US and East Asian states were berthing in the area just two days before the war erupted. Thanks for fixing them up for us. We really appreciate it. Thanks alot. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-03 13:10:59 |