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| U.S. envoy says no oil from Japan diverted to Iraq operations |
| 2007-10-16 |
| TOKYO (AP) - (Kyodo)—U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer said Tuesday that none of the fuel provided by Japan to U.S. military vessels in the Indian Ocean in support of antiterrorism activities in and around Afghanistan has been used for the United States' military operations in Iraq. "We have checked the records and I can say without qualification that all the oil that we received from Japan has gone into Operation Enduring Freedom (in Afghanistan)," Schieffer told reporters in Tokyo. "We'll be releasing a statement shortly in support of that, but I can say that no oil has gone into Operation Iraqi Freedom," the ambassador said after talks with Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Why is this an issue? Who is bitching? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-10-16 13:55 |