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| Iranian troops no longer control oil well: Iraq | |
| 2009-12-21 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Sunday. Ali al-Dabbagh said a small group of Iranian troops who had taken over an oil well in a remote region along the two countries' border last week were no longer in control of the well, which Iraq considers part of its Fakka oilfield. "The Iranian flag has been lowered. The Iranian troops have pulled back 50 meters, but they have not gone back to where they were before.
On Friday, global oil prices climbed after Iraq's state-owned South Oil Co. in the southeastern city of Amara said that an Iranian force had arrived at the field and taken control of the Well 4. Baghdad demanded that "Tehran pull back the armed men who occupied Well No 4" and condemned the incident as "a violation of Iraqi sovereignty." Iran rejected allegations it had occupied an Iraqi oil well. The border flare-up kicked off a storm of emergency meetings and bilateral phone calls, with Baghdad calling for an immediate withdrawal yet also seeking to contain damage to its important relationship with neighboring Iran. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 TOPIX/WORLDNEWS > IRANIAN TROOPS STILL IN IRAQ. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-21 23:29 |
| #1 The Iraqis need to kill them all. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-12-21 07:07 |