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| MP: Iraq owes Iran 1 trillion dollars | |
| 2009-12-21 | |
| An Iranian lawmaker says based on United Nations estimates Baghdad still owes Tehran up to a trillion dollars in compensation for wartime damages. "According to UN evaluations, Iraq must pay us one thousand billion dollars for initiating the [eight-year] war against Iran," a leading member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Sunday. "Iran, however, is a country that has turned a blind eye to many of issues such as this concerning Iraq. Till now, we have never brought up these matters and naturally we will never enter into quarrel with Iraq," Hossein Ebrahimi told Mehrnews on Sunday. The cleric made the comments as he responded to a question about US media reports that Iranian forces had taken control of an oil well within Iraqi borders in the Fakkeh region. Ebrahimi said that the misunderstanding would "definitely" be cleared up through diplomatic channels, as Iran did not plan to let anything disrupt its relations with Iraq. The lawmaker made the remarks as an Iranian border official announced that his country's forces resumed their former position after taking down a barricade recently built by Iraqi soldiers near the disputed oil well. "Iranian forces returned to their previous posts last night after removing the new barricade that Iraqi soldiers had build next to the disputed oil well in a Thursday operation," the official who was speaking on condition of anonymity told Press TV's correspondent. "Iraqi forces had erected the now disassembled barricade next to the No. 4 oil well in Fakkeh," said the official. Comments made by the Iraqi deputy interior minister also confirm that officials in Baghdad believe that the site is in a disputed area. "This news is not true. This field is disputed and now it is neglected by both sides. There was no storming of the field, it's empty, it's abandoned, it is exactly on the border between Iraq and Iran," Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji was quoted as saying. Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up an arbitration commission to clear up the misunderstanding.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 OTOH TOPIX > AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ/MESOPOTAMIA SHIFTS TO REMAIN A THREAT [down but far from out]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-21 23:40 |
| #4 Something tells me that this issue will soon be the very least of their worries. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-21 16:24 |
| #3 They can sue Saddam's estate for it. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-12-21 16:19 |
| #2 BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAAAA OMG..... On second thought Hossien, can you spare me some of what you're smoking it must be really good $**t |
| Posted by: Karl Rove 2009-12-21 10:44 |
| #1 Not to worry. Their reparations from WWII will cover it... |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-12-21 08:09 |