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2006-08-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's Navy Attacks and Boards Romanian Rig in Gulf

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Posted by Steve 2006-08-22 09:32|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now I am confused. Is this the 1939 invasion of Poland or 1938 Czechlosovokia invasion parallel?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-08-22 09:51|| 2006-08-22 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this the big 8/22 event?

Posted by Smedley Butler 2006-08-22 09:52|| 2006-08-22 09:52|| Front Page Top

#3 In December we signed an agreement with Romania to set up a forward supply base there.

The attack on this rig is a proxy attack at the US and our allies.

Posted by lotp 2006-08-22 09:55|| 2006-08-22 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 This is gonna bring on the Hidden Imam? Imminantize the eschaton by 'jacking an oil rig?

Doomsday just isn't what it used to be.

Posted by Mike 2006-08-22 10:03|| 2006-08-22 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 The imam is hiding in an offshore well. An oil well.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-22 10:13|| 2006-08-22 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 The rig's owners are locked in a commercial dispute with Iran. Look at this as the equivalent of sending the U.S. Marshals to seize corporate assets.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-08-22 11:15|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2006-08-22 11:15|| Front Page Top

#7 There appear to be several rigs owned by a Romanian company drilling in Iranian waters under a contract with the Iranian government. There has obviously been a dispute and the Romanian company removed one of the rigs. The Iranians decided to use its military to ensure that the other rig was not removed.

Placing your assets where Ahmanutjob can get his hands on them is pretty stupid.

Posted by DoDo 2006-08-22 11:28|| 2006-08-22 11:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Next time try going into business with the Nrth Koreans.

Posted by ed 2006-08-22 11:50|| 2006-08-22 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 According to Grup Servicii Petroliere, their contract with the Iranian company ended in April. So, after securing permission from the Iranian authorities, they towed their rig 'Fortuna' to the UAE for servicing.

The oil rig in the above article is the 'Orizont', a different rig owned by the same Romanian country.

This site gives a date of August 18 for the seizure of the 'Orizont', despite the Bloomberg article's claim that the whole thing happened "this morning".

The earliest article I could find about the towing of the 'Fortuna' is Aug. 15 (indeed one week ago), although none of the articles specified when that happened.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-08-22 12:35|| 2006-08-22 12:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Doomsday just isn't what it used to be.

Not with a bang, but a whimper.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-08-22 13:01|| 2006-08-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Between Hezbollah's premature escalation and the British foiling of the massive aerial fireworks display, I think the Iranians were left with no arrows in the quiver for 22 Aug.

Posted by RWV 2006-08-22 13:31|| 2006-08-22 13:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Is this the big 8/22 event?

The 12th Imam will appear in Bucharest 'cuz he has the hots for Nadja Comaneci, but Imam forgets she lives in the land of Great Satan married to Bart Conner.

Posted by BigEd 2006-08-22 13:54|| 2006-08-22 13:54|| Front Page Top

#13 Just to understand how good the Iranian Navy is, how fast was the oil rig they caaught?

Posted by plainslow 2006-08-22 15:08|| 2006-08-22 15:08|| Front Page Top

#14 Iran attacked and seized control of a Romanian oil rig..

What would Vlad Tepes do?

Posted by Steve 2006-08-22 15:52|| 2006-08-22 15:52|| Front Page Top

#15 nice post Steve! :-)

Posted by RD 2006-08-22 16:48|| 2006-08-22 16:48|| Front Page Top

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