Iran Denies, Iraq Confirms, Neocons on Warpath………..
"Iraq has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Iranian troops who it says have crossed into Iraqi territory and taken control of an oil well. An Iraqi government spokesman condemned the alleged incursion but said Baghdad was committed to resolving the issue by diplomatic means. The Iraqis say 11 Iranian soldiers were involved and that they had raised the Iranian flag over the Fakkah oil field. The National Iranian Oil Company denied that there had been an incursion. But Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister, Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji, said the Iranians were in control of the well…………. Similar incidents have happened before along the border, which has never been properly defined since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s - although relations between the two neighbours are now cordial……..”
Interesting claims and counterclaims. Iran’s Alalam TV claims that Iraq has denied the incursion, and apparently Alalam is not telling the truth here. Iraqi officials acknowledge Iranian troops have entered the partly-shared and partly-disputed area although one of them is quoted in Aljazeera that the Iranians stayed briefly and withdrew. Iraqi media mentions no withdrawal.
Interesting also (I am using this word a lot, interesting) some right-wing reaction. Michael Ledeen complained in Pajamas Media that the West is turning a blind eye as Iraq gets invaded, or something to that effect. He is implying Obama’s Munich and perhaps Poland also all wrapped in one! A Panzer division of 11 soldiers.
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