Unsettled Borders, Unsettled Politics, Oil is the Word………
“Iranian troops have crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil well that lies in a disputed area along the two countries' southern border, Iraq's deputy foreign Minster said Friday. The deputy minister, Mohammed Haj Mahmoud, said Iranian troops seized oil well No. 4 Thursday night in the al-Fakkah oil field, located about 200 miles (about 320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. The oil field is one of Iraq's largest. Oil prices rose slightly after news of the incident. "We are coordinating with the Oil Ministry regarding this issue. This is not the first time that the Iranians have tried to prevent Iraqis from investing in oil fields in border areas. Tomorrow, we might summon the Iranian ambassador to discuss this issue," Mahmoud told The Associated Press. The al-Fakkah field is considered a shared field between Iran and Iraq, meaning both nations are able to pump oil from it, but the Iraqis consider oil well No. 4 theirs……….”
I thought they were bosom buddies now. By the reckoning of the media of neighboring Arab oligarchies, and their Salafi allies, Iraq was added to the list of Iranian satrapies, her leaders depicted as nothing but stooges of the mullahs. Back to the drawing board.
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