A Bloomberg report seems to indicate that:
Iranian forces yesterday entered Iraqi territory at dawn, and occupied well number 4 in the East Maysan field in al-Fakah region, 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Baghdad, Border Guard General Zafer Nazmi said. The Iranian forces positioned tanks around the well.
“They positioned tanks around it and dug trenches,” Nazmi said by phone from Basra. “They are still there, they raised the flag.”
East Maysan in southern Iraq is an old oil field that is no longer in production, according to Nazmi. Iraq is the third largest oil producer in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
This happened a few years back too.
It seems that Polish troops invaded Germany and blew up a radio transmitter that was playing a lot of anti Polish propaganda. Fortunately the local Nazis repulsed the invaders with total loss of life and protected the Fatherland.
We are so screwed! Obama gonna wish he had lost the election in four years. Their is so much unrest over there and we have already lost so many brave men and woman. What is next for the US? I am not sure we have the logistics to wage a war against Iran? I think they now that!
Complete BS news. sounds like a False flag
Seems I’m having trouble finding “Al-Fakah” on an Iraq map.
Why would Iran make such a move over the boarder when they know US/Israel Shadow Factions are just itching for an excuse to unload a Nuke on them?
(were the russian bolsheviks ever “evicted” from control of the pentagon in the 70′s and 80′s?)
I gather perhaps, as soon as x-mas is over all hell is going to break loose. -unless the fancy delta craft intervene.
In any case, i’m with others in the thread. BS news to push a false-flag Op.
This is tactically UNSOUND and INSANE to move troops in FIRST, -in an age where air and electronic superiority win the day.
Iran not only produces their own weapons, they have some of the very best Russian technology which is far superior to anything the west produces.
I have come to the conclusion the billions in “foreign aid” the U.S. pays out year after year is payola to keep the rest of the planet from spilling the beans to the US public that we are dead last in the arms and space race.
(That our public is scientifically, -dumber than a turnip is not a mistake. -as is evident by the majority of posters on DU)
The Sunburn Missile of the 90′s is just one, very minor hint. Cosmospheres of the 70-80′s another..
Quite simply: Russia OWNS the Space around the planet -and has done so since the 60′s.
That they can locate *anything* *anywhere* by it’s atomic structure, speaks loudly.
-ignorance, is NOT bliss.
Seek and ye shall find.
-s
jescott418 #22,
I’m betting Obama ALREADY feels that way!
I’m an idiot..sorry
Iran and Iraq have a long standing history of conflict. Timing sucks, Iran’s supposed nuclear weapon research and the conflict in the region. Funny thing is if oil reserves are running short it makes sense that an aggressor nation would move troops in the region. Saudi’s and Kuwaiti’s are allies, Iraq’s under control, Iran seems to me the last piece of the puzzle. Kick their ass and you can control or access more than half the world’s oil supply. This could be an amazingly convenient pretext to war.
Somebody mentioned Tiger. Funny that not long after the media hailed him as being the first billionaire athlete he gets caught playing and may drop half his wealth.
Btw, nothing to see here.
Not so subtle diplomatic move. A minor border dispute to remind Washington that Iran could make things shittier if they want to. If shots are fired, oil skyrockets. Points to the Iranians for testing the waters.
Failenhagen isn’t going to drive up oil prices, so I guess the Iranians are taking matters into their own hands.
Give me a break. 11 guys going 300 metres across the border, grabbing a pump well, and raising a flag. Either somebody is manipulating oil futures on a critical trading day or some locals are pissed about last week’s oil auctions.
This should be wrapped up by kick off time on Sunday.
Here is Al Jazeera:
http://tinyurl.com/ya8x6g9
According to the article above, it was just eleven Iranian soldiers. Is eleven soldiers an invasion?
#7 That he could pull it off is no excuse for you to get pissy.
#10 No, we should trust you instead, dumbass!
#21 I see you’re a bit conFused with dates & all.
#25 You should change your nickname to youwritetoomuchbs
#31 Is a blow job sex?
iran just blew it,it is the cancer in this world,its just like a little brother that wants his big brother to hit him,it wants america to attack it,it refuses to quit its nuclear program,and now its just like saying “ok now come and attack us”,they think that they can defeat america,but i tell them keep dreaming byatches,god bless america…
#31 Is eleven soldiers an invasion?
Depends on your position. In oil futures. Or Armaments. It doesn’t take any lightbulbs to turn on eleven soldiers.
#19 seems the most plausible. Engineers, Aggies and Forestry students used to do that all the time. You’d never know exactly when you’d see a red E or a green F or a blue A. An expression of young testosterone, esprit de corps, armageddon, all that good stuff.
# 23 soundwash:
“[...] That they can locate *anything* *anywhere* by it’s [sic] atomic structure, speaks loudly.”
Can they tell me where my favorite jar of black pepper is? I haven’t been able to find it all day!
Maybe they just wanted to be Fakahs.
This is a silly question. It was an act of war and the Iranians know it. They also know Iraqi is weak because we made it weak and Obama is going to talk/dither rather than blow the forces they sent to kingdom come so now they are testing the boundaries.
Nothing attracts bullies like perceived weakness.
Since they have gotten away with this now it’s time to think about the next expansion.
Dumb Iranians. We need to invade Iran and kill every man women and child in the country. Destroy all the buildings. and declare it apart of israel.
Well, if Obama’s results for the Olympics & Dopenhagen are any indication, I’m quite sure he will be as successful sweetalking the Iranians to stop their nuclear program.
It actually would have been a huge logistical and political opportunity to have the Iranian Army stabalize parts of Iraq for a shared interest but… winning the Iraq war was never a priority, nor even intended by the U.S. A war ceases to be profitable when it’s over. Why do you think an insufficient ground force occupied Iraq for so many years? Those people were sent to lose the war, just to keep it going for as long as possible.