Iran invades Iraq - Polidicks

[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BH1Y920091218[/url] [quote]BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian soldiers crossed into Iraqi territory on Friday and took up position at a southern oilfield whose ownership is disputed by Iran, a senior Iraqi official said. WORLD Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji, reversing earlier denials, said the incursion was the latest in a series this week at the Fakka oilfield, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, in Maysan province. "At 3:30 this afternoon, 11 Iranian (soldiers) infiltrated the Iran-Iraq border and took control of the oil well. They raised the Iranian flag, and they are still there until this moment," he told Reuters. There was no official word from Tehran on the incident. Oil prices rose after al-Arabiya television first reported an incursion. Khafaji said Baghdad had taken no military action and stressed it would seek a measured, diplomatic response to the situation. "We are awaiting orders from our leader." "This well is located on Iraqi land, 300 meters (yards) inside Iraq. It is disputed between Iran and Iraq. There was an agreement between the two countries' oil ministers to fix this problem diplomatically," he said. An Iraqi security source in Maysan province, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iranian troops had made their way on Thursday onto the Fakka oilfield area, located just on the Iraqi side of the two countries' long desert border, then withdrawn after several hours. OIL FUTURES RISE The benchmark U.S. light crude oil future moved to a high of $74.69 per barrel at 9:14 a.m. EST (1414 GMT), up from $73.31 at 11:08 EST (1108 GMT) before the first reports. The incident came a few days after the Iraqi Oil Ministry awarded leading global energy firms contracts to operate seven oil fields, in the second tender since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Ties between Iran and Iraq, which fought a bloody eight-year war in the 1980s, have improved since a Shi'ite-led government took over in Baghdad following the ousting of Sunni Arab leader Saddam Hussein in 2003. Yet tensions have flared in the past in the inhospitable desert region, just one of many flashpoints where continuing disagreement over shared borders between the majority Shi'ite Muslim neighbors has fueled a low-level public feud. With Washington and Tehran at odds over Iran's nuclear program, the Iran-Iraq relationship is more delicate given the presence of 115,000 U.S. soldiers on Iraqi soil. A source in the Iranian embassy in Baghdad said he had no information about any incursion. "If such a thing had happened, they would have told us," he said, referring to the Iranian government in Tehran. Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told al-Arabiya television: "Iraq will not give up its oil wealth, no matter the reason." Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said ministers would meet this evening on the issue and would make a statement following their discussion. Together with Bazargan and Abu Gharab, Fakka makes up the so-called Maysan Fields, which have an estimated 2.463 billion barrels of reserves. According the Oil Ministry, oil production in the Fakka area began in the 1970s but was suspended during the Iran-Iraq war. The closest city is Amara, some 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Iraq offered the Maysan oilfield complex to global energy firms in its first postwar development contract auction in June. But a Chinese consortium, the sole group to bid on the fields, declined the Oil Ministry's proposed fees.[/quote] Luckily Iran doesn't know what diplomacy is and the USA doesn't like when people invade their turf, they like to invade other people's turf, so hopefully this will escalate.

Only 11 soldiers. I thought it was some full-scale fighting with awesome pictures of rockets launching and with people and oilfields on fire.

qft at first post.

Whether it's 1000 or 11 soldiers doesn't really matter, it's still an aggressive move, and it isn't exactly gonna help what people think of them right now.

[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19033700]Whether it's 1000 or 11 soldiers doesn're really matter, it's still an aggressive move, and it isn't exactly gonna help what people think of them right now.[/QUOTE] it matters

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Wasn't it Iran who made a Atomic plant, then they discovered they really made atomic bombs or somet...... Oh it all makes sense now.. :ohdear: [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Page stretching" - Gurant))[/highlight]

Iran should change their name to iInstigate

[QUOTE=thereisno131;19033825][URL=http://img101.imageshack.us/i/79378069.jpg/][IMG]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9035/79378069.jpg[/IMG][/URL] (and no, this image isn't resized, my actual screen is this small _|_ )[/QUOTE] Offtopic: Netbooks ftw.

"Invade" isn't the most accurate term. When I read it, I expected tanks to roll in etc. I doubt it'll get worse.

[QUOTE=Jessey;19033647]qft at first post.[/QUOTE] You can't quote-for-truth without quoting. What the fuck? Anyway, Full scale fighting isn't a good idea this day and age.

[QUOTE=TheDKer;19033721]it matters[/QUOTE] I laid out my point, and disagreeing with it is fine, but you have to explain why. You can't just say "No" without presenting a counterpoint.

[QUOTE=starpluck;19033895]"Invade" isn't the most accurate term. When I read it, I expected tanks to roll in etc.[/QUOTE] I was about to disagree with you, but apparantly the Cambridge English Dictionary agrees. invade verb /ɪnˈveɪd/ v • [I or T] to enter a country by force with large numbers of soldiers in order to take possession of it Concentrations of troops near the border look set to invade within the next few days. • [I or T] to enter a place in large numbers, usually when unwanted and in order to take possession or do damage Hundreds of squatters have invaded waste land in the hope that they will be allowed to stay. • [T] to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image. • [T] to spoil a situation or quality that another person values with very noticeable and selfish behaviour Famous people often find their privacy is invaded by the press. Well done, sir.

Shouldn't Iran be fighting rebels and maintaining order in his own country instead of attacking Iraq?

Apparently it's a disputed border section. Who cares anyway, they both hate each other.

[QUOTE=David29;19034105]I was about to disagree with you, but apparantly the Cambridge English Dictionary agrees. invade verb /ɪnˈveɪd/ v • [I or T] to enter a country by force with large numbers of soldiers in order to take possession of it Concentrations of troops near the border look set to invade within the next few days. • [I or T] to enter a place in large numbers, usually when unwanted and in order to take possession or do damage Hundreds of squatters have invaded waste land in the hope that they will be allowed to stay. • [T] to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image. • [T] to spoil a situation or quality that another person values with very noticeable and selfish behaviour Famous people often find their privacy is invaded by the press. Well done, sir.[/QUOTE] IT also agrees with the first use of invade in this thread. See: [quote]• [T] to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way [/quote] Even if it's only 11 troops, we noticed, and last time I checked oil fields are busy places. They also didn't exactly knock on the door and politely ask to be allowed in, either. Therefore, Invade works quite well to describe what happened.

They can have all the sand they like.

An open letter from the people of the world to Iran: Dear Iran, Please stop being such jerks all the time. Pakistan is like way cool so we give them loads of stuff ( Plus we didn't care when they got the bomb ). Seriously, if you just came to some of our parties we'd let you sit with us in the UN cafeteria, even somalia thinks you're a loner at this stage. Oh and stop picking on Iraq or we'll have to come over there. BTW, Denmark is having big party tonight! Lots of love, The world.

Dumb stupid misleading title, it was a mere firefight

[img]http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/images/bfbc/haggard.jpg[/img] Eleven puny military? That isn't an invasion, that's trespassing!

[QUOTE=j-richardson;19034588]Dumb stupid misleading title, it was a mere firefight[/QUOTE] There was no fighting. The oil field had been abandoned and disused.

Now america has another reason to go into Iraq

The last thing america and the rest of NATO needs is a war with Iran.

Iraq? Oilfield? Soldiers? I'M IN!

[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19033940]I laid out my point, and disagreeing with it is fine, but you have to explain why. You can't just say "No" without presenting a counterpoint.[/QUOTE] 1000 soldiers could likely mean war, while 11......

So should I be concerned that Iran and North Korea along with Russia(?) combined forces, and helped each other build nukes to kill everyone in the world into oblivion?

you can totaly invade a country with 11 soldiers

[QUOTE=dawgs bitch;19041970]you can totaly invade a country with 11 soldiers[/QUOTE] Vatican seems like a good target! :hist101:

Only thing Iran has going for them is that Russia supports them, which could be the only thing keeping them alive. The shit's about to hit the [i]Iran[/i].

[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;19042223]Only thing Iran has going for them is that Russia supports them, which could be the only thing keeping them alive. The shit's about to hit the [i]Iran[/i].[/QUOTE] Russia doesn't support them as much as you'd think.