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Roger Cohen on Iran: Serenity Now!
17 hours ago ago from JG, Caesarea
In an op-ed entitled "The Inertia Option" in yesterday's New York Times, would-be pundit Roger ("Iran is not totalitarian") Cohen argues that new sanctions for Iran would be a mistake and that the U.S. should deprive Iran of an American scapegoat by doing nothing. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18iht-edcohen.html Meanwhile, Iranian troops have seized an oil well in Iraq about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and Iraqi troops are ...
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4 hours ago ago from Chandler's Watch
Iraq Sends Troops to Oil Well Seized by Iran December 19, 2009 FoxNews.com BAGHDAD — Iraq deployed troops Saturday to monitor an oil well seized by Iranian forces along the disputed border between the two countries, an Iraqi official said, as Baghdad demanded once again that Iran withdraw. The diplomatic standoff began late Thursday, when Iranian forces reportedly crossed into Iraq and seized the well, which sits just over the ...
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2 hours ago ago from AfterAmerica's Blog
Admiral Mike Mullen By LARA JAKES, Associated Press Writer Lara Jakes, Associated Press Writer – Sat Dec 19, 4:39 pm ET BAGHDAD – Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border. U.S. officials applauded Iraq for standing its ground against Iran — an uneasy ally ...
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16 hours ago ago from Gorilla's Guides
Iranian ambassador says joint committee should settle row Iraq calls for peaceful solution Iraq says crude output, exports unaffected Iran troops still at Fakka oil field, official says BAGHDAD, Dec 19 ( Reuters ) Tehran wants to solve by diplomatic means a dispute with Baghdad over accusations that Iranian troops seized an oil well inside Iraq, a spokesman at the Iranian embassy said on Saturday. The Iraqi government also called ...
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17 hours ago ago from Asianet | Kerala Latest News | Kerala Breaking News | Kerala Latest Headlines
Baghdad, December 19, 2009: Tehran wants to solve by diplomatic means a dispute with Baghdad over accusations that Iranian troops seized an oil well inside Iraq, a spokesman at the Iranian embassy said on Saturday. Iran's ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi met Iraqi government officials to discuss Baghdad's charges of an incursion by 11 Iranian soldiers who had taken over the well in a disputed border area, the spokesman said. ...
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Iraq Sends Troops to Oil Well Seized by Iran
1 hour, 28 minutes ago ago from FOX News
Iraq Sends Troops to Oil Well Seized by Iran Saturday, December 19, 2009 Print BAGHDAD Iraq deployed troops Saturday to monitor an oil well seized by Iranian forces along the disputed border between the two countries, an Iraqi official said, as Baghdad demanded once again that Iran withdraw. The diplomatic standoff began late Thursday, when Iranian forces reportedly crossed into Iraq and seized the well, which sits just over the ...
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10 hours ago ago from The New York Times
BAGHDAD The Iranian government said Saturday that an oil field that its troops occupied a day earlier was on its side of the border with Iraq , despite Iraqi claims to the contrary. A group of about 11 Iranian soldiers seized a portion of the remote Fakka oil field in Maysan Province in southeastern Iraq early Friday, according to Iraq. Government officials in Baghdad said they had summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the military ...
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1 day ago ago from Washington Post - World
Iraq Soldiers from Iran allegedly raid oil field The Iraqi government on Friday condemned a reported cross-border raid by Iranian soldiers who allegedly raised their flag at the Fakka oil field in Iraq's Maysan province. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh called it a transgression on Iraq's sovereignty and said a formal written protest would be filed with Iran's ambassador in Baghdad. Iraqi military officials said the Iranians stayed ...
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17 hours ago ago from TIME.com - World
SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos U.S. Companies Shut Out as Iraq Auctions Its Oil Fields By Vivienne Walt Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 Iraqi workers walk through part of the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara on December 12, 2009. Essam Al-Sudani / AFP / Getty Share Those who claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 to get ...
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19 hours ago ago from FOX News
Iraq Says New Saddam Hussein-Era Mass Grave Found Saturday, December 19, 2009 Print BAGHDAD A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The grave was originally found nearly two years ago west of Kirkuk, though its discovery was only made public this week after ...
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