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Bloomberg - Sat Dec 19, 9:52 am ET
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian forces bolstered their positions at a well in the East Maysan oil field after sending troops across the Iraqi border two days ago in a move that’s caused a political standoff between the two countries.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sat Dec 19, 1:25 am ET
BAGHDAD -- Iranian forces crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well just over the two countries' disputed border, Iraq's government said yesterday, prompting a protest from Baghdad and providing a
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UPI - Fri Dec 18, 2:00 pm ET
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Security and political progress in Iraq are included in the foreign policy interests of the government in Damascus, the Syrian president told Iraqi leaders.
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CommonDreams.org - Sat Dec 19, 12:39 pm ET
Iran has rejected Iraqi demands that it withdraw its soldiers from an oil well, the ownership of which is disputed by Baghdad. Iran's Armed Forces Command issued a statement on Saturday making clear that, in Tehran's view, there had been no incursion into Iraq as the oil well is within Iranian borders. "Our forces are on our own soil and, based on the known international borders, this well ...
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 18, 4:04 pm ET
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government on Friday condemned a reported cross-border raid by Iranian soldiers who allegedly raised their flag at an Iraqi oil filed near the border.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 18, 3:27 pm ET
Crude prices rose Friday after Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and seized an oil field. Iraq's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Haj Mahmoud said Iranian soldiers surrounded a well in the al-Fakkah oil field, only 200 miles southeast of Baghdad.
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Deseret News - Sat Dec 19, 10:48 am ET
Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site...
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UPI - Fri Dec 18, 2:14 pm ET
BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Two Iraqi government officials said Friday Iranian security forces took control of an oil well in Iraq's Maysan province.
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CNN - Thu Dec 17, 8:53 pm ET
Insurgents were able to use a mass-market software program to view live feeds from U.S. military Predator drones monitoring targets in Iraq, a U.S. official indicated to CNN Thursday.
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Rigzone - Fri Dec 18, 5:57 pm ET
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 minister says.
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New York Post - Fri Dec 18, 1:07 pm ET
BAGHDAD — 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 Irania...
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 18, 1:20 pm ET
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian forces yesterday entered Iraqi territory at dawn and occupied a well in the East Maysan oil field, Border Guard General Zafer Nazmi said.
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The Washington Times - Fri Dec 18, 10:30 am ET
UPDATED: BAGHDAD (AP) -- 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 ...
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USA Today - Thu Dec 17, 1:29 am ET
Massive bombings and scattered daily violence won't impede American troops from leaving Iraq by the end of 2011, the country's prime minister said Wednesday.
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INO News - Fri Dec 18, 1:11 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Iranian troops have entered southern Iraq and seized an oil well located inside the Iraqi side of a disputed border between the two countries, Iraqi officials said Friday.