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December 25, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6967001.ece

Anti-Iranian Demonstrations Spread across Iraq in Oil Well Dispute

(Times-UK) Alice Fordham - A row over an oil well on the Iran-Iraq border has triggered anti-Iranian demonstrations across Iraq, angry statements by politicians accusing the government of supporting Iran, and the announcement of a new cross-tribal armed force to combat Iranian incursions. Last week armed Iranians moved on to the al-Fakka oilfield, in Missan province, south Iraq, and erected their flag on oil well No 4, which has been disputed by the two countries since the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988. On Wednesday the Iranian troops were "still inside Iraqi territory" said a government spokesman. A source working at al-Fakka said that around 100 Iranian troops and two tanks were still present.

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