Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site in a sudden flare up of tension between the two uneasy neighbors.
Nothing is more surprising than to see Antiwar fall for this kind of propaganda which is intended for another war. The following articles clarifies it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-sepahpourulr...
The latest rumor comes from the Saudi owned al-Arabiya (partially owned by Kuwait and Persian Gulf States) which announced that 11 Iranian soldiers had taken over an Iraqi oil field. Although this report was denied by Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji, and “A US military spokesman told AFP at Contingency Operating Base Adder", other media sources have run off with it. What was the intention of releasing such 'news'? Clearly, what is not new is that Saudis (and Kuwaitis) are becoming an old hand at assisting Americans in their adventures in the region. In 1991, Nayirah, the 15-year old daughter of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S., used her ties with the PR firm Hill & Knowlton and came up with the audacious lie that the Iraqis were throwing babies out of the incubators in Kuwait.
Nothing is more surprising than to see Antiwar fall for this kind of propaganda which is intended for another war. The following articles clarifies it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-sepahpourulr...
The latest rumor comes from the Saudi owned al-Arabiya (partially owned by Kuwait and Persian Gulf States) which announced that 11 Iranian soldiers had taken over an Iraqi oil field. Although this report was denied by Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji, and “A US military spokesman told AFP at Contingency Operating Base Adder", other media sources have run off with it. What was the intention of releasing such 'news'? Clearly, what is not new is that Saudis (and Kuwaitis) are becoming an old hand at assisting Americans in their adventures in the region. In 1991, Nayirah, the 15-year old daughter of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S., used her ties with the PR firm Hill & Knowlton and came up with the audacious lie that the Iraqis were throwing babies out of the incubators in Kuwait.
December 19, 2009 @ 6:16 pm