Iran Warship Attacks UAE Rig

Iran have a warship?!?!?
Erm decent source mate kthxb
 
Solaris said:
Iran have a warship?!?!?
Erm decent source mate kthxb
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Uhh yeah. Iran is right on the Persian Gulf why would they NOT have a navy?

And not liking where I linked from doesn't mean it DIDN'T HAPPEN. "Bad source" is in reference to the slant on an article, or dropping little facts to make something seem different. This is just straight reporting- IE "20 Romanian workers were captured by an Iranian warship that took control of an oil rig operated by the UAE and a Romanian company"

There's no possible slanting in that its just a fact or straight reporting.
 
Iran would be mad to take this too far, as Romania are coming into the European Union at the start of 2007, as well as being a member of NATO.
 
Heres what bloomberg reported about the incident (added emphasis)
Iran's Navy Attacks and Boards Romanian Rig in Gulf (Update3)
By Andy Critchlow and Marc Wolfensberger

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Iran attacked and seized control of a Romanian oil rig working in its Persian Gulf waters this morning one week after the Iranian government accused the European drilling company of ``hijacking'' another rig.

An Iranian naval vessel fired on the rig owned by Romania's Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) in the Salman field and took control of its radio room at about 7:00 a.m. local time, Lulu Tabanesku, Grup's representative in the United Arab Emirates said in a phone interview from Dubai today.

``The Iranians fired at the rig's crane with machine guns,'' Tabanesku said. ``They are in control now and we can't contact the rig.'' The Romanian company has 26 workers on the platform, he said.

Iran, which holds the world's second-largest oil and gas reserves, is due to respond today to a European Union-led offer of incentives aimed at persuading it to halt uranium enrichment activities that are crucial to its nuclear program.

Neither the press office of Iran's oil ministry nor the one of Iran's revolutionary guards could be reached for comment when called. Today is a national holiday in Iran.

Crude oil for September was at $72.56 a barrel, up 11 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 12:06 p.m. in London. The contract expires today. The more-active October contract was up 7 cents at $73.37 a barrel.

Straits of Hormuz

Iran urged the United Arab Emirates last week to help it return another oil rig owned and operated by the Romanian company in the same waters close to the Straits of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's daily oil supply moves on tankers.

Grup said it recovered its rig last week because of a contractual dispute with its Iranian client, Oriental Oil Kish.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suspended Oriental Oil's activities in 2005 on alleged corruption activity and ties to Halliburton Co. of the U.S. The U.A.E.-registered drilling company had signed a preliminary contract with Halliburton after winning an estimated $310 million contract to develop phases 9 and 10 of Iran's offshore South Pars gas reservoir.
Mircea Geoana, the head of the Social Democratic Party, the main opposition party in Romania, called on the government to ``undertake all diplomatic measures necessary'' to persuade the Iranians to release the rig.

He also called on President Traian Basescu in a news conference broadcast on Realitatea television to invite all political party heads to the presidential palace to ``discuss what Romania's reaction will be to this provocation.''.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adVreywC1G_k&refer=home
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Gunner said:
Don't you remember the iraq-iran war? iranian warships firing at oil vessels etc?...
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I wasn't alive then.
Stupid move by Iran though, I bet they had reason though.
 
Ahhh, the storms of battle and the storms of heaven. Listen.



It seems that every stupid regime in the world, like Iran, N.Korea, Syria, ect. does this kind of thing every few years.
 
See the Muslims are trying to take over the world again. Stealing all the oil now. Whats next, eating my babies. Probably these muslim ppl are fukign cannibals.
 
Saketi said:
See the Muslims are trying to take over the world again. Stealing all the oil now. Whats next, eating my babies. Probably these muslim ppl are fukign cannibals.
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Are you for real?
 
Saketi said:
Solaris, ur a kid u dont have a clue whats is going on in this world, so go back to ur little play tent with you childish mates.
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LOL OK EVEN THO I CAN TYPE PROPERLY

Attention dick head, this is not a text messge.
 
See the Muslims are trying to take over the world again. Stealing all the oil now. Whats next, eating my babies. Probably these muslim ppl are fukign cannibals.
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Again?
 
He's been warned for that post under the criteria for 'offensive message', he is lucky is didn't see it first, otherwise you'd be slapped with a 10 point racism infraction instead, but now you walk a fine line...
Anyway back on subject etc!
 
The rig, located near Kish island, was captured and at least 20 Romanians were detained...

Iran and the UAE have a territorial waters dispute.
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"attacked"?

real impartial news source btw

in other news...

Iran's Bid for Control in Iraq
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that's the spirit, mahmoud: 'stay the course', don't 'cut and run'!
 
Only in America.

Seriously though. Good job Iran.

/sarcasm.
 
I'm sorry but why isn't that guy banned? Does anyone seriosuly think someone that racist has anything to add?

On topic, Romania probably had to back down, Iran is flexing its influence muscles.
 
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