Iraq’s Foreign Ministry Accuses Iran Of Stealing Its Oil

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry
Accuses Iran Of Stealing Its Oil
Monday, February 04, 2008

Iraq's Foreign Ministry says it has passed on a letter of warning to Tehran regarding accusations Iran is illegally pumping Iraqi oil... Accusations started over the weekend that Iran is stealing Iraqi oil, and actually forced Iraqis off the oil fields. The deputy chief of Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity also says Iran is behind smuggling of oil and fuel products, and blames Iraq's Oil Ministry for not doing enough. He also named the Fadhila Party, which controls the southern oil province of Basra and the southern oil protection force, as well as the current head of the CPI, also a Fadhila Party member, of being complicit in the smuggling...
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