Iranian troops seize Romanian oil rig

[Womble]

Iran 'attacks Romanian oil rig'

A Romanian oil company says one of its rigs stationed in the Gulf has come under fire from Iranian troops.
A spokesman for the firm GSP said Iranian troops had seized the rig after firing from a nearby ship, and GSP lost contact with its 26 workers there.

Radu Petrescu said the Orizont rig had been moored near Kish island since October 2005.

GSP operates two rigs off Kish. The other rig is reported to have been involved in a legal dispute in Iran.

It is unclear whether the incident on Tuesday was related to that dispute.

The shooting reportedly happened as the rig was being taken outside Iranian waters for a mandatory overhaul.

The rigs are operated under a deal signed between Petrom, GSP and Dubai-based Oriental Oil Co.

A statement on GSP's website, signed by company president Gabriel Comanescu, said the Iranian action was a "flagrant breach of all the international rules".

It said that since Monday, Iranian military helicopters and ships had been "trying to intimidate the Romanian crew aboard the rig".

Then early on Tuesday "an Iranian military cutter boat opened fire against the Orizont rig, in the stern crane" and Iranian troops occupied the rig, the statement said.

"We do not know if anyone is hurt," it added.

[varian]

Now doesn't all this sound a little familiar??? Shades of Iraq/Kuwait: "...it used to be ours!!!" If the Romanians just let Iran have its way, then this incident will start to mimic Europes capitulation to Hitler. Iran is feeling its oats now, and incidences like this will only increase in the near future. We are witnessing the emergence of the new "Iranian Reich," and it will probably last about as long as the "Third Reich." The toll on the world in general will likely be just as gruesome as "Hitlerworld" proved to be. Both leaders were/are total whack jobs. Shame on us (the world) for allowing this to happen again.

[AnotherAlly]

Now doesn't all this sound a little familiar??? Shades of Iraq/Kuwait: "...it used to be ours!!!" If the Romanians just let Iran have its way, then this incident will start to mimic Europes capitulation to Hitler. Iran is feeling its oats now, and incidences like this will only increase in the near future. We are witnessing the emergence of the new "Iranian Reich," and it will probably last about as long as the "Third Reich." The toll on the world in general will likely be just as gruesome as "Hitlerworld" proved to be. Both leaders were/are total whack jobs. Shame on us (the world) for allowing this to happen again.

I agree. Hopefully, someone will neutralize Iranian President Ahmachimpwad.

[NewsGuy]

The bigger message here is that Iran is not concerned with international law or any other norms. It knows that it will not pay a price no matter what it does, because corrupt countries like Russia and China will shield it from any international consequences.

And, in any event, the U.S. is bogged down in Iraq and the European hypocrites only take action against Israel, not against Muslim countries. So, Iran is free to spread its terrorism and tyranny any where it pleases.

[varian]

... It knows that it will not pay a price no matter what it does, because corrupt countries like Russia and China will shield it from any international consequences.

Here lies the real rub. Both Russia and China are acting as "behind the scenes" facilitators of Iranian and N. Korean bravado. Russia is still fuming about the way the "cold war" ended, and China will use any country (including Russia) against another to gain a world empire. China is holding everything in reserve until it deems the conditions are correct for them to exert their dominance. Sun Tzu's Art of War philosophy put into practice on a global scale.

[varian]

Iran should use it´s possibilities too support us palestinians and not for such idiotic things.

What you really need to realize is that the Palestinians are being used for propaganda and cannon fodder. How did Arafat end up with multiple millions in a Swiss bank account for his wife and PLO/PLA leaders to fight about after his demise? This could have been used to ease the misery of the Palestinian people. But Arafat wasn't interested in easing the condition of the Palestinians any more than do the rest of the miserly Arab/Islamic countries. The Palestinians are in the middle, not to win a separate state, but to aid in an anti-Israel agenda. Don't think that if the Palestinians were given their own state, the rest of the Arab/Islamic whack jobs in the region would let them really have autonomy. A Palestinian state would be a puppet regime under the thumb of Syria, Iran, or a combination of powers. If the Arab/Islamic world wanted Palestinians to be free, it would have happened decades ago, without all the ruckus and bloodshed. I don't see such altruism being offered to the Palestinians by their so called "brothers." It's the Palestinians who are really being held for ransome!!!

[AnotherAlly]

No! That is not true! Syria and egypt always help us. We need our brothers. Only USA act always against us.

USA only acts against Palestinian because you act against Israel, one of the USA's allies. Your people have elected a known terrorist group into their government. Perhaps, if Arabs didn't continually slap the US in the face, the US wouldn't be against you all the time. If you had a friend that happened to be a country, wouldn't you support it against people that were attacking it, like the Palestinians have been doing to Isrealis all these years?

I suppose things might have turned out differently had the Arabs supported the Allies in World War 2, instead of offering their full support of Nazi Germany and the terrible things that they did to Jews.

You do know what the Holocaust was, right? Do you know how many Jews were killed by Hitler's murderous ideology?

[varian]

No! That is not true! Syria and egypt always help us. We need our brothers. Only USA act always against us.

Neither Syria nor Eqypt are the mega-rich oil giants of the ME. Their help, which I would assume, is greatly appreciated by the Palestinians is paltry compared to what could have been donated by the other misers in the region. The US has only recently pulled its aid - most of which ended up in the widow Arafat's coffers anyway. As long as there is one Palestinian refugee camp in the ME, then the Palestinians Arab/Islamic brothers are sticking it up certain Palestinian body orifaces and breaking it off. The Palestinians are viewed as useful pawns for a different agenda. I doubt that they will wake up to that reality anytime soon. It's like a ME Stockholm Syndrome.

[ItsMyJewty]

varian: What you really need to realize is that the Palestinians are being used for propaganda and cannon fodder. How did Arafat end up with multiple millions in a Swiss bank account for his wife and PLO/PLA leaders to fight about after his demise? This could have been used to ease the misery of the Palestinian people. But Arafat wasn't interested in easing the condition of the Palestinians any more than do the rest of the miserly Arab/Islamic countries. The Palestinians are in the middle, not to win a separate state, but to aid in an anti-Israel agenda. Don't think that if the Palestinians were given their own state, the rest of the Arab/Islamic whack jobs in the region would let them really have autonomy. A Palestinian state would be a puppet regime under the thumb of Syria, Iran, or a combination of powers. If the Arab/Islamic world wanted Palestinians to be free, it would have happened decades ago, without all the ruckus and bloodshed. I don't see such altruism being offered to the Palestinians by their so called "brothers." It's the Palestinians who are really being held for ransome!!!

This absolutely true - the Arab states use the "Palestinian" issue as a rod to bash Israel with. The "Palestinians" don't need a SECOND state and need to go and live in Jordan, which is their homeland.

The "Palestinians" have always had corrupt leaders - Hamas is like a maffia organization, and now Arafat's wife is living it up in Paris, no doubt living off the millions he stuffed away in his Swiss bank account. Meanwhile, the schmucks wo supported him are living in dire poverty.

Nobody really gives a toss about the "Palestinians" - they're just used as a weapon against Israel, and the wet lefties in Europe are always eager to come out and perpetuate the myth about the need for a Palestinian state. They've already got a state - it's just another way of getting at Israel.

Also interesting is the fact that the oil-rich Gulf states do nothing to help the "Palestinians" - maintaining the misery also maintains the pressure on Israel, the ultimate objective being the destruction of the Jewish state.


IMJ

[AnotherAlly]

I've tried to get through to him, to no avail.

He totally avoided my points and this means I'm done discussing it with him. I don't have time to waste on people that won't discuss the subject and continually parrot stuff like "USA und Israel do nothing for us. Nothing!"

It's the old scapegoat game again. Blame everyone around you, by all means refuse to take any blame yourself.

Good luck Hassan, but you evaded too many of my points to keep my interest in this chat.

[ItsMyJewty]

Hassan_Pal: Hamas was elected in free and democratic elections. They do very much for welfare. You only see the bad side.

USA und Israel do nothing for us. Nothing!

Jordan isn´t my home! Palestine is my home. I was born there and i will never give it up!!!!

Since 1993, the USA has given more than $ 1.7 billion in aid to the Palestinians.

Jordan's a nice place - go there.


IMJ

[minusthejihad]

No! That is not true! Syria and egypt always help us. We need our brothers. Only USA act always against us.

Poor guy. He actually thinks his "brothers" do anything because they care about Palestinians. LOL! Some day he'll realize that his "brothers" use Palestinians in their ongoing attempt to destroy Israel, not because they care about Pals..

[minusthejihad]

Palestine is my home. I was born there and i will never give it up!!!!

Guess you'll die homeless. Bummer

[ItsMyJewty]

AnotherAlly: He totally avoided my points and this means I'm done discussing it with him. I don't have time to waste on people that won't discuss the subject and continually parrot stuff like "USA und Israel do nothing for us. Nothing!"

Yeah, the repetition's becoming quite tiresome, isn't it? Must be the effects of all the brainwashing...


IMJ

[varian]

...Jordan isn´t my home! Palestine is my home. I was born there and i will never give it up!!!!

Where in Palestine were you born? Is your home in Gaza? Are any Israelis living in your house now? Palestinians used to be differentiated as Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs by the Brits, so in many ways the Jews are just as "Palestininan" as the Arabs in the region. If the Jews aren't occupying your house, what is your gripe? Palestinians are able to make a homeland in the areas that you now presently occupy.



I forget; is this the Japanese or Romanian thread???