Iraq, the Iranian incursion into the reservoir, Tehran denies
18 12 2009from 8 hours 46 minutes Some Iranian soldiers have encroached into Iraqi territory today and took position in a disputed oil field with Iran. Continue reading this story, said the Iraqi deputy interior minister Ali Ahmed al-Khafaji, adding that the raid today the latest in a series that have taken place in recent weeks in the field of FAKK, about 300 km southeast of Baghdad. The Iraqi government has in the evening called for the immediate withdrawal of the soldiers, which Iran denies to have ever taken possession of some wells. "Iraq calls for the immediate withdrawal from the well and the number 4 seam FAKK, which belongs to Iraq. Iraq is looking for a peaceful and diplomatic on the issue, "said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh. Previously, al-Khafaji had reported that" at 15.30, 11 (soldiers ) Iranians have crossed the Iran-Iraq and took control of the oil field. They raised the flag of Iran, and currently are still l ". But the company National Iranian Oil (NIOC) has denied the fact, as news agency reported Iranian semi-official Mehr. "The company denies that Iranian soldiers have seized control of wells inside the Iraqi territory," writes Mehr quoted NIOC. The deputy minister said that the Iraqi government does not have decided to take military action, and stressed that it will seek a diplomatic and measured response to the situation. "We are awaiting orders from our superiors," he added. Relations between Iran and Iraq, which in the 80s for eight years have been at war against each other, have improved since the Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, came to power a government led by Shiite Muslims. Reports are particularly sensitive, given that in Iraq there are 115,000 American troops. - On other news site www.reuters.it Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia