Protecting Oil - Iraq

Aug 2005
Iraq's oil rigs are a key target for insurgents bent on causing trouble. Will the new Iraqi marines be able to protect them?

"If the insurgents are successful in attacking this oil platform, Iraq will fall back 20 years," states Chief Master at Arms, Corey Koreza. He's responsible for protecting the Al Basrah oil platform, Iraq's biggest and most lucrative oil rig. "It's a key strategic target for terrorists," he states. In a massive security operation, allied forces have created a 3,000m 'no-go' area around the platforms. Any boat approaching is stopped and searched. Working alongside Kareza are a platoon of new Iraqi marines. Although there's been no shortage of applicants for the Marines, the standard of recruits has disappointed allies. "They were not proactive. We've had limited success introducing them to mobile patrols. It all depends on how much sleep they've had," states Sgt Peter White. There have also been questions about the new marines' loyalties. "When we fist arrived they were blatantly hostile to us. A lot of them support Moqtada al-Sadr," states Sgt White. Political pressure to set a firm timetable for withdrawal from Iraq is growing every day. But no one in the Persian Gulf seems to know when the Iraqi marines will be ready to take over.

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[danielmountain]

title correction: "Stealing oil"

[zythepsarian]

@kurdylife theyll leave it alone once theyve sucked all the oil out of it.

[Baileyndecks]

@stybarrow lol

Even though I dont necessarily agree with you, I have to admit that was funny

[bxccapricorn]

damn armies slaves of the rich

[WarmongerWW3]

Yes, it was just to control the oil market. So what? It is not the first time and will not be the last. A people who can not defend their own natural resources does not deserve to have these natural resources

[MrNomad81]

@stybarrow anytime

[stybarrow]

@MrNomad81 i'm happy for you. thanks for sharing.

[MrNomad81]

@stybarrow Im living the same way and not in a criminal nation

[stybarrow]

@MrNomad81 i live better than almost anyone on the planet, and i am in the USA. looking out the window here, my neighborhood is rather posh with folks generally pleased with Life. having been around the world, the average bloke is struggling.

[MrNomad81]

@stybarrow live better lives than the thrid world countries sure, but not better than the modern world