Iranian boats increase their approach to the oil platforms of Iraq
By: EFE in: 20.02.2007 02: 00 Washington, 20 feb (EFE). - Several boats patrol Iranian have increased their approach to some Iraqian petroliferous platforms located on the high seas in the North part of the Persian Gulf to evaluate the answer of the American and Iraqian naval forces. The television network of the United States Cnn assured today, of American military sources, that Washington does not consider that the rounds made by the boats are aggressive or a provocation. The approach of the Iranians to Iraqian waters has been taking producing for some months, although the last week intensified. The boats, according to the mentioned sources, were entered during some minutes until they were forced to leave on the part of the Iraqian authorities. A high civil employee of the American navy, of that does not reveal its name, aimed that the Iranians try to evaluate which is the answer from Iraq and the U.S.A. to the facts. Nevertheless, sources of the community of intelligence of the U.S.A. indicated that in many cases they try to see how works American navy. On the other hand, the Secretary of State of the U.S.A., Condoleezza Rice, blamed today Tehran “to carry out of energetic form an opposite policy to the interests of the United States and all those that aspire peacefully to the Middle East”. “We are seeing It in Iraq, where the Iranians continue supporting destabilization activities, including the transference of technologies that our soldiers are killing. We see it in Lebanon, we see it in the Palestinian territories”, added Curls in an interview published by the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”.
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