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Meanwhile, Iranian forces stationed near Iraq's al-Fakkah oil field along the two countries 'disputed border since Dec. 17 have pulled back to the Iranian border, a security official said.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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Meanwhile, Iranian forces stationed near Iraq's al-Fakkah oil field along the two countries 'disputed border since Dec. 17 have pulled back to the Iranian border, a security official said.
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Iranian soldiers in December raised the Iranian flag over the Number 4 oil well on the al-Fakkah field along the Iranian-Iraqi border, but subsequently withdrew to at least 50 metres from the well.
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Iranian troops have been stationed near Iraq's al-Fakkah oil field along the two countries 'disputed border since December 17.
News 2010
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Meanwhile, Iranian forces stationed near Iraq's al-Fakkah oil field along the two countries 'disputed border since Dec. 17 have pulled back to the Iranian border, a security official said.
APA 2010
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According to Iraq's deputy foreign minister, Mohammed Haj Mahmoud, Iranian troops crossed into Iraqi territory on Thursday and seized oil well No. 4 in the al-Fakkah oil field, located in Maysan province about 200 miles (about 320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad.
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Last year, the Iraqi Oil Ministry accused Iran of stealing oil from the al-Fakkah field and of illegally seizing and capping off wells in a second field Iraq says lies entirely within its territory.
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The al-Fakkah field, which has about 1.55 billion barrels of oil in reserves, was offered along with another two adjacent fields as a single group in Iraq's first postwar oil and gas bidding round in June.
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Map locates al-Fakkah oil field where Iranian forces seized an oil well
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The al-Fakkah field is considered a shared field between Iran and Iraq, meaning both nations are able to pump oil from it, but the Iraqis consider oil well No. 4 theirs.
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