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The accusation of slant drilling was not proven in the slightest, and it's a misrepresentation to state it as a fact (Iraq itself is the only source which stood
by bpodgursky 7y ago
The accusation of slant drilling was not proven in the slightest, and it's a misrepresentation to state it as a fact (Iraq itself is the only source which stood by that accusation).
I'm not saying it's impossible that it was true, but it is not a known fact like you represented it.
- _rrnv 7y agoIndeed nothing was proven, but it was still an Iraqi reason. If it was proven, imagine the implications for the validity of desert storm... Nice write up from 1990 https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/03/world/confrontation-in-the-gulf-the-oilfield-lying-below-the-iraq-kuwait-dispute.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/03/world/confrontation-in-th...