Don’t Bomb Iran

In a move that could raise regional tension, Kuwait plans to explore for natural gas in an area claimed by Iran. Remember Kuwaiti horizontal drilling (illegally) into Iraq before the first Gulf War(with US connivance) which was Saddams main gripe?

http://menewsline.com/stories/2006/january/01_06_4.html

ABU DHABI [MENL] — In a move that could raise regional tension,
Kuwait plans to explore for natural gas in an area claimed by Iran.

Energy Undersecretary Issa Al Oun said Kuwait would explore in the
offshore Dorra field claimed by Iran. Al Oun said the sheikdom would
begin exploration in coordination with Saudi Arabia in undisputed parts
of Dorra. In 2000, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signed an accord to share
offshore fields, disputed by Iran since the 1960s.

On Jan. 3, Iran warned against the Kuwaiti project. Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said any Kuwaiti drilling must
take place in undisputed Gulf waters.

“They [Kuwaitis] will naturally not be allowed to do anything in Iran’s
territorial waters, but if they do anything, it should be where it is not
claimed by Iran,” Asefi said.