1 A statement from oil rig company executive here:
http://www.thenewamericancitizen.com/2006/08/22/today-is-the-era-of-thoughts-dialogue-and-cultural-exchanges/

2 It wasn't really the Iranians of course; it was - wait for it - da JOOOOOOOOOOoooooooozzz!!!

3 From an elevated position they could not fire back? What a bunch of pussies.

4 So attacking property owned by an American Corp. makes these camel humpers the good guys in your book??? I hope you remember saying that when you're bowing 5 times day to Mecca you scumbag.

5 I have not seen any mention of this at any other news outlets.

6 Jeff have you ever heard of the word sarcasm?

7 Jeff, He was trying to sound like the left. We call it making fun of, and some call it trying to sound as insane as the left.

You should write I am sorry for that post. If you don't, you are not a man, but a little shit head that just drives by yelling stupid crap.

8 Quit beating around the bush Letherneck; tell us how you really feel.

9 I don't think this is a random act, or an act of insanity.

This happened a few hours before Iran delivered its response to the UN regarding its nuclear program.

Since this is not getting any significant play in the US yet, here is some other stuff you might like to know. For starters, bloomberg news reports:
The U.A.E.-registered drilling company had signed a preliminary contract with Halliburton Co. after winning an estimated $310 million contract to develop phases 9 and 10 of Iran's offshore South Pars gas reservoir.

This rig is not the one that is the subject of Iran's legal dispute with GPS. It was being removed from Iranian waters when they took it by force. I suspect that Halliburton et al, were interested in removing the rig in anticipation of hostilities. The idea being to move it to safe harbor until the shooting stops so they don't freeze your assets.

This attack "sends a message that Iran can project its power and could interfere in oil production," according to one analyst. Kish is in southern Persian Gulf not far from the Straits of Hormuz. 20% of the world's oil passes through that choke point.

This move at this time is very good if you want to do the following:
a) make a military statement without directly attacking an Arab neighbor
b) muddy the water by attacking a private asset belonging to a company associated with a NATO country government
c) make a statement that will get immediate attention at the White House
d) leave lots of room to escalate.

Is it me, or is it getting hot in here?

10 I don't think this is a random act, or an act of insanity.

This happened a few hours before Iran delivered its response to the UN regarding its nuclear program.

Since this is not getting any significant play in the US yet, here is some other stuff you might like to know. For starters, bloomberg news reports:
The U.A.E.-registered drilling company had signed a preliminary contract with Halliburton Co. after winning an estimated $310 million contract to develop phases 9 and 10 of Iran's offshore South Pars gas reservoir.

This rig is not the one that is the subject of Iran's legal dispute with GPS. It was being removed from Iranian waters when they took it by force. I suspect that Halliburton et al, were interested in removing the rig in anticipation of hostilities. The idea being to move it to safe harbor until the shooting stops so they don't freeze your assets.

This attack "sends a message that Iran can project its power and could interfere in oil production," according to one analyst. Kish is in southern Persian Gulf not far from the Straits of Hormuz. 20% of the world's oil passes through that choke point.

This move at this time is very good if you want to do the following:
a) make a military statement without directly attacking an Arab neighbor
b) muddy the water by attacking a private asset belonging to a company associated with a NATO country government
c) make a statement that will get immediate attention at the White House
d) leave lots of room to escalate.

Is it me, or is it getting hot in here?

11 Well now,  the 'baddy' Iran storms another country's oil rig & opens fire - AND THERE ARE NO MAINSTREAM NEWS REPORTS ABOUT IT???
 
Something is not quite right here.  From <a href="http://www.menareport.com/en/business/202033">here</a>,
"The rigs were hired by Dubai-based Oriental Oil Co. and without the consent of GSP ...
GSP later discovered that the Dubai-based company had never existed and it was never registered with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI)."
 
Now the the Dubai-based company 'Oriental Oil Company' (that never existed and was never registered with the DCCI), is same as the Oriental Oil Kish, referred to in the report
<a href="http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3040">here</a>, & linked to Halliburton & the Iranian Nuclear negotiators.etc.
 
"Other senior executives of the oil company facing charges include managing director Mohammad Madani, Chief Executive Officer Ali Matin Nejati, and operations director Ahmad Salari.

The Tehran-based daily Kayhan reported that investigators had discovered one million dollars in cash at the home of one of the detained oil executives. “Powerful figures have been exerting pressure to secure his release, but Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi has insisted that the case be prosecuted”, the daily wrote, adding that it would uncover “a chain of corruption and embezzlement scams”.

Oriental Oil Kish first blipped on the international media’s radar screen in January, when it was announced that the company had subcontracted parts of the South Pars drilling project to Halliburton Products and Services registered in the Cayman Islands.

“Nasseri, a senior Iranian diplomat negotiating with Europe over Iran's controversial nuclear programme is at the heart of deals with US energy companies to develop the country's oil industry”, the Financial Times wrote."
 
Something is afoot & the news reports are steering clear of things..........