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Watching The World: Fishing in dangerous waters

08/15/2011
Eric Watkins Oil Diplomacy Editor A friend once observed that the Iranians are a smart people: They read history and study maps. These days, they're diligently studying maps of the East Mediterranean's oil and gas resources, and planning to "help" Lebanon explore for it. So they say. What they mean is to help Lebanon militarily, under the guise of helping with oil and exploration in the region—mostly smack up against Lebanon's ill-defined maritime border with Israel. Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, made that clear, saying the conflict between Lebanon and Israel over their maritime border and gas and oil reserves demands study by "impartial experts." ...
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