Iranian Trouble and Mischief

It was interesting news this morning when the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Sayissa reported that Iran has urgently summoned Syrian leaders and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah to Tehran. The report goes on to say orders will be given regarding what action to take should Iranian nuclear sites be attacked. The Jerusalem Post has an English language report with a few more details.

Interesting now that Drudge has his Red Banner out reporting Iranian forces take over Iraq oil well. It sounds like this is not necessarily a random action thought.

"What happens is, periodically, about every three or four months, the oil ministry guys from Iraq will go ... to fix something or do some maintenance. They'll paint it in Iraqi colours and throw an Iraqi flag up.

"They'll hang out there for a while, until they get tired, and as soon as they go away, the Iranians come down the hill and paint it Iranian colours and raise an Iranian flag. It happened about three months ago and it will probably happen again."

He added that the Iraqis are "very concerned about the Iranians pulling oil out of fields underneath Iraq."

This looks to me like mischief, not trouble. The report in al-Sayissa - that looks like trouble.