BBC NEWS | UK | 'To fight would not be clever': "How important are the British patrols?
. . . they are very important. The Iraqi wealth depends on oil, the oil pipelines going through those big platforms. The terrorists did try to blow one up. They have managed to blow up lots of the other routes of oil going out of Iraq. So there's that importance. And, indeed, we are training up the Iraqi navy. It has been a huge success, and there is normally one Iraqi patrol vessel in the area. But it is also important to stop smuggling because smuggling is linked to terrorism."
So more than just a conduit for Iran's insurgents in Iraq, control of these waters is critical to Iraq's success as a nation.
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