At 1st... I thought it was just a flashback, but in a parallel dimension:
AFP: Tue Aug 2, 2:22 PM ET Iraq blasts Kuwait on 15th anniversary of invasion
Angry Iraqi MPs charged Kuwait with repeatedly violating their southern border in a lively televised debate on the 15th anniversary of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Kuwaitis have destroyed a sand berm marking the border between the two countries and "penetrated one kilometer (over half a mile) inside Iraqi territory," said Jawad al-Maliki, a member of the conservative Shiite parliamentary majority who heads the committee of defense and security.
No Kuwaitis were present at the debate, broadcast by Iraqi state television.
"They have also crossed the border to install oil derricks on our agricultural land, have destroyed buildings in (the border town of) Umm Qasr with bulldozers and installed new border demarcations," he said.
Maliki also denounced alleged Kuwaiti violations of Iraq's sea and airspace.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050802/wl_mideast_afp/iraqkuwaitborder_050802182215
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Iraq accuses Kuwait of slant oil drilling David Shucosky at 2:56 PM ET http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/08/iraq-accuses-kuwait-of-slant-oil.php
[JURIST] Iraq legislators accused Kuwait [JURIST news archive] of stealing their oil during a televised debate on Tuesday, the 15th anniversary of the Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The debate [Gulf Daily News report], which did not have any Kuwaiti representatives, also touched on minor border disputes which arose after the 1991 Gulf War and 1993 boundary drawing by the UN. Jawad al-Maliki, chairman of Iraq's Security and Defense Committee, claimed that Kuwait was drilling into oil pools at angles into Iraqi territory. Kuwait has also drawn protests from Iraq for building a metal barrier to mark the border. Negotiations to settle the disputes are planned. AP has more.