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Iraq
Oil pipeline blown up in northern Iraq
2006-03-31
An oil pipeline transporting oil to Baiji refinery in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, went up in flames on Thursday due to blasts. An official in the oil facilities security force, who requested anonymity, said reasons behind the blast were unknown, while fire was strongest in Zaka' village in Riyadh area, west of Kirkuk. He added that fire brigades are still fighting fire in the oil pipeline.

The incident comes days after a statement by the Iraqi Acting Minister of Oil Hashem Al-Hashemi, in which he said that Iraq would need eight to 12 months before resuming oil exports from northern Iraq through Turkey after export operations came to halt due to sabotage acts. Al-Hashemi added that the northern main oil pipeline was totally destroyed and is non-functional, asserting that there is no way to export oil from northern Iraq.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Turks need oil; Kurds have oil; Salafis are sabatoging oil sales. I have always believed that landlocked Kurds would do better if they made an arrangement with the Turks. Eight months of tanker deliveries to Turkey, might force a new arrangement. When Muslim Bosnia first became independent, the first thing the Saudis did was pay Bosnians $50 million to wreck and rebuild the Ottoman built mosques. My enemies enemy...
Posted by: Listen to Dogs   2006-03-31 13:13  

#3  They probably do, however they may have become predictable with their patrols. Best to have overlapping redundancy duplication.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-03-31 08:14  

#2  Kurd militias should be patrolling those lines, 24-7.
Posted by: Listen to Dogs   2006-03-31 02:10  

#1  nice work a$$holes.
Posted by: RD   2006-03-31 00:48  

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