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| U.S. commandos destroy Iraqi pipeline to Syria |
| 2003-04-03 |
| U.S. special operations forces are said to have blown up an Iraqi pipeline that delivered more than 200,000 barrels of oil a day to Syria. The Kuwaiti Al Rai Al Aam daily reported on Wednesday that U.S. forces sabotaged the Iraqi oil pipeline to Syria last week in an operation in northwestern Iraq. The newspaper quoted U.S. sources as saying the forces also blew up a railroad link between Iraq and Syria. Until the start of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, Syria obtained 250,000 barrels of oil per day through two pipelines that stemmed from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Middle East Newsline reported. One pipeline reached the Syrian port of Banyas for export. The other provided oil directly to the Syrian national energy grid. Think about your future in the dark The U.S. sources said the destruction of the main pipeline came amid a warning by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for a halt to Syrian military supplies to the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The newspaper reported that on Monday the pumping station on the Iraqi side of the pipeline had broken down. C-4 will do that The Kuwaiti report was not immediately confirmed by other sources. A Western intelligence source said on Wednesday that the Iraqi-Syrian pipeline was not blown up. The source would not elaborate. You don't really need to blow it up, just turn off the pumps and close the valves. Another case of cause and effect. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 I like it: the Syrian No-oil for Military Supplies Program. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-03 10:46:57 |
| #3 Some Muslim commentators are favoring protracted guerrilla war, as a means to advance the Arab League agenda. Manipulative scum: http://english.daralhayat.com/column/03-04-2003/Article-20030403-53caa9ab-c0a8-01fc-0042-a1eddec65974/story.html |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-04-03 10:39:02 |
| #2 Joe: Hey Willie, look at dis 'ere paper I found in this building what we knocked down not just an hour ago. It says that SYRIA has a Baath Party too! Willie: I hope the dust tasts better in syria. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-04-03 10:07:56 |
| #1 Whether we blew it up or shut it down, maybe Damascus will get a clue. Debka reported today that Saddam and Sons are in a villa near Latakiya. It wouldn't take very much to take this place out with a short sortie from one of the Carriers in the eastern Med. |
| Posted by: Doug De Bono 2003-04-03 09:57:59 |