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| Explosion hits gas pipeline in northern Sinai | |
| 2011-07-04 | |
| A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion, officials have said. The blast happened at a pumping station at Nagah, in the Bir al-Abd region of the North Sinai governorate. One security source told the AFP news agency that the pipeline had been bombed by saboteurs.
The security source told AFP that a car parked near the pipeline shortly before the blast. Previous attacks have been blamed on armed gangs. The explosion sent flames into the sky and cut the flow of gas. Emergency services have been deployed to the area to try to bring the fire under control. There have so far been no reports of any casualties. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 According to the Jerusalem Post, An unexploded ordinance was discovered along Egypt's natural gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula mere hours after a blast shut down the flow of gas earlier Monday. The explosion was the third such attack since February. It appears the acusation of sabotage is confirmed... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-04 16:39 |