Saboteurs Damage Gas Pipeline in Iraq (Friday11/5)

[maddezmom]

KIRKUK, Iraq - Saboteurs set off an explosion Friday damaging a gas pipeline in northern Iraq (news - web sites), police and oil officials said.

Police Col. Mohammed Ahmed said the blast hit a pipeline that connects the Baba Gurgur fields near the northern city of Kirkuk with 0the North Gas Company, affiliated with the state-owned North Oil Co.


A North Oil Co. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the pipeline was expected to be repaired within three days.


The pipeline's damage is likely to affect several power stations, including the Beiji power station but it wasn't immediately clear by how much, the official said.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=3&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_gas_pipeline

[devilgrrl]

1. ZZZZzzzzzzz - I so don't care

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[maddezmom]

2. sorry for posting

but some here do care :)

[MrMonk]

3. Thanks for putting a date on it.

Otherwise, we'd think it was the same story as yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, . . .

[abelenkpe]

4. Isn't the majority of the oil

flowing through the south? I wonder if these pipelines being blown up so frequently in the north have anything to do with the Kurds efforts to create their own independent country? Any thoughts?