Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Another Iraqi pipeline in blazes

Iraqi firefighters tackle a large blaze on an oil pipeline 10 km north of the Baiji refining center October 19, 2004. An explosion blew up a section of Iraq's northern oil export pipeline on Tuesday and set it on fire, but exports to Turkey kept flowing, oil officials and police said.

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In Kirkuk.

Update 3:15pm: A slightly different take...

An attack on a pipeline in northern Iraq has halted exports of oil via Turkey, Iraq's state oil company said on Tuesday.
Independent On Line article

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