More pipeline sabotage

Although quite regular, these reports seem to come in rather incidentally to the fighting. But, they're not incidental at all, now, are they?

Saboteurs blew up a section of an oil pipeline in the northern region of Kirkuk, while flames raged in four oil wells after a string of bombings the previous day, officials said.

The secondary pipeline carrying oil to refineries in the city of Baiji was bombed at around 3:00 am (0000 GMT) about 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Kirkuk, said police officer Sahim Mohammed.

The attack triggered a huge blaze, but firefighters kept away because rebels had warned of dire consequences if they intervened, he said.

  Iraq Net article