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| Oil pipeline attacked in northern Iraq |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2005-02-14 17:25:43 |
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14
(Xinhuanet) -- Unidentified attackers blew up an oil pipeline near the northern
Iraqi city of Kirkuk and set it on fire, police said on
Monday.
The attack took place at the al-Dibbis oil field
north of Kirkuk on Sunday evening, they said.
Firefighters
rushed to the area, but facing difficulties in putting out the fire due to
enormous heat near the fire zone, the police added.
The
pipeline supplies oil for internal use and the damage will hamper oil
production.
Insurgents have regularly targeted Iraq's oil
infrastructure, which repeatedly leads to cutting exports.
According to the Iraqi government, attacks on oil infrastructure have cost the
country seven to eight billion US dollars in exports since the US-led invasion
in March 2003. Enditem
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