Iraq oil pipeline suffers new sabotage
AFP, Samarra
An oil pipeline linking two of Iraq's major refineries was attacked Wednesday near the restive Sunni city of Samarra north of Baghdad, police and oil sources said. The pipeline linking the Baiji refinery north of Baghdad to the Dura refinery in the capital was hit by two bombs which exploded and caused a fire, police lieutenant colonel Mahmud Mohammed said. An official at the Baiji refinery said the pipeline was one of eight conveying oil to Baghdad. "The sabotaged pipeline has a capacity of 7,000 barrels per day," Majid Mamnul told AFP, without specifying the extent of damage or how long repairs would take. The cluster of pipelines, a crucial source of power for the capital, has been targeted by relentless attacks, which are an important part of the insurgency's activities and have slowed the country's recovery.
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