Attackers Blow Up an Oil Pipeline in Southern Iraq

[Snazzy]

Attackers Blow Up an Oil Pipeline in Southern Iraq
The Associated Press
Published: Aug 20, 2004

AMARAH, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi police blamed militants loyal to a radical Shiite cleric for an attack on an oil pipeline near the southern city of Amarah on Friday.

Saboteurs blew up the pipeline in the south that connects the southern Bezergan oil field with a refinery in Amarah, 180 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Friday. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

"Mahdi Army elements set the pipeline on fire using explosives," said Lt. Wessam Mohammed, referring to the militia loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Al-Sadr's militia has threatened to blow up oil wells and pipelines as part of an uprising against Iraqi and U.S. forces. Insurgents trying to destabilize the country's reconstruction efforts have frequently attacked pipelines in the north as well as the south, which exports 90 percent of the country's oil.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBZI5BT4YD.html

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Wanna bet this story was 'held' until the markets closed? Would have broke $50 for sure.

[Cocoa]

1. Sadr was utterly defeated months ago

or so I heard on TV. I think Brit Hume told me that.

[54anickel]

2. Was just talking about this with the F-I-L this morning. Saw on the news

that the "militia" and their arms were just sort of "gone" from the mosque. We looked at each other and both said, "headed for the oil fields".

[lebkuchen]

3. Good

I hope the partisans blow up all of them. I prefer that to blowing up our troops.

[jmcgowanjm]

4. Noticed BurnsNYT on CNN around 1130 CDT/The Mosque

behind him was dark.

Compare that to Imam Ali shrine.