[CTRL] Pipeline Ablaze North of Baghdad

[Sean McBride]

Title: Boston Globe Online: Print it!

-Caveat Lector- Why the pragmatic and business-savvy oil industry for the most part OPPOSED the Iraq War and the messianic schemes of the neocons:   http://www.boston.com/dailynews/330/world/Pipeline_ablaze_north_of_BaghdP.shtml '); //-->> THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Pipeline ablaze north of Baghdad By Associated Press, 11/26/2003 02:34 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A major pipeline linking oilfields in northern Iraq to the country's biggest refinery was ablaze Thursday, witnesses said. Sheets of flame and thick black smoke were shooting from the damaged line next to the desert highway about 30 miles north of Beiji, the site of Iraq's largest oil refinery, witnesses said. There was no immediate explanation about what had caused the blaze. The location of the fire was about 135 miles north of the capital, in the so-called Sunni Triangle where guerrillas have repeatedly attacked pipelines linking Iraq's oil fields with Turkey. Sabotage of pipelines and other infrastructure has become a major problem for the U.S.-run coalition and its Iraqi partners as they try to revive the country's giant petroleum industry the key to economic recovery. Iraq has the second largest proven petroleum reserves in OPEC. But many companies are holding back until they see an improvement in security against attacks by militants opposed to American troops and the U.S.-backed Iraqi Governing Council. The northern pipeline which carries crude oil from Kirkuk to Turkey operated briefly in August before one of several attacks on facilities forced the Iraqis to shut it down for repairs. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om