Not sure what this really means, but am trying to dig up more info now...
Paula
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http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=3080125&startrow=11&date=2003-03-06&do_alert=0
2003-03-06 11:32 * IRAN * IRAQ * OILFIELDS * ELIMINATION *
IRAQ BLOWS UP ABOUT 2,500 OIL OILFIELDS
TEHRAN, March 6, 2003. /from RIA Novosti correspondent Nikolai Terekhov/. - Iraq has dropped bombs hitting 2,500 oil fields that cover a vast area.
According to the IRNA agency, the bombing near Sharjeh resulted in the explosion of an oil refinery near Kirkuk.
Some oil-bearing wells were mined with antitank mines.
The Iraqi Army units are ditching around near Baghdad and Kirkuk round the clock to resist the US Army.
