Insurgents in Iraq blow up oil well

[laststeamtrain]

Source: AFP

Insurgents blew up an oil well near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, filling the sky with a thick black plume of smoke, security and oil industry officials said.

"The fire is the result of sabotage," confirmed an Iraqi army officer who declined to be named. "Insurgents planted a bomb in the well."

"The insurgents took advange of the sleeping guards," he said, adding that it could take weeks to extinguish the blaze.

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The oil-rich city could contain as much as half of the country's total petroleum resources, but the northern export pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan is frequently shut off because of attacks.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070524/wl_mideast_afp/iraqoilkirkuk_070524072736&printer=1;_ylt=AhVkw3oXYYJhEShC5peONg2bOrgF

[pretty_lies]

1. Hey, That's OUR Oil !

And Hillary and W. both agree, we ain't leaving till they sign that Oil Law...

[MADem]

2. The Kurds will be BULLSHIT. They lay claim to that area... nt

[pretty_lies]

3. Alternate Response:

They sure do!

[Theres-a]

4. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[RC]

5. Insurgents? How about Iraqi citizens?

We need better truth in labeling concerning bu$h's war of choice.

[Fovea]

7. Iraqis might call them freedom fighters

haven't we been here before?

[SaveAmerica]

6. Someone will use that as an excuse to hike gas to $4 a gallon...

[global1]

8. Come On Now - 'The Insurgents Took Advantage Of The Sleeping Guards'........

the picture I get is two drunken arabs sleeping in the fetal position and clutching their guns like they would a 'vestal virgin' as these bad-ass insurgents sneak past these sleeping guards and up to the oil well - plant explosives - and then sneak back past the sleeping guards - making gestures like tucking them in. This is a cartoon.

If the oil is so damn important - why aren't these oil wells protected around the clock with some sort of active military.

I don't believe this story as far as I can throw it.

[OwnedByFerrets]

9. Just another excuse for OUR gas

to go up another .50 a gal.:puke: