Blast hits Iraq oil pipeline

[bemildred]

Just trying to be thorough, I guess.

An explosion has ripped through a section of a pipeline near the Baiji refinery in northern Iraq, witnesses said.

The cause of the explosion on Monday was not clear. It was not immediately known whether the pipeline was the main oil export pipeline running to Turkey.

Fighters blew up another pipeline feeding the 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) Baiji refinery earlier on Monday. Crews managed to put out the fire, around 25km southwest of the oil centre of Kirkuk, security officials said.

The northern export pipeline passes near the area of the two explosions.

al Jazeera

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. Theeeeeeeeeeeere's

the 350 tons o' explosives.

[xxqqqzme]

2. the looted explosives

strike again.

[Zorra]

3. Explosives? My goodness, I thought they were throwing flowers. n/t

[musical-dem]

4. Oooops!

so that's where those silly little explosives were hiding........