Spectacular attacks stop Iraq north oil flows

[saigon68]

Tuesday November 2, 10:55 AM (GMT)

Spectacular attacks stop Iraq north oil flows
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saboteurs have mounted the most massive attacks yet on Iraq's oil system, blowing up three oil pipelines in the north and halting exports to Turkey.

The attacks, which were hours apart, sharply reduced crude oil supplies to Iraq's biggest refinery at Baiji. The government is already struggling to build up stock of refined oil products ahead of winter.

Sabotage against oil facilities in north and central Iraq has intensified in the past few weeks as U.S. forces attacked Sunni Muslim cities where insurgents have support. Imports of refined products have been also disrupted.

The first pipeline attack on Monday night destroyed a section of the Iraq-Turkey export pipeline in the Riyadh area, 65 kilometres southwest of the oil centre of Kirkuk, officials at the state North Oil Company said.

[displacedtexan]

1. Looks like Iraq just voted in our election.

Winter's coming, too.

We've got to stay mobilized to help those who can't afford heating costs this year because of our DUMBASS foreign policy.

[malatesta1137]

2. Cheney must be

hopping mad. He'll punish the soldiers who 'failed' to guard the fields somehow.

[clydefrand]

3. Yeah, he'll see that Halliburton gets more no-bid contracts

in there to clean up the mess.

This was indeed a "catastrophic success" for his company.

[goforit]

7. Not more beheadings?

[leftchick]

4. holy smokes!!! That is some fire!

Kitty what's her name from Lou Dobbs' show was saying last night how oil prices have dropped because the oil was flowing out of Iraq now. I thought to myself, yeah it'll flow for a few hours then ....

:nuke: !!!!

[Kurovski]

17. Kitty Pilgrim.

That be the name.

[NNN0LHI]

5. Bet it blowed up real good n/t

[goforit]

6. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....................OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!

We have got to KICK Bush/Cheney out!!!!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

8. Did they use...

... the "missing" HMX or RDX explosives from Al Qaqaa?

[no_hypocrisy]

9. "Mission Accomplished." Way to smoke, George. Literally.

[Jacobin]

10. Would have been cheaper to buy the oil than to steal it

[oneighty]

11. Indeed

but it was deemed better to have rich Americans then rich Iraqis.

180

[0007]

13. For sure!

[JoFerret]

12. The environmental damage to the planet

from Iraq is devastating.

[donsu]

21. agree, this is horrible - will cause faster global warming

and it will be harder for the citizens of the planet to breathe. asthma will affect more and more people.

[Tempest]

14. LINK! LINK! LINK!

n/t

[Tempest]

15. Never mind

If you want something done...

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=613715§ion=news

[saigon68]

16. Sorry about that

It was my last post before I snuck off for a nap. I've been volunteering to do voter transport. Started 2 1/2 hours ago. Back home to check the E-mail

Looks like a record turn-out in WIsconsin.

[leftchick]

18. you are forgiven saigon....

Do you think JK will take WI???

[saigon68]

20. Its all up to Madison and Milwaukee

If they have a record turn-out it will be a cake-walk. Took 5 people to the polls 1st trip-- all were solid dems. Lines at 9;00 am unheard of.

[DS1]

19. Message to PNAC

[sangh0]

23. Ha ha!!

.

[Zorra]

22. That photo is what the entire world will look like if Bu$h steals this

election.

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