Tuesday, June 24, 2003

YA THINK?
Iraq's fuel pipelines came under fresh attack on Monday by elements apparently bent on disrupting US plans to use Iraqi oil revenues to rebuild the country , as Saddam Hussein's soldiers won a pay battle with coalition forces.

The third attack on Iraq's pipelines in less than two weeks hit in the northwest of the country on what was thought to be a key fuel line to Syria, amid a warning that such attacks could become a daily occurrence.

"The ministry is aware of an attack near al-Abidiyah al-Gharbiya not far from the Syrian border," an oil ministry official said.

"It seems there are people prepared to mount such attacks every day on Iraq's pipelines," he added...

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