Internal Iraq oil pipeline cut by bomb

BAGHDAD: An internal pipeline carrying crude oil to a Baghdad refinery was ruptured in a bomb attack by insurgents, police said on Sunday, the second attack on a pipeline in Iraq in five days.

Police said the pipeline connecting Baiji, 180 kilometre north of Baghdad, to the Doura refinery in the capital was hit by a suspected improvised explosive device. Rescue teams had so far been unable to reach the area. Baiji residents reported seeing flames spewing from the ruptured line. It was not clear if work at the refinery had stopped.


On Tuesday, Iraq