Iraqi oil pipeline blown up again

An oil pipeline south of Baghdad has been blown up, wounding at least eight security guards, Iraqi police say.

The blast, near the town of Iskandiriya, caused a large fire and disrupted the flow of crude oil to refineries in the south of Iraq.

The pipeline carries fuel south from Baghdad’s Doura oil refinery.

It was the second time in the past year the pipeline had been hit and the latest in a series of attacks on Iraqi oil refineries, blamed on insurgents.