Basra, Mar 27, (VOI) - Unidentified gunmen blew up an oil pipeline in al-Zubeir region in western Baghdad on Thursday morning, eyewitnesses said.
“At 9 am, unknown gunmen booby-trapped an oil pipeline carrying oil to the Basra port in al-Rashidiya region before detonating it,” an eyewitness told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
“The explosion caused a huge fire in the region, and firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire,” he added.
Basra is located 590 km south of Baghdad. Jay Gory, The Cheers News
more Mass grave found in Muqdadiya Diala, Apr 14, (VOI) – U.S. forces found 30 bodies buried inside a mass grave in southern al-Muqdadiya city, 45 km southeast of Baaquba, the U.S. army said in a statement on Monday.
20 killed, 53 wounded in Sadr City clashes Baghdad, Apr 6, (VOI) – Twenty people were killed and 53 others wounded in the clashes that erupted in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, between U.S. forces and armed groups since Saturday, an Iraqi medic said on Sunday.
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