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Oil pipeline ablaze in Iraq
From correspondents in Baquba
17sep04
AN oil pipeline feeding the Al-Dura refinery on the outskirts of Baghdad was ablaze late today after a suspected act of sabotage northeast of the Iraqi capital, said an AFP correspondent.
Local residents near the restive city of Baquba said they heard a loud explosion in the afternoon and rushed to help extinguish the flames that continued to rage as dusk set in.
The pipeline links the Kurdish town of Qanaqin, about 100 kilometres from Baghdad, to Al-Dura refinery.
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