Bomb attack halts Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline

“A bomb attack in Salahuddin province damaged the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline more than four days ago and the damage will take up to four more days to fix, an Iraqi Oil Ministry official said on Tuesday.

The official, asking not to be identified, said a memo from the North Oil Company received by the ministry on Monday stated the attack had occurred between the village of Shirqat — a former hotbed of support for al Qaeda — and Baiji oil refinery.

The memo was marked ’secret and urgent’.”

(Bomb attack halts Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline | Reuters)