Posted on 03/23/2008 12:27:18 PM PDT by maquiladora
Dozens of tankers carrying oil for NATO forces have been destroyed in a bomb blast targeting a Pakistani border crossing where they awaited clearance to enter Afghanistan, officials say.
"The explosion took place this evening when the oil tankers were parked in the parking lot of Torkham border in the tribal town of Landi Kotal. More than 60 tankers caught fire and 35 of these were completely destroyed," government official Bismillah Khan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
At least two people were killed and more than 50 injured in the attack, and the government officials deployed at the border crossing vacated the compound, he added.
The Afghan National Army dispatched two fire brigade vehicles as the fire spread to more vehicles.
Many of the tankers carrying oil for NATO in Afghanistan come through the Khyber pass in a tribal area adjoining Peshawer, the capital of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
They have been increasingly targeted by Taliban insurgents operating along the border area in recent months.
No doubt another excuse for speculators to bid up the price of oil.
As they told us in the Army, don’t bunch up or they’ll get all of you with one grenade. Who was in charge of security? Or did they farm it out to Dubai?
NATO, right.... how mush is this going to cost the US?
Certainly sounds like a screwup to me.
Hitting the NATO supply line ping
if I am reading correctly, although details are sketchy. It appears 60 land based tankers
Are those the big round things that store the Oil?
“Are those the big round things that store the Oil?”
Can you say tank trucks, maybe tractor trailers?
We either need to go nuclear for energy, or go nuclear on those who would disrupt the flow of energy.
If I was in charge, I’d make a speech like, “Once we find out the origin of these people doing this, their country will be destroyed and made into a giant pigfarm for generating methane to make up for the loss.”
You guys all park there together. There’s safety in numbers.
That was what I was thinking
Now I’ve got to get my slippers on and go see the trolley and visit Hoot the owl...
Ummm...wrong kind of tankers folks. Quit going nuts. This was TRUCKS, parked waiting for clearance to cross the border. Not TANKER SHIPS....arrrggghh....
Thank you for the clarification.
I was wondering how the Pakistanis got 60 oil tankers into a parking lot. ;)
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