Posted on 10/20/2003 5:03:50 PM PDT by Brian S
From correspondents in Tikrit October 21, 2003
AN inactive pipeline was set ablaze overnight near Baiji in northern Iraq, site of the country's largest oil refinery, a US military spokesperson said.
"There was a fire at 3pm (local time). The cause was unknown," said Major Jocelyn Aberle of the Fourth Infantry Division based in Tikrit.
north of Baghdad, and Aberle said the fire was burning on residual fuel.
Haj Ali Janebi, a 65-year-old taxi-driver, said he spotted armed Saddam Hussein loyalists in the area at the time of the blast.
The pipelines in the region around Saddam's hometown of Tikrit have been hit repeatedly by acts of sabotage.
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