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IRBIL, June 21 (KUNA) -- A gas pipeline was sabotaged last night in Kirkuk,
255 kilometers north of Baghdad, Northern Oil and Gas Company said in a
statement Thursday.
The pipeline connecting the city's gas fields with the power plants to the
southwestern part of it was attacked with an improvised explosive device
yesterday at about 10:00 pm local time, according to the statement.
It added that the pipeline was shut as technical and engineering teams
attempt to repair it.
The attack was part of a series of anonymous sabotage operations that
targeted pipelines in the gas network connecting power plants and gas canister
factories north of Baghdad.(end)
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