Saboteurs hit oil facility in north Iraq-spokesman
Tue May 10, 2005 12:37 PM BST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Saboteurs attacked a crude oil pipeline complex near the Kirkuk fields in northern Iraq on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said.

"It was a bomb. Crews are working on extinguishing the fire in the complex, which is part of the northern production system," Assem Jihad told Reuters by telephone from Baghdad.

Jihad did not say whether the attack could further delay restarting exports from the northern fields to Turkey, which have been idle for most of the past two years because of sabotage against the network.

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