Guerrillas Bomb Northern Pipeline

Juan Cole 11/03/2003

Guerrillas Bomb Northern Pipeline

The pipeline from Kirkuk to the Dora refineries of north Baghdad was cut by an explosion near Mashruh al-Therthar, southwest of Samarra. Guerrillas tossed hand grenades at the pipeline, according to AFP. Eyewitness Hassan Messarhad remarked, “I heard a powerful explosion in the evening, and I saw huge flames coming out of the oil pipeline.”. A gas pipeline near Baiji had been hit on Saturday.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.