Baghdad, 18 August 2003 (RFE/RL) -- A key Iraqi oil-export pipeline to Turkey remains on fire today, two days after an apparent act of sabotage. L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S. civil administrator in Iraq, said Iraq is losing $7 million a day due to the attack. The blaze is near the site of a pipeline fire on 15 August that officials blame on a bomb.
Iraq's top oil official, Thamir Ghadban, says it will take several days before the pipeline is operational.
Sabotage is also being blamed for an explosion at a water pipeline serving northern Baghdad. The International Committee of the Red Cross says the blast yesterday is depriving 300,000 people of running water.
Early today, the U.S. military said a U.S. tank crew shot dead a Reuters cameraman, Mazen Dana, yesterday. A spokesman said soldiers mistakenly thought the cameraman was aiming a rocket-propelled grenade at them and fired in defense.
Iraq's top oil official, Thamir Ghadban, says it will take several days before the pipeline is operational.
Sabotage is also being blamed for an explosion at a water pipeline serving northern Baghdad. The International Committee of the Red Cross says the blast yesterday is depriving 300,000 people of running water.
Early today, the U.S. military said a U.S. tank crew shot dead a Reuters cameraman, Mazen Dana, yesterday. A spokesman said soldiers mistakenly thought the cameraman was aiming a rocket-propelled grenade at them and fired in defense.