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Bahrain says militants hit oil pipeline, opening new front
[Ynet] An kaboom destroyed a pipeline belonging to Bahrain's state-run oil company and sent flames shooting up into the night sky, with government officials on Saturday blaming the blast on an attack by faceless myrmidons guided by Iran.No one was injured in the kaboom late Friday night near the Shiite village of Buri and no bully boy group immediately claimed the blast. However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... it potentially opens a new front in the low-level insurgency plaguing Bahrain since its 2011 Arab Spring protests. The kaboom damaged cars and nearby buildings, forcing firefighters to evacuate those close to the flames in Buri, just outside of the capital, Manama. Authorities later extinguished the blaze on the pipeline belonging to the state-run Bahrain Petroleum Co. Bahrain's interior minister, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, said in a statement that the blast was "the latest example of a terrorist act performed by holy warriors in direct contact with, and under instruction from, Iran." He did not say what caused the kaboom, nor did he name any suspects. Iran denies involvement in Bahrain pipeline attack [IsraelTimes] Iran denies allegations it was behind a turban attack on a pipeline outside Bahrain’s capital. Foreign Ministry front man Bahram Ghasemi is quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency Sunday as rejecting the "baseless and fake claims" and "childish finger-pointing" from Bahraini authorities. Bahrain has been combating a low-level insurgency since the Sunni monarchy quashed a 2011 Arab Spring uprising led by majority Shiites. Gulf tensions have intensified in recent days after Sunni-led Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... blamed Shiite Iran for a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Iranian catspaws that was intercepted near Riyadh. Iran has denied any involvement. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-13 |
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