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| Iraq |
| 'Insurgents' blow up Baghdad water pipeline |
| 2008-11-01 |
| BAGHDAD - Insurgents have blown up a water pipeline in Baghdad's Sunni bastion of Adhamiyah, disrupting supply of potable water to hundreds of thousands of residents, the US military said Friday. The attack on the pipeline took place late Thursday, it said in a statement. 'The powerful explosion created an 18-inch (45-centimetre) hole in the pipe' which supplies water to residents of Adhamiyah, Rusafa and Karrada districts of Baghdad, the statement said. The bomb comprised 20 pounds (nine kilograms) of homemade explosives. An Iraqi security official said insurgents had arrived by car at the pipeline at around 11 pm (2000 GMT) Thursday. 'They parked the car near the pipeline, saying it had a mechanical failure and they were repairing it. It seems they planted the bomb around this time. Soon they left and later an explosion rocked the pipeline,' the official said. He said it could take 48 hours for the pipeline to be repaired. |
| Posted by:Steve White |