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| Iraq |
| Iraq army defuse bombs at key oil refinery |
| 2011-06-18 |
| BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops have defused make-shift bombs placed inside one of the country’s key oil refineries in the latest threat to its expanding petroleum industry, security and oil sector sources said on Friday. Four explosive devices were defused by the Iraqi army at Doura refinery south of Baghdad on Wednesday, a security official and an oil industry source said. Several Iraqi oil police guards were arrested after the discovery, the sources said. “An initial investigation indicates that someone within the refinery helped terrorists to get the bombs in,” an official close to investigation said, asking that he not be identified because it was a sensitive security matter. Doura, which produces gasoline, gas oil, lubricants and other products, has a refining capacity of 240,000 barrels per day (bpd). Iraq’s oil police, set up to protect refineries and pipelines, say they are still underequipped and understaffed for the job. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 "IraqÂ’s oil police, set up to protect refineries and pipelines, say they are still underequipped and understaffed for the job." Understaffed is better than overstaffed when the workforce includes insurgents & sympathizers, no? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-06-18 07:40 |