[lbo-talk] U.S. FORCES BLOW UP IRAQI PIPELINE TO SYRIA

[Steven]

ABU DHABI -- U.S. special operations forces are said to have blown up an
Iraqi pipeline that delivered more than 200,000 barrels of oil a day to
Syria.

The Kuwaiti Al Rai Al Aam daily reported on Wednesday that U.S. forces
sabotaged the Iraqi oil pipeline to Syria last week in an operation in
northwestern Iraq. The newspaper quoted U.S. sources as saying the
forces also blew up a railroad link between Iraq and Syria.

Until the start of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, Syria obtained 250,000
barrels of oil per day through two pipelines that stemmed from the
northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. One pipeline reached the Syrian port of
Banyas for export. The other provided oil directly to the Syrian
national energy grid.

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