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"Harry Hope" |
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05 Jan 2006 02:07:05 PM |
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Insurgent ambush shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery |
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
Iraq's largest oil refinery closed again Thursday, a day after
insurgents ambushed a convoy of tanker trucks carrying gas from the
facility, an Iraqi official said.
The official told Dow Jones Newswires that pumping to the Beiji
refinery also had been suspended because its reserves were full.
Dow Jones did not identify the official because he feared militants
could kill him for speaking to the media.
Beiji is located in a restive area 155 miles north of Baghdad.
Police said Wednesday's ambush destroyed four tankers and damaged 15,
while three Iraqi army vehicles were blown up.
The refinery, which pumps 140,000 barrels a day, closed Dec. 18 after
insurgents threatened to kill drivers transporting oil and blow up
their trucks.
It reopened Sunday and drivers again began carrying fuel after the
government promised extra protection.
Thursday's shutdown only will worsen a fuel crunch gripping Iraq.
Though the country has the world's third-largest proven oil reserves,
it suffers from frequent gas shortages and often must import fuel
because its refining capacity is so low.
Targeting Iraq's oil infrastructure has become a favorite tactic for
the insurgents, in part because it foments discontent toward the U.S.
occupation.
American officials had hoped to finance much of Iraq's reconstruction
with oil sales, but frequent attacks and shoddy infrastructure have
foiled those plans for now.
Earlier Thursday, a bomb exploded on an oil pipeline in Bagman, about
16 miles northwest of the oil city of Kirkuk.
The extent of the damage was not immediately known.
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"I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."
Tricky Dicky Cheney on Larry King, 6/20/05
Harry
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| User: "911" |
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05 Jan 2006 02:45:09 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
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| User: "tenjets" |
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05 Jan 2006 07:46:07 PM |
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"911" <911@911.911> wrote in message
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
That's just plain stupid.
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| User: "Lamont Cranston" |
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05 Jan 2006 03:24:59 PM |
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911 wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:i4vqr19nvoeh70okomasdcjlm29lji8c4v@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
We won't win.
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| User: "911" |
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05 Jan 2006 03:45:13 PM |
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"Lamont Cranston" <Lamont@TheShadow.com> wrote in message
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911 wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:i4vqr19nvoeh70okomasdcjlm29lji8c4v@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
We won't win.
I know liberals won't win.
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| User: "tenjets" |
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05 Jan 2006 07:46:24 PM |
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"911" <911@911.911> wrote in message
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"Lamont Cranston" <Lamont@TheShadow.com> wrote in message
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911 wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:i4vqr19nvoeh70okomasdcjlm29lji8c4v@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
We won't win.
I know liberals won't win.
Still plain stupid.
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| User: "Kevin Cunningham" |
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05 Jan 2006 04:21:52 PM |
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"911" <911@911.911> wrote in message
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"Lamont Cranston" <Lamont@TheShadow.com> wrote in message
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911 wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:i4vqr19nvoeh70okomasdcjlm29lji8c4v@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
We won't win.
I know liberals won't win.
So will we win tomorrow? The day after? When will we win and what did you
do about it? My guess is nothing.
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| User: "Rick Hohensee" |
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06 Jan 2006 01:40:35 AM |
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In article <pzfvf.3171$%W1.2367@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
911 <911@911.911> wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:i4vqr19nvoeh70okomasdcjlm29lji8c4v@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13557110.htm
Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Yay!! It's a great day for democrats and terrorists!!!
"We can't win" -- Howard Dean
"We" being Bush in this case.
--
Rick (Richard Allen) Hohensee Party of one
candidate, President of the United States of America
humbubba@smart.net Maryland, USA
Ground troops out of Iraq Put the CIA under INS
Semi-legalize drugs Prosecute Bush Tighten the borders
Isolate Israel Tax churches halve military aquisitions
platform http://www.smart.net/~humbubba/platform
Hohensee-Feingold Amendment http://www.smart.net/~humbubba
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