U.S. Forces Blow Up Iraqi Pipeline to Syria

(Middle East Newsline) The Kuwaiti Al Rai Al Aam daily reported on Wednesday that U.S. forces last week sabotaged the Iraqi oil pipeline to Syria that carried more than 200,000 barrels of oil a day. U.S. sources said the destruction of the pipeline came amid a warning by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for a halt to Syrian military supplies to the regime of Saddam Hussein.


2003-04-03 00:00:00

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