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| Iraq blows up 2,500 oilfields |
| 2003-03-06 |
| this is unconfirmed by anyone else, so might not be true. TEHRAN, March 6, 2003. /from RIA Novosti correspondent Nikolai Terekhov/. - Iraq has dropped bombs hitting 2,500 oil fields that cover a vast area. According to the IRNA agency, the bombing near Sharjeh resulted in the explosion of an oil refinery near Kirkuk. Some oil-bearing wells were mined with antitank mines. The Iraqi Army units are ditching around near Baghdad and Kirkuk round the clock to resist the US Army. |
| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #1 The number sounds awfully high - I'd think somebody would have noticed by now. I checked IRNA, and couldn't find a corresponding source article. I think Nik might have picked up an older story that they'd mined 2500 or so oil wells. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-06 19:58:05 |