The
attack
on
the
pipeline
in
the
eastern
province
of
Shabwa
is
the
third
against
oil
and
gas
facilities
in
the
impoverished
country
within
a
month,
and
the
second
against
the
same
pipeline,
Reuters
reported.
Resident
said
columns
of
fire
and
smoke
could
be
seen
from
several
kilometres
away.
A
spokesman
for
Ansar
al-Sharia,
an
armed
group
affiliated
with
Qaeda,
told
the
wire
service
by
telephone
that
targeting
the
gas
pipeline
was
in
response
to
the
killing
of
an
al
Qaeda
leader
in
the
central
Maarib
province.
The
pipeline
transports
LNG
from
Maarib
to
an
export
facility
at
the
southern
port…
