'Bombs defused' at Iraq oil pipeline

Iraqi police defused four makeshift bombs planted beside an oil pipeline carrying crude from a major oilfield near Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, security and oil officials said.

Targeted: the Kirkuk pipeline has been repeatedly attacked by insurgents
Targeted: the Kirkuk pipeline has been repeatedly attacked by insurgents
Published 8 August 2012, 14:14Updated 8 August 2012, 14:19
Middle East