Iraq’s Gas Pipeline Blown Up South of Baghdad
June 30, 2005
Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 30 June
Some unidentified people have blown up a natural gas pipeline near Al-Yusufiyah, south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Some inhabitants in the area said some unknown people had planted an explosive device under the pipeline transporting natural gas from storage units to Baghdad, where it is pumped into cylinders for domestic use and cooking purposes. US helicopters flew over the site of the blast.