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SABOTEURS have set fire to four oil wells in Iraq’s northern fields.
Successive explosions had rocked the four wells in Khabbaza, 20km northwest of Kirkuk, the state-run Northern Oil Co said today.
“The fire is out of control and the attack on the four wells will definitely affect the oil production,” an official said.
Iraq’s oil industry, which provides desperately needed money for Iraq’s reconstruction efforts, has been the target of repeated attacks by insurgents in recent months.
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