Ahdab oil field raided by gunmen
Assailants breached security, detained guards and staff, and stole money and equipment in an attack blamed on gang-style robbery rather than terrorism.
An aerial view of excess gas burning off at the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province September 23, 2011 as the China National Petroleum Corporation has began operations. (MOHAMMED AMEEN/Reuters)
KUT - Gunmen raided the Ahdab oil field in Wasit province late Oct. 31 or early Nov. 1, assaulting both Iraqi and Chinese employees and stealing and money and computers.
The attack is being investigated as a gang-style robbery, not a terrorist attack, according to numerous sources within the provincial security forces and oil sector.
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