Analysis: Iraq energy security turns more on politics than al-Qaida
A strong rebound from a spate of successful and attempted attacks on the oil sector shows Iraqi security forces may be more capable than elected leaders.
An Iraqi uses his mobile phone to take pictures of a burning oil pipeline, after a bomb attack in Beiji in September 2007. Attacks on oil infrastructure have subsided since the peak of the insurgency, though a spate of recent attacks has shaken the oil sector. (SABAH AL-BAZEE/Reuters)
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