Poor security stalls pipeline repairs
Due to security problems, repair crews cannot fix Iraq's northern export pipeline, which shut down after a May 7 incident.
An Iraqi uses his mobile phone to take pictures of a burning oil pipeline running from the Baiji refinery on Sept. 18, 2007. (SABAH AL-BAZEE/Reuters)
KIRKUK - Security problems are preventing Iraq from quickly restoring the country's northern export pipeline, which has been offline since Tuesday.
"Not a single worker or technical team has gone to the location, because that area is not safe to work," said an Iraqi security official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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