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Rocket attack sparks Baghdad refinery fire
10 Dec 2007 06:30:22 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Firemen were battling a large blaze at a domestic oil refinery in southern Baghdad caused by a rocket attack on Monday but the plant still operating, police and officials said. The fire broke out in a storage tank for refined crude at the Doura refinery, sending a large plume of smoke into the sky. (Baghdad newsroom; Editing by Dean Yates)
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British Major-General Graham Binns (L) and Basra governor Mohammed Mosbah al-Waeli (C) sign documents formalising the handover at the base at Basra's airport December 16, 2007, as Iraq's National Security Advisor ...



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