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Gas pipeline attacked in Egypt

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/20112572657906674.html

al-Jazeera said:
The Jordanian route that runs from El- Arish to Aqaba and then up to Amman has been damaged by Saturday's explosion.

But it has been reported that the gas pipeline running to Ashkelon in Israel has not been affected.

The explosive material was placed inside or adjacent to the control station of the gas supply line. There were no immediate reports of any casualties as a result of the blast.
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They had pictures from Gaza of the flames. Take a look at the map for the distance.

al-Jazeera said:
Governor of Sinai has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the fire that resulted from the explosion of the gas supply line has been controlled and that the infrastructiure at the gas terminal has not been severely damaged.

Al Jazeera's corrspondent reported from Egypt that, "We do not know yet who was behind the explosion as no group has claimed responsibility."
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Bedouin made an attempt last July, so they are suspected.
 
boyntonstu said:
"Hamas blows up Egypt-Israel-Jordan gas pipeline. Supply cutoff indefinite"

http://debka.com/

Should Israel cut off all electricity and gasoline it supplies Hamas in retaliation and wait for Hamas to make repairs before turning it on again?
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Why? Is there evidence that it was a Hamas operation?
 
leftysergeant said:
Why? Is there evidence that it was a Hamas operation?
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none. zero. nada.

another baseless claim from a BS right-wing source.

Wired.com's Noah Shachtman wrote in 2001 that the site "clearly reports with a point of view; the site is unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics," adding that Debka had partnered with the right-wing news site WorldNetDaily for a weekly subscription product.[3] Yediot Achronot investigative reporter Ronen Bergman states that the site relies on information from sources with an agenda, such as neo-conservative elements of the US Republican Party, "whose worldview is that the situation is bad and is only going to get worse," and that Israeli intelligence officials do not consider even 10 percent of the site's content to be reliable.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debka.com
 
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Thunder said:
...Israeli intelligence officials do not consider even 10 percent of the site's content to be reliable.
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Pity. They have a story regarding Obama's ultimatum to the Egyptian army:
http://debka.com/article/20623/

...Mubarak must be removed in the coming hours or else US aid to Egypt will be cut off, debkafile's Washington sources exclusively report.

Mind you, they have today's date correct. So not everything on the site is bogus.
 
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