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Suicide attack on Saudi refinery thwarted

Posted by Super G on February 24, 2006 - 11:09am
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: al qaeda, oil prices, saudi arabia, terrorism [list all tags]

From the BBC:

Saudi security forces have foiled an apparent suicide car bomb attack on a major oil production facility in the eastern town of Abqaiq.
Update [2006-2-25 9:38:6 by Admin]: James Kunstler emails to clarify a point brought up in the comments:
In my book, "The Long Emergency," I said it would only take a camel and a few pounds of Semtex to bring down a pipeline, not an oil refinery. I don't think that's too fine a distinction.
Update [2006-2-24 15:2:0 by Admin]: We've been having some technical difficulties this afternoon. Hopefully the site is now up for good.
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