INSURGENTS set off a huge blaze when they blew up a train carrying petroleum products in Baghdad overnight, as governments around the world condemned the murder of two Algerian diplomats kidnapped last week.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari accused the insurgents of seeking to undermine diplomatic ties between his country and the Arab world, and said US-led coalition forces would be called on to protect foreign diplomats.
The oil train attack was the first such attack in Iraq, railway spokesman Jawad Al-Kharsan said. The attack ignited a massive blaze extending down the railway line in southern Baghdad.
An Iraqi soldier was killed and four others, including a civilian, were injured in the blast. The five-man train crew however escaped unhurt, railway officials said. The seven-tanker convoy was atacked less than a kilometre away from the Dura oil refinery. An interior ministry official said the train struck a bomb on the line, but railway workers said the explosion could also have been caused by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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