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AFPFirefighters were on Monday battling a blaze at a south Baghdad oil refinery sparked by a rocket attack, a statement from the Iraqi government said. "Four rockets hit the benzine pipeline" in southern Baghdad's Dora refinery, the government said, adding, "the damage from this terrorist attack is still unclear."
Oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said a Katyusha-type rocket is believed to have caused the inferno. "A rocket thought to be of the Katyusha type struck a light fuel tank at the refinery, causing fire and material damage," Jihad told AFP. "There were no casualties.
"The fire is still burning but the situation is under control," he said mid-afternoon. "The extinguishing operation is still continuing. I cannot say when will it be put out, but the tank is isolated and we are waiting for the remaining fuel to finish burning."
The US military, however, disputed that the blaze was caused by rockets and put it down to an "industrial accident."
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US news sites all lead with headlines stating this is an accident. The US will admit that rockets hit an Iraqi prison on the same day this refinery blew up, but refuses to admit that Iraqi oil is vulnerable to the same rockets.