Iraq oil pipeline sabotaged
An oil pipeline was sabotaged in southern Iraq as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned the al-Qaeda terror network was active in the country.
Rumsfeld arrived in Kuwait on his fourth visit to the region since US-led forces toppled the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein last April.
In comments to reporters during a refuelling stop in Shannon, Ireland, Rumsfeld signalled US concern over attempts by extremists to drive wedges between the country's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish communities ahead of a planned handover of sovereignty in June.
Asked whether al-Qaeda was operating in Iraq, Rumsfeld said: "They are clearly involved and active ... Several things are happening.
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Iraq oil pipeline sabotaged