Bomb hits oil pipeline south of Baghdad; no casualties

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb targeting an oil pipeline south of Baghdad exploded on Friday, sparking a fire and cutting supply to a major electricity station but causing no casualties, police said.

The bomb detonated on Friday afternoon on the outskirts of Musayyib, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police Col. Salah Salman Mudir said.

The pipeline feeds Musayyib electricity station, which provides power to the cities of Karbala, Najaf, Hillah and Diwaniyah, he said.

The damage will lead to longer power cuts in the cities, said Ahmed Hassan, the chief engineer of the Babil province electricity department. He said the power supply would now be cut for six hour stretches and be turned on for two hours, rather than the previous four hours off and two hours on.