Bomb explodes near pipeline carrying oil to Syria

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An explosive charge exploded on Thursday near a pipeline carrying oil to Syria in west of Mosul, according to a security source. “An improvised explosive device went off on Thursday morning (March 10) near a pipeline carrying oil in Ain Zala region in Zamar district, northwest of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that the explosion damaged a nearby pipeline carrying water. “Pumping oil to Syrian did not stop, but pumping water to a village dtopped due to the explosion.” Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.  SH (TP)/SR 808