(16) arrested in Basrah

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra police commander disclosed that a bomb implanted beneath an oil pipeline was foiled, and 16 persons were arrested, including one charged with terrorism. Faisal al-Ibadi told IraqiNews.com that the pipeline belongs to south refineries of Al-Muftiyah, mid of Basra city. Basra, center of the province, lies 590 km south of the capital, Baghdad . 1998