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A
pipeline, transferring Egypt's natural gas to Israel and Jordan, has once again
been hit by a major blast, the fifteenth such attack on the conduit since last
February 2011.
Unidentified
gunmen attacked the energy link, which crosses the Sinai Peninsula, on Saturday
night in northern Sinai at the entrance of the Mediterranean coastal town of
El-Arish.
According
to a source, local security forces “hurried to the place to monitor the
situation and fire-fighters were still trying to extinguish the fire.”
A
group of masked gunmen in a small truck drove up to the pipeline, dug a hole,
and placed explosive charges under the pipeline that they detonated from a
distance, eyewitnesses said.
No
group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the attack and no
casualties have been reported so far.
Egypt
tentatively renewed pumping gas to Israel and Jordan in February after a
disruption caused by several attacks on the pipeline, according to official
media.
The
issue of supplying gas to the Israeli regime has always been a contentious
topic for Egyptians who view Tel Aviv as their number-one enemy and oppose
engaging in any form of business with it.
Egypt
was forced to agree to supplying gas to Israel as a major precondition for
annual American economic aid package, which was part of the 1979 US-sponsored
"peace treaty" between Cairo and Tel Aviv.
(press tv)
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