Iraq's Oil Exports Curbed After Attacks On Pipelines; 'Some' Civilian Contractors Are Ambushed in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents stepped up their campaign against Iraq's infrastructure Tuesday, blasting two oil pipelines and cutting the country's oil exports. Gunmen also attacked a convoy of civilian contractors, killing some of them.

Authorities curbed oil exports through the Persian Gulf by half - from an average of 1.85 million barrels per day to more than 800,000 barrels - after saboteurs blasted the two pipelines on the Faw peninsula of southern Iraq.

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Iraq's Oil Exports Curbed After Attacks On Pipelines; 'Some' Civilian Contractors Are Ambushed in Baghdad

The attacks sent temporary ripples through international petroleum markets, but crude future...

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