Fires blazed on the main export pipeline from Iraq's northern oilfields to Turkey on Friday after what residents said were twin bomb attacks aimed at sabotaging deliveries which the US-led coalition is poised to resume.
An AFP correspondent saw two separate fires on the pipeline, 15 kilometres from the key refinery town of Baiji, close to the main highway between Baghdad and the northern regional capital Mosul.
Customers said it had been an act of sabotage.
"Some Iraqis came and blew it up," said Kazem Ibrahim. "It's to stop the Americans taking the oil out to Turkey," said Khidr Aziz.
The pipeline is considered vital for US plans to resume large-scale oil exports to fund the huge costs of post-war reconstruction.
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