Blast rocks Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan
An explosion late on Tuesday hit the Egyptian pipeline in the Sinai
Peninsula that carries natural gas to Jordan
Ahram Online, Wednesday 15 Oct 2014
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/113129/Egypt/Politics-/Blast-rocks-Egypts-gas-pipeline-to-Jordan.aspx

An explosion late on Tuesday struck an Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to
Jordan in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA reported -- the
latest in around two dozen such attacks since 2011.

The blast, which occurred in an area called Al-Qoraiyaa, southeast of the
coastal town of Al-Arish, hit the major line leading to the Sinai resort
town of Taba, which transports gas to Jordan, an official at the company
that operates the line said.

The flow of gas along the pipeline was halted to control a fire that sent
thick flames shooting in the air, security sources said.

The sources added that the bombing, which left no casualties, bears the
hallmark of around two dozen of previous attacks on the pipeline since the
2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with the latest explosion
taking place early in August.

Targeting the pipeline has repeatedly caused a halt to gas exports to Jordan
and Israel, the latter of which Egypt used to supply until April 2013.

Egypt has seen an upsurge in attacks by militants, mainly based in the
mountainous Sinai Peninsula, since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president
Mohamed Morsi.

Militants have also struck Cairo and the Nile Delta with bombings and
shootings that have mainly targeted soldiers and police, but have also
caused civilian casualties.

Also on Tuesday, at least 12 people were injured in a bomb blast caused by a
homemade explosive device in central Cairo.
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