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Part of Egypt-Israel pipeline blown up
PressTV - Part of Egypt-Israel pipeline blown up
Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:40AM
Unidentified assailants have blown up a terminal of the Egyptian pipeline pumping natural gas to Israel and Jordan in the second attack on the pipeline in as many weeks.
The explosion occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the city of El-Arish in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the border with Israel, the Associated Press reported.
Egypt provides up to 45 percent of Israel's gas imports according to the terms of a 20-year contract signed in 2005.
The exports have long been a controversial issue in Egypt, as Hosni Mubarak's regime was accused of selling gas to Israel too cheaply.
Following an April attack, the Egyptian authorities stepped up security measures along the 192-kilometer (119-mile) pipeline.
HN/HGL
PressTV - Part of Egypt-Israel pipeline blown up
Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:40AM
Unidentified assailants have blown up a terminal of the Egyptian pipeline pumping natural gas to Israel and Jordan in the second attack on the pipeline in as many weeks. The explosion occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the city of El-Arish in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the border with Israel, the Associated Press reported.
Egypt provides up to 45 percent of Israel's gas imports according to the terms of a 20-year contract signed in 2005.
The exports have long been a controversial issue in Egypt, as Hosni Mubarak's regime was accused of selling gas to Israel too cheaply.
Following an April attack, the Egyptian authorities stepped up security measures along the 192-kilometer (119-mile) pipeline.
HN/HGL