Saboteurs foiled at refinery in Iraq; Guards catch intruders with explosives

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: January 22, 2004| Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - When guards at an oil refinery seized a group of intruders last weekend, they thought they had snared thieves.

A search, however, turned up more than 80 containers of explosives, suggesting a planned attack that could have crippled the facility and disrupted energy supplies to millions of people in the Iraqi capital.

Fixing Iraq's ruined economy depends on oil production. Exports of crude generate money needed to pay for the country's reconstruction. Domestic...

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