[News] Explosion in Egyptian gas pipeline disrupts Israel's gas supply
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Explosion in Egyptian gas pipeline disrupts Israel's gas supply
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Sunday February 06, 2011 01:31
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
http://www.imemc.org/article/60583
An explosion Friday morning took out a natural gas pipeline in the
northern Sinai in Egypt, near the border with Israel. Egyptian
national television initially reported that "foreign elements" had
sabotaged the pipeline in multiple places, and attacked a government
building in the Sinai with gunfire, but later rescinded the report
and claimed that the pipeline explosion was an "accident".
Right after the explosion, the governor of the province appeared on
Egyptian national television, saying that the explosion was an
orchestrated attack, and blamed it on 'foreign elements', who he also
claimed were inciting protests against the current President.
In addition, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz quoted an unnamed
security source in the Sinai, who said that the pipeline explosion
was an act of sabotage, adding, "We are now relying on Bedouin
leadership in the areas surrounding to help security apparatus with
the investigation and give us hints of any other destructive acts. As
soon as the gas lines are attacked, the system suspends the flow immediately."
Tensions between the current Egyptian government and the Bedouins of
the northern Sinai have existed for many years, with many Bedouins
feeling they are excluded, and do not have a voice in the government.
Egypt supplies around 40% of Israel's natural gas, which is piped
across the border and sold at a heavily discounted rate, on terms
negotiated between the current Egyptian regime and the Israeli
government. The same Egyptian source also supplies gas to Jordan and
Syria, who pay over twice as much per unit of gas as their Israeli
counterparts.
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