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Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline on fire after attack: TV

ISTANBUL
Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:00pm EST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Unknown assailants launched an attack on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline between Iraq and Turkey on Friday, triggering a large fire, broadcaster CNN Turk reported.

No further details were immediately available. Separatist Kurdish guerrillas have carried out attacks on pipelines in Turkey in the past.

(Reporting by Daren Butler, editing by Anthony Barker)



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