SANA: Saboteurs Blow Up Gas Pipeline in Syria's Homs
Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in the flashpoint Syrian region of Homs on Tuesday, the official SANA news agency reported, as Arab League observers visited the provincial capital.
"An armed terrorist group targeted in a sabotage operation at 3:00 am (0100 GMT) on Tuesday a pipeline carrying gas between Abd Kafar and Rastan," said SANA, referring to towns in Homs, a hotbed of dissent against the regime.
"A leak of about 150,000 cubic meters of gas occurred from the pipeline which goes to the power plant at Mhardeh," said SANA, adding that repair work was underway.
"The same pipeline was the target of a terrorist operation on December 12," SANA added, referring to an attack it also blamed on "terrorists" which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights denied at the time.
The latest explosion is the fifth reported attack on energy infrastructure since the outbreak of Syria's unprecedented pro-reform protest movement in mid-March.
On December 13, an explosion ripped through a gas pipeline near Rastan, in an attack SANA blamed on "terrorists." But the Observatory said the pipeline supplied a region seen as staunchly opposed to Assad's rule.
That came five days after SANA said "terrorists" blew up an oil pipeline west of Homs. The Local Coordination Committees accused the regime of destroying it to punish local residents for their dissent.
On July 13, activists said a gas pipeline exploded in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, home to Syria's oil and gas fields.
And on July 29, SANA reported an attack by a subversive group against an oil pipeline also near Homs.
over 12 years
It is the ASSad government blowing it up. End of story.
over 12 years
Gabby is a douche. End of story.
over 12 years
Murad.....what will you call me when ASSad is swinging from a rope. Imagine the crying of Muallem when he is on a diet in jail for murder. What will Nassy boy do when the border of Syria is no longer friendly and has him cut off from supply.
Murad it is you who is the douche.....believing in killers running Lebanon and Syria. The murder gang is having its organization dismantled slowly and painfully. You are probably one of the welfare food card recipients and don't pay for electricity. Stand up like the M14 have to and support yourself instead of being a M'tweili beggar.
over 12 years
Gabby, I am Syrian, born and raised. We always paid for our own electricity, and not only that, we also had to endure power outages because we were supporting Lebanon with our electricity. While the Zionists were bombing Qana, we endured even longer black-outs, but we never complained because we literally looked at the Lebanese people as our brothers and sisters. I still remember the image of the father carrying his lifeless burned daughter out of the wreckage, and I'm sure you know what I'm talking about if you're really Lebanese. I was in grade 3 and I remember all of us in the class putting together our measly allowances to donate to Lebanon without thinking twice about it.
over 12 years
And now in our time of need, you and other Lebanese are trying to pretend like you ever cared about us? It's people like you that make us more supportive of Bashar al-Asad during this time of hardship and conspiracy. I'm waiting for the best part when Bashar al-Asad stays as president and stronger than ever, just like after 2000, just like after 2005, just like always, he will remain a thorn in your eye.
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