VOL. XLI

No. 09

2-March-1998

ALGERIA

Algerian Rebels Bomb Arzew Gas Pipeline

Two bombs have damaged one of the gas pipelines that supplies Algeria's Arzew gasprocessing complex. Islamic militants fighting the Algerian Government have been accusedof placing the bombs that blew a 10-meter hole in the pipeline on the night of 21 Februaryin a section of the line located near Oued Tolba in the Tiaret area, some 220 kms.southwest of Algiers. The damaged pipeline carries natural gas from the Hassi...