VOL. XLI
No. 34
24-August-1998
ALGERIA
Algerian Press Blames Rebels For Gas Pipeline Explosion
Damage to an Algerian gas pipeline caused according to the local press by explosivesplanted by Islamic insurgents has disrupted the gas supply to at least four parts of thecapital Algiers. A statement by state-owned Sonelgaz referred to the damage only as a"technical incident" followed by a fire which occurred on 17 August in a 28-inchgas pipeline near the village of Haouch el-Makhfi about 20-kms. east...
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