Two Pipeline Blasts Halt Oil Exports at Main Iraqi Port

(New York Times) - Two explosions at oil pipelines near the Persian Gulf forced the shutdown of Iraq's main oil export terminal on Tuesday for what is expected to be about 10 days, costing the country up to $1 billion in revenue. On the same day, snipers lining a highway and an overpass near Baghdad International Airport ambushed a convoy, killing at least four foreign contractor workers.