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May 4, 2009 / 5:07 PM

Blasts rock Oil Ministry, refinery in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 4 (UPI) -- An explosion at the entrance of an oil refinery in Baghdad seriously wounded three people, a government security official said.

The explosion occurred after police reported two explosions at the Iraqi Oil Ministry killed two people and wounded five others.

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The blast at the Al-Dora oil refinery was caused by a bomb attached to a tanker that was about to enter the refinery, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported. Two nearby trucks, apparently loaded with fuel, burst into flames.

The blasts at the Oil Ministry rocked a busy parking and garage facility opposite the ministry, KUNA said.

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