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To: Poet who wrote (43697)	4/24/2004 3:26:27 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Suicide Boat Bombers Attack Key Iraqi Oil Terminal BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Suicide bombers launched two boat attacks on Iraq (news - web sites)'s vital Basra offshore oil terminal on Saturday, Iraqi officials said, but the British military said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. One boat exploded alongside a ship tied up at the terminal, said British military spokesman Major Ian Clooey. A second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition ship as it approached an exclusion zone around the terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded, he said. Iraq is almost completely dependent on the terminal -- which is in Britain's sector of responsibility in the country -- to export around 1.9 million barrels per day, providing badly needed state funding. Officials at Iraq's Southern Oil Company said the terminal had been shut down. At least two boats were used by suicide attackers targeting the terminal, the officials said. They said the extent of any damage to the terminal was not immediately known. "All workers were evacuated. We are concerned about the possibility of more attacks," an official stationed in the Faw Penninsula said.