Speaking of oil, where’s Condi??? Where’s the Secretary of State during this time of diplomatic travel for Bush and Cheney? Just wondering……. Oh wait……Black Friday……shoe shopping!!!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Insurgents Monday targeted key oil sites in Iraq, firing mortar rounds into an oil distribution center in northern Iraq and bombing a pipeline in a southern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.

The attack on the oil distribution center triggered a massive fire that halted the flow of crude oil to Iraq’s largest refinery, a Kirkuk police official said.

The attack happened around 6:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. ET) in Baiji, which is about 15 miles (25 km) northwest of Kirkuk, the police official said.

Iraqi army and civil defense personnel were still on the scene hours later trying to put out the fire.

Smoke from the blaze could been seen from miles away.

The refinery in Baiji has a daily production level of about 8.5 million liters of gasoline, 7.5 million liters of diesel and 6.5 million liters of white oil.

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