"...This is the sixth attack on the pipeline since the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.... The blasts are apparently carried out by groups opposed to the sale of Egyptian gas to Israel.
There have been allegations that under former President Mubarak, gas prices for a 20-year deal struck in 2008 were set artificially low.
Jordan depends on Egyptian gas to generate 80% of its electricity while Israel gets 40% of its natural gas from the country ..."
Thursday, November 10, 2011
'For the sixth time...'
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It is actually the 7th time - is the BBC losing count?
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4146392,00.html
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