Militants Launch Deadly Attack on Iraqi Gas Facility, Oil Field

Iraqi officials say militants have launched two attacks on energy facilities in northern Iraq, killing at least five people. Both assaults Sunday took place in inside Kurdish-controlled areas of Kirkuk province. Authorities say in the first attack about 15 kilometer northwest of Kirkuk, gunmen shot dead four of the gas facility's employees and planted explosive devices around the building. In the second attack at the nearby Bai Hassan oil field, the insurgents, wearing suicide...

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