Oil export resumed after boat bombings

Suicide boat bombings targeting Iraq’s key oil industry in the Gulf forced the closure of two major terminals in the Gulf for several hours, but the facilities resumed work loading tankers today, Iraq’s top oil marketing official said.

Late yesterday, suicide attackers detonated explosive-laden boats near the Khawr al-Amaya and al-Basra terminals, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) in Gulf waters off the Iraqi port of Umm al-Qasr, killing two US Navy sailors.