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Iraqi fire fighters attempt to keep a blaze under control following a rocket attack on a pipeline feeding a 10,000 liter holding tank at the Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2006.

BALL OF FIRE

Iraqi fire fighters attempt to keep a blaze under control following a rocket attack on a pipeline feeding a 10,000 liter holding tank at the Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2006.

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