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Denies oil fires Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20199870 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20199870 NEWSDESK 20 Mar 2003 07:05 Iraq oil min denies oil well fires near Basra DUBAI, March 20 (Reuters) - Iraqi Oil Minister Amir Muhammed Rasheed denied reports on Thursday that oil wells near the southern Iraqi city of Basra were on fire. "This report that was given to you is a film from the American gangs and is misleading and prejudiced," he told Reuters in a statement from his Baghdad office. Kuwait television earlier reported that several oil wells had been set alight by Iraqi troops.

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