Insurgents Bomb Iraqi Oil Pipeline, Kill 3

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents bombed an Iraqi oil pipeline south of Baghdad, and a car bomb and a shooting in the capital killed two Iraqi policemen and the driver of bus carrying government employees to work on Monday, police said.

New information also emerged about a bomb-making factory hidden in the basement of a religious school near a major Sunni shrine in Baghdad that had exploded on Sunday, killing one insurgent and wounding two, police said.

Meanwhile, Australia, a member of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, announced that it will send additional soldiers to southern Iraq to replace forces protecting a Japanese military reconstruction team in the region.

The bombing of the pipeline occurred late Sunday near Mussayab city, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, sending up a large plume of black smoke. The pipeline carries oil from Dora refinery in Baghdad to Mussayab power station, and police Col. Ahmed Mijwal said the attack had closed the station.

In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a police patrol on Palestine street in eastern Baghdad on Monday morning, killing two policemen and wounding 12 Iraqis: five policemen and seven civilians, said police Lt. Ahmed Qassim.

their homegrown version of bushco.