Tikrit/Baghdad, Aug 3, SPA -- Unidentified assailants blew up part of an oil pipeline near Bayji, about 200 kilometers north of Baghdad, police confirmed Tuesday. The attackers used explosives to blast a hole into the pipeline late on Monday. The pipeline was still on fire Tuesday and the transport of crude oil from the Kirkuk region to the refinery in Bayji - Iraq's second largest refinery - was interrupted, police said. --SPA 1411 Local Time 1111 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/188508