Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Thursday in the Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut down. The first blast, the sixth since the uprising that toppled President Mubarak and the seventh this year, was near the Mazar area, 18 miles west of the town of Al-Arish. Witnesses also saw a second, smaller explosion west of Al-Arish near a pumping station. The report said it was not clear whether any damage was done. The explosions are the first since pumping resumed on October 24th.