	colombian group suspends bombings of pipelines a colombian group announced the suspension of its bombings of oil pipelines pending the government s levy of a social tax on foreign petroleum companies and an mln dlrs fine on the occidental petroleum corp oxy there was no indication the government would meet the conditions demanded by the leftist national liberation army eln according to the state oil firm ecopetrol the eln carried out attacks on petroleum pipelines between and the assaults the most recent launched two months ago have caused an estimated total of mln dlrs in damage in a communique the eln said it would demand a tax of one dollar per barrel of  oil pumped by foreign firms as a condition for maintaining its suspension of the assaults foreign oil firms pump an average of barrels per day in colombia colombian tax authorities are investigating occidental a u s owned firm for alleged tax evasion if the charges are proven the firm could face a fine of up to mln dlrs the eln demands the government charge the penalty reuter 
