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Iraq
Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery
2014-06-19
[ONLINE.WSJ]
Posted by:Fred

#5  heh SteveS and lol.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-19 17:11  

#4  An oil refinery sounds like a very exciting place for a fire fight.

As for ethanol, it is a commie plot to sap and impurify our precious transportation fluids. POG
Posted by: SteveS   2014-06-19 16:34  

#3  Death to Ethanol! :-)

Iraqis, I am sure, would rather have the corn.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-19 16:08  

#2  "and they're refusing to continue the Summer Blend, their cry is to hell with your Crusader Vapor Pressure, Death to Ethanol!"
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-19 16:03  

#1  More recent:
[WSJ] Updated June 19, 2014 2:42 p.m. ET
Workers at Iraq's largest oil refinery said Thursday that rebels had taken over most of the embattled facility, in what has become a decisive test of Baghdad's ability to protect a pillar of the country's economy from a Sunni Muslim insurgency.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-06-19 15:52  

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