[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Iraqi military operations to retake the contested Baiji oil refinery were underway on Wednesday.Shia militia, known as Popular Mobilisation Units, were filmed firing rifles and rockets at alleged Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(Isil) group positions in the area.
The fighting took place just hours after the Iraqi government announced the start of a wide-scale operation to recapture areas under the control of the Isil in western Anbar province.
The IS-held town of Baiji and its refinery is seen as a key step in the fight against Isil, who rely on it as a major source of revenue. It is Iraq's largest oil refinery.