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2014-06-19 Iraq

Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#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|| 2014-06-19 15:52|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-06-19 16:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Death to Ethanol! :-)

Iraqis, I am sure, would rather have the corn.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-19 16:08|| 2014-06-19 16:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-06-19 16:34|| Front Page Top

#5 heh SteveS and lol.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-19 17:11|| 2014-06-19 17:11|| Front Page Top

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