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06-19-2014, 06:19 PM
Terrorists May Have Control of Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery
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BAGHDAD — Sunni militants hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq's largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents who have seized vast territories across the country's **rth
A top Iraqi security official, however, said the government still held the facility.
See also: The $2 Billion Terror Group in Iraq (http://mashable.com/2014/06/18/isil-numbers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The fighting at Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) **rth of Baghdad, comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
While U.S. President Barack Obama has **t fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes (http://mashable.com/2014/06/16/white-house-to-send-275-u-s-forces-to-baghdad/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), such action is **t imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/militants-iraq-refinery/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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BAGHDAD — Sunni militants hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq's largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents who have seized vast territories across the country's **rth
A top Iraqi security official, however, said the government still held the facility.
See also: The $2 Billion Terror Group in Iraq (http://mashable.com/2014/06/18/isil-numbers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The fighting at Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) **rth of Baghdad, comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
While U.S. President Barack Obama has **t fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes (http://mashable.com/2014/06/16/white-house-to-send-275-u-s-forces-to-baghdad/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), such action is **t imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/militants-iraq-refinery/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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