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| Baiji Oil Refinery outside Tikirt, Iraq. |
ISIS announced the their control of several buildings of Iraq’s largest oil refinery.
The group claimed it launched attacks on the Baiji Oil Refinery on Saturday afternoon and had control of multiple buildings by Sunday. Iraqi government has denied the groups claims and says the government still has full control of the facility. This is not the first time ISIS has claimed to have control of the refinery, but the claims also can’t be verified that they don’t have control.
Many problems can come from ISIS’s control of the oil refinery. The facility refines much of the oil for Iraqi’s private use. If during any of the attacks the machinery was damaged it could hinder the refinery’s production, and lead into bigger problems with the consumers. Being the oil refinery is so large it could affect many of the trading transactions going through the facility. The refinery has been battled over before, seeing that it supplies much of Iraqi’s domestic users. The oil refinery is also only 25 miles from Tikirt, which Shiite militias just took back from ISIS a little over a week ago. Citation: "ISIS Targets Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/middleeast/isis-assault-iraq-baiji-oil-refinery/index.html
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