Islamic State Group Attacks Iraq’s Largest Oil Refinery

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Source: Agence France Presse

The Islamic State (IS) group launched a series of suicide attacks on Iraq's largest oil refinery on Saturday, a senior army officer said.

The jihadist group claimed it broke in to the Baiji oil refinery but the Iraqi army said the site, which has been the scene of fierce battles since the IS group swept across the region last year, remained under its control.

"Today Daesh (an Arab acronym for IS) launched an attack against the Baiji oil refinery," said a major general from Salaheddin province, in which Baiji is located.

He described the attack on the refinery, which lies around 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Baghdad, as "the fiercest since we broke the siege a few months ago."

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20150412-islamic-state-group-attacks-iraq-largest-oil-refinery/

[cosmicone]

1. How about a few dozen prominent clerics coming forward

and at least start with publicly saying that destruction of ancient artifacts is unislamic? They are not idols so long as no one is worshiping them. Right? Right?

Anyone???