Iraq: Islamic State Bombs Iraq Oil Refinery as U.S. Hardens Stance

Sep 13, 2014 | Kadhim Ajrash and Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg
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Islamic State militants set fire to an oil storage tank at Iraq’s largest refinery as the U.S. prepares to escalate the campaign against the extremist group.

Militants fired mortar rounds at the Baiji refinery, 130 miles north of Baghdad, causing a crude storage tank to catch fire and emit a plume of smoke visible from miles away, the police said in a statement read over the phone by an officer.