Iraq: An Iraqi Oil Refinery that Was Too Important to Destroy has Just Been Destroyed

May 27, 2015 | Stephen Snyder, Public Radio International
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ISIS fighters and pro-goverment forces battled for a year over control of the oil refinery at Baiji, Iraq's largest. The plant was crippled but intact, and would have been a key asset for whomever came to control all of the refinery and the pipelines in and out of it. This weekend, ISIS forces, which had controlled much of the facility since April, suddenly retreated. And torched the place on their way out.