Iraq: The Long Fight over an Iraq Oil Town Whose Importance Is Now Debatable

Aug 26, 2015 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post
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After more than a year of near-constant fighting, there is still no sign that the battle for the Iraqi town of Baiji and its massive oil refinery is coming to a conclusion anytime soon, despite remarks by Iraq’s prime minister on the importance of the town in the fight against the Islamic State.