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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Sunni insurgents close in on Iraq's biggest oil refinery

A view of Baiji oil refinery, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, January 22, 2009. Picture taken January 22, 2009
A view of Baiji oil refinery, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, January 22, 2009. Picture taken January 22, 2009 REUTERS/ Thaier al-Sudani/Files
Reuters
BY GHAZWAN HASSAN-
TIKRIT Iraq Wed Jun 11, 2014
(Reuters) - Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south that includes Iraq's biggest oil refinery in a devastating show of strength against the Shi'ite-led government.
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