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| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
…from Islamic State. "Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi'ite militias leading the fight said on Thursday. Islamic State fighters swept into Baiji, about 190 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, a year ago during their lightning takeover of Iraq's Sunni Muslim provinces. The town and refinery – the country's largest – have been battlefronts since then. If the Shi'ite Hashd Shaabi fighters and Iraqi security forces regain full control around Baiji, it could help them push north towards the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and offset losses to the Sunni militants in the western province of Anbar…"
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| Mako11 | 02 Jul 2015 5:36 p.m. PST |
Hmmm, I seem to recall this same claim, several months ago. I suspect it is no more true now, than it was then. Baghdad Bob may be dead and gone, but others seem to have taken over in his absence, on both sides of the world. |
 Legion 4  | 03 Jul 2015 8:38 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2015 10:48 a.m. PST |
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