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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-militants-bombard-iraqs-biggest-oil-refinery-with-mortars-and-machine-guns-as-baghdad-braces-for-impending-attack-9545034.html Iraq crisis: Militants bombard Iraq’s biggest oil refinery with mortars and machine guns as Baghdad braces for impending attack On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > ps: by coincidence the Guardian reports today on the reactionaries' seizure > of the country's biggest refinery; hopefully we'll hear soon the oil > workers' perspective on that: > > "Iraq's biggest oil refinery, Baiji, has been shut down and its foreign > staff evacuated, Reuters reports citing refinery officials. > > Local staff remain in place and the military is still in control of the > facility, officials said. > > > Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have advanced into > the town of Baiji and surrounded its refinery. > > > The refinery shut down overnight, the sources said. > > > Baiji is one of three oil refineries in Iraq and only processes oil from > the north. The other two are located in Baghdad and the south and are > firmly under government control and operational. > > > "Due to the recent attacks of militants by mortars, the refinery > administration decided to evacuate foreign workers for their safety and > also to completely shut down production units to avoid extensive damage > that could result," a chief engineer at the refinery said on condition of > anonymity. > > > He said that there is sufficient gas oil, gasoline and kerosene to supply > more than a month of domestic demand. > > Captured oil fields have been a key source of funding for Isis > < > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/16/terrifying-rise-of-isis-iraq-executions > > > . > > Isis has secured massive cashflows from the oilfields of eastern Syria, > which it had commandeered in late 2012, some of which it sold back to the > Syrian regime. > > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2014/jun/17/iraq-crisis-obama-deploys-troops-live-updates?view=desktop#block-53a018c8e4b0a5c0bb7d8a1f > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
