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Iraq affirms control over Baiji oil refinery

2014-06-26 85 Dailymotion

Officials say Iraq's largest oil refinery at Baiji remains in government hands.<br/> <br />They release this video of the site.<br/> <br />Earlier, militants claimed to have seized the Baiji refinery, north of Baghdad.<br/> <br />But this Iraqi official says the army thwarted the attack by al-Qaeda offshoot, I-S-I-L<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MAJOR-GENERAL QASSIM ATTA AL-MOUSSAWI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Yesterday, we repelled an attempt to attack Baiji refinery and we killed all the militants who approached the perimeter of Baiji refinery. Baiji refinery has turned into a graveyard for the coward militants."<br/> <br />Baghdad is racing against time as the insurgents consolidate their grip on Sunni provinces.<br/> <br />Several thousand people arrive at a refugee camp Thursday, after I-S-I-L took control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city last week.<br/> <br />This woman is frustrated by the poor conditions.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED REFUGEE WOMAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I have seven kids, all of them are girls. Yo

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