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Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 04:24 AM Jul 2016

Here's why ISIS just blew up 5 of its own oil refineries in Iraq

Five oil wells set on fire is the latest disaster caused by ISIS militants. The de facto rulers of Mosul set the wells on fire in a bid to stop the Iraqi army, which has been steadily advancing to the capital of the terrorist group, Fars News reports. In addition to the well blow-ups, ISIS also mined roads in the vicinity.

The wells were located near the Qayyrah refining complex in the province of Nineveh, where the Iraqi army has been preparing to take on Mosul – the city that fell to the militants in 2014. A day ago the army successfully took control of the Qayyrah airbase, which is 60 miles south of Mosul.

Blowing up the wells is a desperate measure: ISIS relies on oil for its funding and the destruction of refineries and oil tankers in the territories under its control has been a priority for the army. Earlier this month, media reported that the terrorist group is digging pits in the oil fields around Mosul to use as storage, and is also constructing makeshift teapot refineries to process the crude.

The information came from aerial photos taken by Stratfor, showing scores of tiny little refining units. These typically require just a pit for the crude and a portable furnace to separate the fuel fractions.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-blew-up-5-oil-refineries-in-iraq-2016-7



Firefighters try to put out the fire in an oil tank in the port of Es Sider, in Ras Lanuf, Libya after an ISIS attack. Reuters

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Here's why ISIS just blew up 5 of its own oil refineries in Iraq (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 OP
Why ISIS does anything that they do? Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #1
Imagine the people here that were killed by our assholes - I mean ancestors. lol. jtuck004 Jul 2016 #5
I don't recall OUR ancestors plowing a truck into a crown in France... Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #9
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #12
They wanted to create a new caliphate. joshcryer Jul 2016 #6
They're just insuring perpetual war... tenderfoot Jul 2016 #10
Iraq is actually making pretty good progress in the war against ISIS uhnope Jul 2016 #2
Shame ISIS leaders were former Saddam generals, etc. joshcryer Jul 2016 #7
It took two years -- two years -- to put out the fires in Iraq's oil wells the last time....n/t secondwind Jul 2016 #3
Gulf War Kuwait oil fires BlueStateLib Jul 2016 #11
Dirty Daesh. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #4
Headline Says Refineries ProfessorGAC Jul 2016 #8
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
5. Imagine the people here that were killed by our assholes - I mean ancestors. lol.
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 07:15 AM
Jul 2016

A whole nation founded on assholes. No wonder we are where we are...

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
9. I don't recall OUR ancestors plowing a truck into a crown in France...
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 06:36 PM
Jul 2016

...and then gunmen jump from the truck and fire on the rest of the crowd.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141519268

Scurry off now...

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joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
6. They wanted to create a new caliphate.
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:15 AM
Jul 2016

It seems they underestimated the rest of the middle east to have another one (Saudi Arabia being the sole caliphate in the region and unlikely to change due to US's support of that state).

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
8. Headline Says Refineries
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:21 AM
Jul 2016

But the article only talks about wells. It mentions building teapot refineries near the oil pits they dug for storage, but nothing in the article says they blew up refineries.

Editor must not know the difference between an oil well and a refinery.

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