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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
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...because they're assholes.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)A whole nation founded on assholes. No wonder we are where we are...
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...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
(62,287 posts)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).
tenderfoot
(8,443 posts)got to feed the war machine.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)unlike Assad/Russia in Syria
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)Bush created ISIS. Assad fostered them.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)BlueStateLib
(937 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,089 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)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.