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Twenty1first

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3. ISIS will not go to Baghdad

Reply to Twenty1first (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:41 AM

Jun 2014

ISIS will not go into Baghdad, that would be a suicide for them, and would gain zero for what they have gained in the south, that said, they would would want to control areas that have link with shia area with Baghdad....mainly the link with south

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Militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery [View all] Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP

Sunni militants invade Iraq's biggest oil refinery Bosonic Jun 2014 #1

we will have to see where this goes! Twenty1first Jun 2014 #2

ISIS will not go to Baghdad Twenty1first Jun 2014 #3

The maps I saw looked like they'd made gains in the North. Snarkoleptic Jun 2014 #4

I doubt that is their going on going Twenty1first Jun 2014 #10

Hydrocarbon infrastructure is very hard to protect. bemildred Jun 2014 #5

Oh noes! Not ze oil! Now were going back in . . . hard. Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #6

More like, "Oh noes. Not ze gasoline." Igel Jun 2014 #11

Yeah, but my snark looks a little silly when you put it that way. Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #13

no noes, no Twenty1first Jun 2014 #16

Hey darth! heaven05 Jun 2014 #7

so are these Iraq's oil refineries? or are the shells or exxons or totals? Javaman Jun 2014 #8

40 Indians in northern Iraq "uncontactable" Bosonic Jun 2014 #9

That would be bad. n/t Igel Jun 2014 #12

And once again, the general Iraqi populace in the crossfire. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #14

Mission Accomplished Botany Jun 2014 #15

ah, how did he sleep at night Twenty1first Jun 2014 #17

Welcome to DU Botany Jun 2014 #18

Well Cheney told them they should! Wasn't he on TV saying that was the real danger - the oil wells? jwirr Jun 2014 #19