“Problems seem to keep on increasing for the residents of Iraq” says S.Vaikundarajan thinking about the current happenings in Iraq. According to the recent news Sunni rebels in Iraq say they have fully captured the country's main oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad. The refinery had been under siege for 10 days with the militant offensive being repulsed several times. The complex supplies a third of Iraq's refined fuel and the battle has already led to petrol rationing. Insurgents, led by the group Isis, have overrun a swathe of territory north and west of Baghdad including Iraq's second-biggest city, Mosul.
They are bearing down on a vital dam near Haditha and have captured all border crossings to Syria and Jordan. A rebel spokesman said the Baiji refinery, in Salahuddin province, would now be handed over to local tribes to administer. Looking at the current situation of the crisis, its really breath-taking for everybody. Things are difficult but S.Vaikundarajn prays for the well being of all the residents of the country and hopes that the crisis ends soon.
S.Vaikundarajan is sad at the fact that there is still a part of the world where terrorism is at its best. There is still a place where people are unhappy and unsafe. As Islamic militants continue their murderous advance across Iraq, they have a new target in their sights: the city of Baquba, less than 40 miles north of Baghdad. The Baquba officials told CNN that ISIS is moving in on the western side of Baquba and that villages just west of the city, as well as some areas in western Baquba, are under ISIS control. Some families, mainly Shiite, are fleeing that side of the city, the officials said. The residents there are moving deeper into Baquba or leaving the city altogether to escape the looming violence.
Heavy clashes between Iraqi security forces and ISIS militants ensued, leaving at least one Iraqi security force member and nine militants dead, according to the Baquba officials.At least 44 prisoners in the jail at the Al Wahda police station were also killed, though there were conflicting reports as to how. Two police officials in Baquba told CNN the prisoners were killed after ISIS militants fired four mortar rounds on the prison. But a health official and a police official claimed that most of the prisoners were shot in the head and chest, and that none showed signs of having been killed in explosions.
