Time Running Out to Keep Iraq From Falling Apart

A Short wave infrared Satellite view of Baiji refinery on September 13, 2014 in Baiji, Iraq. ISIS fired mortar rounds at Iraq's largest Oil refinery, causing a crude oil storage tank to catch fire.
( USGS/NASA Landsat data processed by Orbital Horizon/Gallo Images / Getty )

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