Takes control of oil fields

Sunni militants in Iraq take control of several oil fields.  The militants launched a dawn raid on the Beiji refinery, which along with a nearby power plant supplies Iraq with approximately one-third of its fuel and one-tenth of its electricity.  A Western diplomat tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph:

We have used the word crisis about Iraq before, but this is the real thing. Iraq’s political leaders now mostly realize the problems. But has it translated into action yet? It has not.