(Los Angeles Times) Brian Bennett and W.J. Hennigan - U.S. and allied Arab warplanes bombed a dozen small oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday that U.S. officials said were part of a $2 million-a-day revenue stream for the Sunni Muslim extremist group. U.S. officials say they are determined to disrupt the money flow that has made the Islamic State the world's wealthiest terrorist group.
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