And our friend and ally, NATO member Turkey, refuses to impede their oil sales. The Islamic State is going to be around for awhile. “ISIS controls areas with 60 oil wells, Israeli source,” ANSAmed, September 18, 2014 (thanks to Insubria):
(ANSAmed) – TEL AVIV/BAGHDAD/BEIRUT, SEPTEMBER 18 – ISIS has ”extraordinary economic resources” enabling it to gain strength in vast areas of Syria and Iraq, forging alliances with local tribes and other groups, according to an Israeli source quoted by Haaretz on Thursday. The source said ISIS controls areas with 60 active oil wells, providing revenues varying from three to six million dollars a day.
The source confirmed that Israel has passed on intelligence reports to the US.
According to Iraqi sources, ISIS makes 600,000 dollars a day from illegal exports of oil extracted from wells conquered last June in the northern part of Iraq’s Diyala province. The allegation was made Thursday by the mayor of a city in the region in an interview to local papers. The jihadists, said the mayor of Khalis, Oday al Khadran, extract oil from wells in the region of Himrin and smuggle it into Syria and Turkey.
”ISIS fills about 100 tankers with oil a day and delivers it to ruthless retailers in Mosul or Syria”, said Khadran. ”Here it is sold to foreign mediators at some 4,000 dollars for each tanker, some 80% less than market prices in Europe”. (ANSAmed)
mariam rove says
Looks like it is time to kick Turkey out of the Nato. M
Charli Main says
Time to kick Turkey out of Europe full stop, and liberate Constantinople from the Muslims.
Angemon says
I wonder where all those people who protested against the US for allegedly going to war for oil are now…
eib says
Time moves, but the Turk remains the terrible Turk.
Gail Griffin says
I have said this before and I say it again. Bomb the oil trucks going into turkey and coming out , Make it holy hell for the truck drivers and the workers in the fields. Turkey says it’s because of their captured people in Mosul. OK but Turkey will have nothing to do with us bombing the trucks. Each and every one.
Wtf? says
Good idea but I see 60 little eternal fires, sure there will be environmental problems but no worse than the walking dead called IS. Good training for the airforce and think about the employment after the mission in putting the fires out. PS hopefully the smoke will blow over Turkey
barrie sellers says
Yes, and bomb the oil wells and all the oil storage facilities and the gas stations. Oil lubricates the war machine. without oil and gas ISIL can be brought to its knees without the need for boots on the ground.
Pavelina says
That’s what I was going to say.
John says
Those oil rigs need bombing it amazes me that this option hasn’t been used already. It’s just to simple and may harm money I guess.
Jerry says
Bomb them.
They should make nice candles in the night and also place markers where to find and eradicate the vermin that captured them.