All he needs to do is flash that Nobel Peace Prize and all will be ok.
While cash heavy in the short term, ISIS is taking full advantage of captured oil fields. They intend to be around for a while.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/business/2014/06/turkey-syria-isis-selling-smuggled-oil.html#
Opposition MP says ISIS is selling oil in Turkey
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been selling smuggled Syrian oil in Turkey worth $800 million, according to Ali Ediboglu, a lawmaker for the border province of Hatay from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).
The report noted that some 2,000 oil wells exist in the Rumeilan region, which lies on the other side of the border stretching between [Turkey’s] districts of Cizre in Sirnak province and Nusaybin in Mardin province. “The region’s oil is being smuggled to Turkey. The daily amount of smuggled diesel fuel has reached 1,500 tons, which corresponds to 3.5% of Turkey’s consumption,”
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/...isis-selling-smuggled-oil.html##ixzz39dkuYTPl
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http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/business/2014/06/turkey-syria-isis-selling-smuggled-oil.html#
Opposition MP says ISIS is selling oil in Turkey
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been selling smuggled Syrian oil in Turkey worth $800 million, according to Ali Ediboglu, a lawmaker for the border province of Hatay from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).
The report noted that some 2,000 oil wells exist in the Rumeilan region, which lies on the other side of the border stretching between [Turkey’s] districts of Cizre in Sirnak province and Nusaybin in Mardin province. “The region’s oil is being smuggled to Turkey. The daily amount of smuggled diesel fuel has reached 1,500 tons, which corresponds to 3.5% of Turkey’s consumption,”
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/...isis-selling-smuggled-oil.html##ixzz39dkuYTPl
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/...isis-selling-smuggled-oil.html##ixzz39di9GpFd
Smoke and mirrors intended to rally the US people around a tyrant. Not that hard to imagine that this is a ploy to gain. The LAST thing we want is for something to happen to him, a martyr is far more powerful. He would be glorified, all wrong doings forgotten.
Not only that. We would respond violently, dwarfing anything we have done over there before. It would be like a saber tooth tiger getting stuck in a tar pit. But they have said they were coming over here and were going to get him. I believe that they will try. If they succeed then we will be stuck over there forever. We will be fighting everyone over there.
What is not being reported: ISIS now controls Iraq's water supply.
http://www.ibtimes.com/islamic-state-grabs-iraqi-dam-oilfield-victory-over-kurds-1647312
on August 03 2014 11:48 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping through the region in June.
Capture of the Mosul Dam after an offensive of barely 24 hours could give the Sunni militants the ability to flood major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms, sharply raising the stakes in their bid to topple Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government.
"The terrorist gangs of the Islamic State have taken control of Mosul Dam after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces without a fight," said Iraqi state television.
The swift defeat of Kurdish "peshmerga" troops dealt a sharp blow to one of the only fighting forces in Iraq that until now had stood firm against the Sunni Islamist fighters who aim to redraw borders of the Middle East.
http://www.ibtimes.com/islamic-state-grabs-iraqi-dam-oilfield-victory-over-kurds-1647312
on August 03 2014 11:48 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping through the region in June.
Capture of the Mosul Dam after an offensive of barely 24 hours could give the Sunni militants the ability to flood major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms, sharply raising the stakes in their bid to topple Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government.
"The terrorist gangs of the Islamic State have taken control of Mosul Dam after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces without a fight," said Iraqi state television.
The swift defeat of Kurdish "peshmerga" troops dealt a sharp blow to one of the only fighting forces in Iraq that until now had stood firm against the Sunni Islamist fighters who aim to redraw borders of the Middle East.
Obama left a void in Iraq when he prematurely pulled the US military out.
That void is being filled by a terrorist group as predicted by all the military analyst.
No one should be surprised about any of this. The same thing will happen when we pull out of Afghanistan in December.
Obama doesn't give a $h!t!
That void is being filled by a terrorist group as predicted by all the military analyst.
No one should be surprised about any of this. The same thing will happen when we pull out of Afghanistan in December.
Obama doesn't give a $h!t!
What gets me is how the Iraqi Army just sat by and let their largest hydroelectric dam be taken. They didn't even send one convoy to help the Kurds.
We should have stayed out of Iraq in the first place...Just saying.
Ha ha.....was thinking the same thing. A couple of operatives serving as caddies at Congressional GC would be an issue!
