Islamic State oil is going to Assad, some to Turkey, U.S. official says

[KamaAina]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/islamic-state-oil-going-assad-turkey-u-official-193507096.html

Islamic State militants have made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way to Turkey, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday....

"ISIL is selling a great deal of oil to the Assad regime," Szubin, acting under secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence with the Treasury, told an audience at Chatham House in London.

"The two are trying to slaughter each other and they are still engaged in millions and millions of dollars of trade," Szubin said of Assad's government and Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

The "far greater amount" of Islamic State oil ends up under Assad's control while some is consumed internally in Islamic State-controlled areas. Some ends up in Kurdish regions and some in Turkey, he said.

[B2G]

1. So Assad is funding ISIS.

[KamaAina]

2. Precisely.

He's funding the very people who are trying to destroy him.

Once again,

[Purveyor]

3. F'n liars! eom

[Ilsa]

4. I got this news item yesterday:

http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HSw9GisbsIL%2FXKXV4hpRVk7aa0x8Sf9o

I can't figure out how to paste this from my phone's chrome browser. But Israel and Erdogan's son are players in selling partially refined crude oil for Daesh.

[KamaAina]

5. Israel?! That opens up a whole new tub of hummus.

[Ilsa]

7. Go to the link. It appears to be a reputable

Professor, analysis, and article, although I don't know about the reporting site.

[KamaAina]

8. I did indeed go there.

Gee, I wonder why the M$M hasn't picked up on this?

[LiberalArkie]

6. I would believe it. It's just money to them.