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Israel is complicit with
Washington’s war on Syria, directly aiding ISIS and likeminded terrorist
groups, profiting hugely from Daesh smuggled oil. More on this below.
On Tuesday from Athens, after meeting
with his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos, Israeli Defense Minister
Moshe Ya’alon [pictured left] said:
“As you know, Daesh enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended.”
“It’s up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership,
to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to
fight terrorism. This is not the case so far.”
Last year, Russia presented detailed
maps and satellite images, showing ISIS smuggled oil convoy routes from
Syria and Iraq into Turkey – for refining and black market sales.
Evidence indicates Erdogan, his family and other top Turkish officials profiting hugely from illicit sales.
Syrian UN envoy Bashar al-Jafari accused
Erdogan of “involvement in the smuggling of stolen Syrian oil by ISIS
into Turkey and the smuggling of weapons and materiel by Turkey to
terrorists in Syria.”
Ankara denies what clear evidence
proves. So does Washington, considering Erdogan a key partner in its
regional war OF terror, raping one country after another.
Israel is the main buyer of stolen Iraqi and Syrian oil. Last November, al-Araby al-Jadeed (The New Arab) UK-based
English language news site headlined “Raqqa’s Rockefellers: How Islamic
State oil flows to Israel,” saying its investigative work shows:
“IS sells Iraqi and Syrian oil for a very low price to
Kurdish and Turkish smuggling networks and mafias, who label it and sell
it on as barrels from the Kurdistan Regional Government.”
“It is then most frequently transported from Turkey to Israel, via knowing or unknowing middlemen…”
The New Arab “obtained information about
how IS smuggles oil from a colonel in the Iraqi Intelligence Services
who we are keeping anonymous for his security.”
“The information was verified by Kurdish security
officials, employees at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing between
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan, and an official at one of three oil
companies that deal in IS-smuggled oil.”
The news service provided detailed
information on how smuggling operations work, supplies to Israel
delivered to its Ashdod port city from “Turkish port cities of Mersin,
Dortyol and Ceyhan.”
Israel has limited refining capacity. It
sells smuggled oil to Mediterranean countries – where it “gains
semi-legitimate status.”
Transactions are in US dollars. “Israel
(is) the main marketer of IS oil. Without (its involvement), most
IS-produced oil would have remained going between Iraq, Syria and
Turkey,” said The New Arab.
“(M)ost countries avoid dealing in” smuggled ISIS oil, unwilling to provide the group support.
Last August, the Financial Times
reported Israel importing up to 75% of its oil from Iraqi Kurdistan –
about 240,000 barrels daily, shipped from Turkish ports, without
explaining its smuggled source.
Israel directly aids ISIS, providing
weapons, munitions and medical treatment for its wounded fighters, along
with intermittently bombing Syrian targets. It’s complicit with Obama’s
regional wars, including by profiting from stolen Syrian and Iraqi oil.
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