Damn those Russians, I won't stand for this!
Posted on 08/02/2016 1:00:43 PM PDT by bananaman22
Recent Iraqi military gains over the Islamic State have dried up oil revenues for the terrorist organization by up to 90 percent, according to a report by Iraqi News on Tuesday.
Security sources from the ministry of oil said ISIS had been smuggling at least 50 vehicles full of oil everyday from oilfields in Qayyarah and Najma. The two sites stand south of Mosul—the largest ISIS stronghold and the third largest city in Iraq by population.
But new offensives against the terrorist organization have reduced the smuggling rate to five vehicles a day. ISIS’ prices for the smuggled oil, which once stood above $6,000 a vehicle, have now been reduced to $2,000.
(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...
Thank you Russia
Oh noes!
Has the quality of ISIS’ healthcare plan gone down, too?
Wasn’t that part of Trump’s plan?
Damn those Russians, I won't stand for this!
Although I'm sure President Putin enjoys having his fanclub, you would be advised to look at a map, my geographically-challenged friend. If you read the article, you'll notice that the loss of territory the article mentions is all in Iraq. Putin is only involved in Syria.
“Thank you Russia”
Russia can’t get all the credit - they are not operating in Iraq, where this story is based.
The same story has played out in Syria though, where the Russians started the serious oil interdiction program, and in Libya, where ISIS recently lost another lucrative oil operation.
Overall, ISIS finances have collapsed, and so has recruiting. Their casualty rate now is the highest that they have ever experienced. The new CENTCOM Commanding General is stacking ISIS bodies like cord wood, and has coordinated a pile on by a half dozen oppoents. This has been the Summer of Death for ISIS. They have lost so many of their strongholds, that they are running low on strongholds to lose. After al Bab, Raqqa and Mosul; they will be effectively a non-State actor.
They will be lucky to make it into next year as a “State”. At some point, the leaders will break and run for hiding in Turkey or elsewhere, leaving the low level guys to die in place. The Iraqi Interior Minister recently said that high level ISIS leaders in Mosul were selling their property and moving their families out.
It will be gratifying to watch their collapse.
They should be at ZERO
How is the Erdogan family going to make the mortgage? Maybe Mrs Erdogan can start clipping coupons from the Sunday paper.
Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. If we had a President who wasn’t an isis backer, it would be 0.
Hmmmm. And just how does all that ISIS Iraqi oil get to Turkey? Not to mention all the Syrian oil (yes, Syria does have some oil)? Through Syria. At least it did.
Obama was afraid of bombing ISIS refineries and trucks due to environmental concerns.
Oh, and go f*ck yourself.
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