Posted on 09/18/2014 10:57:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin
"Islamic State makes not less than $2 million daily that allows them to pay salaries and maintain their operations," said a former Western oil executive who worked in a foreign oil firm operating in Syria before the crisis and who is familiar with the nascent oil market.
The United States, which has been bombing Islamic State positions in Iraq, has said it is prepared to extend the campaign into Syria, which has been racked by civil war for more than three years, and has said it will train more than 5,000 Syrian rebel fighters to counter the advancing group.
But oil sales mean Islamic State, an al Qaeda splinter group, can rely less on foreign donations and attract more recruits and supporters with its newfound wealth, something that is likely to make the group harder to stamp out in Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
It's almost as if the person picking the targets doesn't want to see IS defeated.
Come on. IS is the First Moslem Impostor’s “son”.
Obola would infect Americans before he would hurt IS.
I imagine that political interests in Turkey or other neighboring states somehow want to see the oil keep flowing too, even if ISIS does get a cut.
Refineries, pipelines, oil trucks, depots, etc. should all be in flames.
Cut off the snake’s food and it will starve.
Oil to Fuel their advances.
That’s Pulitzer Prize winning stuff right there...
Should Read: How Islam uses OIL to advance
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.