Posted on 03/29/2016 9:09:19 AM PDT by GodAndCountryFirst
The recently refurbished tarmac at Maine’s busiest airport contains the usual mixture of gravel, water and chemical binder, but what gives this asphalt its jet-black color is crude oil supplied by the Islamic State group. The Portland International Jetport’s new pavement isn’t the only blacktop of its kind on American soil. Four hundred miles south, highways outside Philadelphia are lined with the same mixture, as are hundreds of potholes on the streets of New York City.
These are but a few of the many places where ISIS’ oil ends up as part of an illicit business that helps fund the group’s reign of terror. Part of what makes the Islamic State group so difficult to defeat is its diverse revenue stream. The Sunni militant group draws income from taxes it levies on the people in conquered lands, kidnapping ransoms and other forms of extortion. But it also makes money to fuel attacks like the ones in Brussels last week by selling a steady stream of oil that flows from ISIS-controlled territories in Iraq to the U.S., parts of Europe and Israel. It’s a constant source of money — as much as $1 million per day at its height — that U.S. and Iraqi officials have failed to halt.
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Cause the Mafia has always been hip-deep in the paving business. And frankly they don’t care where the materials come from.
We say thanks...but don't forget to cut off your neighbors head today.
“If I see Muslims I assume they are a grenade ready to go off.....”
21 posted on February 12, 2016 at 6:17:10 PM CST by PLMerite
I don’t get it. Because bad Muslims are getting money in exchange for oil now all products in the world that require oil are tainted... If as som news reports state that ISIS oil is coming though Turkey then if anyone is to be impugned and at fault it is Obama’s pal Erdogan.
Logic Fail. Because ISIS stole oil and now that oil is on the open market we owe them a debt of gratitude? Totally false premise. Idiot.
The headline was, I am pretty sure, intended to be sarcastic.
So was my response
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