Posted on 11/30/2015 11:02:13 AM PST by Mariner
Russia has received additional intelligence confirming that oil from deposits controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) goes through Turkey on an industrial scale, President Vladimir Putin said speaking on the sidelines of the climate change summit in Paris.
Moscow has grounds to suspect that the Su-24 was downed by Turkish jets on November 24 to secure illegal oil deliveries from Syria to Turkey, he said.
“At the moment we have received additional information confirming that that oil from the deposits controlled by Islamic State militants enters Turkish territory on industrial scale,†he said.
“We have every reason to believe that the decision to down our plane was guided by a desire to ensure security of this oil’s delivery routes to ports where they are shipped in tankers,†Putin said.
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If for no other reason than to watch Obama and Erdogan squirm.
LOL!
Erdogan’s son Bilal is the de facto ISIS oil minster
I think he knows
a few industrial accidents at certain shipping wharfs in Turkey and abroad would be a real shame ...
We are closely aligned and working hand in hand with Turkey. We collect more data every two days than the Stasi did in its entire 40 years. I bet the feral government can tell you what time I woke up this morning. We are especially supposed to watching every move ISIS makes.
But the good ol USA had no idea Turkey and ISIS had this arrangement.
Our government is the bad guys. Time to face it before someone defects somewhere in an F-15.
That oil gots to be going somewhere...it doesn’t just disappear!
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