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Exclusive: Islamic State militants grab new weapon - Iraqi wheat
Reuters ^ | August 13, 2014 | BY MAGGIE FICK AND MAHA EL DAHAN

Posted on 08/13/2014 5:12:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

After seizing five oil fields and Iraq's biggest dam, Sunni militants bent on creating an Islamic empire in the Middle East now control yet another powerful economic weapon – wheat supplies.

Fighters from the Islamic State have overrun large areas in five of Iraq's most fertile provinces, where the United Nations food agency says around 40 percent of its wheat is grown.

Now they're helping themselves to grain stored in government silos, milling it and distributing the flour on the local market, an Iraqi official told Reuters. The Islamic State has even tried to sell smuggled wheat back to the government to finance a war effort marked by extreme violence and brutality.

While Iraq faces no immediate food shortages, the longer term outlook is deeply uncertain

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: caliphate; iraq; iraqwheat; isisiraq; islam; islamists
These IS vermin are smart, and understand basic economics. Meanwhile, we have Obama.
1 posted on 08/13/2014 5:12:20 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ummm check your title not quite to the ‘T’


2 posted on 08/13/2014 5:16:29 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster

GOOD CATCH!


3 posted on 08/13/2014 5:22:22 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, I expect bread to be about 8 dollars a loaf by 2016 because I'm sure Obama will be shipping tonnes of American wheat to stop the Iraqi people from starving...

Damn that George Bush.../ S

4 posted on 08/13/2014 5:31:09 PM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
... the longer term outlook is deeply uncertain

Oh, I'd say deeply certain. 7th century, here they come.

5 posted on 08/13/2014 5:41:15 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
J. V. are they?
6 posted on 08/13/2014 5:44:21 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!

All contributions are for the current quarter expenses.



FReepathon day 43.

Two percent a day keeps the 404 away.

7 posted on 08/13/2014 6:10:45 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Will the new ads be “Wheaties: The Food of Islamic Jihadists Everywhere”?

Next: “The UnAmerican Express Card” - Don’t Leave Iraq Without It”

ISIS Hotel Chain - “Motel 8 - We’ll put your lights out”

the ISIS airline company - “Air Jihad”

ISIS and animal rights: “I’d walk a mile for a camel” and the camels are nervous

ISIS on women’s rights: “When you have a camel, who needs a woman?”

ISIS tours: “Welcome to the 12th Century”


8 posted on 08/13/2014 6:29:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

ISIS TV Shows:

“I Dream of Jihad”

“My Three Sunnis”

“Who’s the Imam?”

“Jizra Shore”


9 posted on 08/13/2014 6:33:55 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Meanwhile, we have Obama.”

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And we have the complicit Congress.


10 posted on 08/13/2014 6:34:04 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: exit82

“How I Married Your Camel”


11 posted on 08/13/2014 6:37:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: exit82

Old song changed from “The Old Chisum Trail” to the “New Jihadism Trail”.

New slogan for ISIS:

Join Jihad. The best way to get a head in life!

“Saddam was a wimp. So is Assad”

Song: “Do you know the way to Jihad” (San Jose)

Song: “Marrakesh Express”

Favorite ISIS movie: “Hang ‘em High”

If I were in charge of the military, my slogans re ISIS would be:

“You can run but you can’t hide”
“I’ll be watching you”
“Eye in the Sky”
“ A few nukes are gonna ruin your day”
“I’m gonna go Jihad on your ass” (and I don’t mean your donkey)
“And you thought Charles Manson was crazy. Just watch me”


12 posted on 08/13/2014 6:49:09 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Join Jihad. The best way to get a head in life!

*groan*

13 posted on 08/13/2014 6:51:03 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I think this is the future for the US.


14 posted on 08/13/2014 7:01:01 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

well when I first saw the title I was thinking that maybe they meant ‘whey’


15 posted on 08/13/2014 7:50:39 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster

LOL!


16 posted on 08/15/2014 9:17:37 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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