Oil sold through Turkey, with the knowledge and help of the good old U.S.A., until Putin called Obama’s bluff.
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How Does ISIS Fund Itself?
Oil sold through Turkey, with the knowledge and help of the good old U.S.A., until Putin called Obama’s bluff.
You will find more statistics at Statista
Islamic State pocketed more than $500 million from black market oil sales: Treasury
By Greg Robb
Published: Dec 10, 2015 1:04 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The Islamic State has made more than $500 million from black market oil sales, according to Adam Szubin, Treasury’s acting secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. In a speech in London, Szubin said the group was “wealthy,” in part because it has looted up to $1 billion from bank vaults captured in Iraq and Syria and extorted many millions more from the population under its control. It is difficult for the U.S. to constrain the group’s funding because only a small share of its funding comes from overseas donors, he said. Szubin said ISIS “has its vulnerabilities because “waging a multi-front war while attempting to essentially act as a proxy-state requires steady and renewable sources of funding.”
I heard somebody say “bomb their oil fields”.
So if I deposit just under $10,000 a few times the government knows right away and seizes my hard earned money with impunity, but if I am a terrorist stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and buying all sorts of black market American weapons nada, nothing. I get it, now I know who the government t thinks is the real enemy.
Bob.
@BosBob: I think you’re right, but you must be a “special moderate terrorist” intent on overthrowing only the governments the U.S. wants overthrown.
And talk about spin; I glanced at a headline somewhere on the ‘net this morning that was trying to sell us on Assad buying oil from ISIS. I’ll bet a took a “think tank” to come up with THAT one!
John Guandolo, a retired FBI agent, stated that CIA Director, John Brennan, is a converted Muslim. While serving as the Station Chief for the CIA in Saudi Arabia, he visited the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina while accompanied by Saudi officials who convinced to him to convert.Brennan has strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.Is there more?America must know the truth!