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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Dec 5, 2015, 06:44 PM Dec 2015

Russia Accuses U.S. Of Cover-Up Over IS Oil Smuggling To Turkey

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Moscow (AFP) - Russia's defence ministry on Saturday accused the United States of turning a blind eye to the trafficking of oil into Turkey from Syrian areas under Islamic State control, after Washington called the amounts involved insignificant.

Erdogan denies Turkey buys any oil from Islamic State AFP
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"When US officials say they don't see how the terrorists' oil is smuggled to Turkey... it smells badly of a desire to cover up these acts," the ministry said on its Facebook page.

"The declarations of the Pentagon and the State Department seem like a theatre of the absurd," the statement added, suggesting that Washington "watch the videos taken by its (own) drones which have recently been three times as numerous over the Turkey-Syria border and above the oil zones".

US special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs, Amos Hochstein, on Friday said the amount of oil smuggled into Turkey from areas of Syria controlled by the Islamic State group is "of no significance from a volume perspective -- both volume of oil and volume of revenue".

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/russia-accuses-us-cover-over-oil-smuggling-turkey-204046827.html

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Russia Accuses U.S. Of Cover-Up Over IS Oil Smuggling To Turkey (Original Post) Purveyor Dec 2015 OP

Thanks for the laugh, but Russian gov can STFU uhnope Dec 2015 #1

This is such a clusterfuck. LS_Editor Dec 2015 #2

And Now Bernin Dec 2015 #3

Bump..nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #4

This ISIS overland oil vehicle based pipeline has me baffled.. BadGimp Dec 2015 #5

It does seem odd why any oil sales were allowed to occur, regardless WestSeattle2 Dec 2015 #6

Congress should dump benghazi and investigate this instead Democat Dec 2015 #7

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

1. Thanks for the laugh, but Russian gov can STFU

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 07:07 PM

Dec 2015

They've descended into Soviet-level propaganda and lies--& now this? LOL

This part is especially hilarious:

"The declarations of the Pentagon and the State Department seem like a theatre of the absurd,"

Absurdistan is calling others absurd!

#thx4laff, Perveyor

LS_Editor

(893 posts)

2. This is such a clusterfuck.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 07:24 PM

Dec 2015

Bernin

(311 posts)

3. And Now

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 11:13 PM

Dec 2015

It appears Turkey has moved hardware into Iraq to protect it's ISIS oil smuggling routes.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)

4. Bump..nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:23 AM

Dec 2015

BadGimp

(4,015 posts)

5. This ISIS overland oil vehicle based pipeline has me baffled..

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:31 AM

Dec 2015

How the fuck has the US not known about this for as long as it has been going on?

The sheer number of trucks involved is between 70 and 140 plus per caravan. That can be seen very easily with the intel equipment and satellites we have in the theatre.

This entire things smells funny and I am thinking Putin is lifting the curtain for anyone who wants to look in.

To be honest this entire ISIS thing has since day one struck me as a non organic development.

YEs I do wear a tin foil hat at time. Like now..

WestSeattle2

(1,730 posts)

6. It does seem odd why any oil sales were allowed to occur, regardless

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:37 AM

Dec 2015

of the perceived "significance".

Democat

(11,617 posts)

7. Congress should dump benghazi and investigate this instead

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 10:08 AM

Dec 2015

But maybe they don't want to for some reason.

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