• Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing takes over the oilfields once belonging to Assad
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[QUOTE]Up to 380,000 barrels of crude oil were previously produced by wells around the city of Raqqa and in the desert region to its east that are now in rebel hands - in particular Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda off-shoot which is the strongest faction in this part of the country. Now the violently anti-Western jihadist group, which has been steadily extending its control in the region, is selling the crude oil to local entrepreneurs, who use home-made refineries to produce low-grade petrol and other fuels for Syrians facing acute shortages. The ability of Jabhat al-Nusra to profit from the oil locally, despite international sanctions which have hindered its sale abroad, will be particularly worrying to the European Union, which has voted to ease the embargo but at the same time wants to marginalise the extremist group within the opposition. In the battle for the future of the rebel cause, the oil-fields may begin to play an increasingly strategic role. All are in the three provinces closest to Iraq - Hasakeh, Deir al-Zour, and Raqqa, while the Iraqi border regions are the homeland of the Islamic State of Iraq, as al-Qaeda's branch in the country calls itself. It was fighters from Islamic State of Iraq, both Iraqi and Syrian, who are thought to have founded Jabhat al-Nusra as the protests against the rule of President Assad turned into civil war. Because of sanctions, Jabhat's oil is largely shipped to thousands of home-built mini-refineries that have sprung up across the north of the country. The crude is distilled in hand-welded vats dug into the ground and heated with burning oil residue.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10065802/Al-Qaedas-Syrian-wing-takes-over-the-oilfields-once-belonging-to-Assad.html[/url] (video in source) [IMG]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02566/oil_2566555c.jpg[/IMG]
They have oilfields there? WHY AREN'T WE IN ON THIS.
Get the troops, get the president, get fox news, get the rednecks, fuck the UN, we're doing this.
BREAKING NEWS : Rebels have WMDs and Assad is a dictator Democracy coming in [editline]19th May 2013[/editline] it may sting a little but that'll be the taste of freedom guys don't worry
Brace for freedom
did someone say WMDs?
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;40695025]did someone say WMDs?[/QUOTE] Technically, yes. There are chemical weapons there, from what I have read, and chemical weapons are classed as a form of wmd.
Incoming american invasion in 3... 2... 1...
[QUOTE=Xystus234;40695495]Incoming american invasion in 3... 2... 1...[/QUOTE] Nah, we've ignored them for this long... We have to stick this one out.
[QUOTE=WhiskeyTangoF;40695699]Nah, we've ignored them for this long... We have to stick this one out.[/QUOTE] But america loves joining a war late and claiming victory.
[QUOTE=Tom Hutchins;40696321]But america loves joining a war late and claiming victory.[/QUOTE] Y'all haven't forgot WWII have ya?
Oil is the blood of democracy and the bones of freedom
Lucky we dropped the gold standard or America would of invaded Australia....
[QUOTE=Zero Hour;40696813]Lucky we dropped the gold standard or America would of invaded Australia....[/QUOTE] America has already invaded Australia with its shit culture
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