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An RT Documentary crew filming in northern Syria has seen Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) documents abandoned by retreating terrorists and found by the Kurds that, along with captured IS recruits, provide a stunning insight into the alleged Turkey-IS oil trade links. Shortly after the outbreak of the Syrian war, IS became a game-changer in Iraq and, in particular, Syria. Beheadings on camera, mass killings, and enslavement, as well as apparent connections to the Paris and Brussels attacks had become synonymous with the terror group, giving it wide publicity.
Running a viable militant organization with such remarkable capabilities would be impossible without some logistical and financial support from the outside.
Turkey, which has been actively engaged in the Syrian war since the outset, has repeatedly denied claims that it is aiding IS. However, while Ankara insists that it is the jihadist group’s sworn enemy, facts on the ground often tell a different story.
RT has spoken to several witnesses who were involved in Islamic State’s trade activities and accessed the terror group’s documents, which provide insight into how and where foreign militants enter Syria to join the terrorist “state.”
[B]Detailed oil invoices[/B]
The RT Documentary team did most of its filming in the town of Shaddadi, located in the Syrian province Hasakah, which has been partly overrun by IS jihadists. Following the liberation of Shaddadi, which is home to some 10,000 people, RT filmed Kurdish soldiers walking around what used to be the homes of IS fighters and examining piles documents that had been left behind.
Some of the files seized at the scene turned out to be detailed invoices used by IS to calculate daily revenues from their oil fields and refineries, as well as the amount of oil extracted there. All the documents had Islamic State’s symbol at the top.
The files showed that “IS has kept very professional records of their oil business,” said the author of the new RT Documentary on Islamic State filmed in northern Syria, who chose to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Every invoice included the name of the driver, the vehicle type driven, and the weight of the truck, both full and empty, as well as the agreed upon price and invoice number.
One of the discovered invoices dated 11 January, 2016, says that IS had extracted some 1,925 barrels of oil from Kabibah oil field and sold it for $38,342.[/quote]
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Wow, what an amazing ally. It's not like they have threatened Europe with letting the floodgates open regarding migrants, disallowing us from dealing with ISIS, and attacking our few viable allies in Syria at the moment(not FSA, Al Nursa, ect.)/
Shouldn't this be taken with a grain of salt thanks to the source?
[quote] RT Documentary crew filming in northern Syria[/quote]
Riiight
Oil smuggling through 3rd part sources isnt anything new, ISIS doesn't exactly care what they get for it, they're extracting it for free anyways.
Is it bad that I though this before, but now that RT is reporting it I'm doubting myself?
[QUOTE=download;50002149]Is it bad that I though this before, but now that RT is reporting it I'm doubting myself?[/QUOTE]
with everything headed to and from the boarder being bombed, i can't imagine ISIS is pulling down the tens of millions that they've allegedly been getting for it, especially with oil prices crashing like they have
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