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ISIS Inc: How Oil Fuels the
Jihadi Terrorists
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There is a “silver bullet” when it comes to stopping
jihadi terror around the world: cut off their money supply.
See the important article below to learn more about how
“oil is the black gold that funds Isis’ black flag — it fuels its war
machine, provides electricity and gives the fanatical jihadis
critical leverage against their neighbors.”
Then help do
something about it, by taking action today.
Please contact your U.S.
Representative to register your strong support for H.R. 2418, the
Fuel Choice for American Prosperity and Security Act. We’ve done all the
work for you, all you need to do is send the e-mail.
H.R. 2418 will help reduce the strategic importance of
oil worldwide — while at the same time using an “all of the above”
approach to transportation fuel that will provide consumer choice and
create jobs. No
preferred fuels, no mandates, no tax dollars.
It’s a win win — for our security, for our nation, and
for the world.
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ISIS Inc: How
Oil Fuels the Jihadi Terrorists
By Erika Solomon in
Beirut, Guy Chazan and Sam Jones in London - Financial Times
On the
outskirts of al-Omar oilfield in eastern Syria, with warplanes flying
overhead, a line of trucks stretches for 6km. Some drivers wait for a
month to fill up with crude.
Falafel
stalls and tea shops have sprung up to cater to the drivers, such is
the demand for oil. Traders sometimes leave their trucks unguarded
for weeks, waiting for their turn.
This is the
land of Isis, the jihadi organisation in control of swaths of Syrian
and Iraqi territory. The trade in oil has been declared a prime
target by the international military coalition fighting the group.
And yet it goes on, undisturbed.
Oil is the
black gold that funds Isis’ black flag — it fuels its war machine,
provides electricity and gives the fanatical jihadis critical
leverage against their neighbours.
But more than
a year after US President Barack Obama launched an international
coalition to fight Isis, the bustling trade at al-Omar and at least
eight other fields has come to symbolise the dilemma the campaign
faces: how to bring down the “caliphate” without destabilising the
life of the estimated 10m civilians in areas under Isis control, and
punishing the west’s allies?
Continue reading ....
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