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Home Front: WoT
US Warns Of Sanctions On Buyers Of Islamic State Oil
2014-10-24
Another red line, this one aimed at the Syrian Kurds, various and sundry small-time Turks, President Assad of Syria... Another brilliant idea from the febrile mind of The Smartest Man In The Room.
[Ynet] The B.O. regime on Thursday threatened to slap sanctions on anyone buying oil from Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
hard boyz in an effort to disrupt what it said was a $1-million-a-day funding source. Islamic State has seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria in a brutal campaign, and could pose a threat to the United States and its allies if it is not stopped, US Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen said.

"With the important exception of some state-sponsored terrorist organizations, ISIL is probably the best-funded terrorist organization we have confronted," Cohen said, referring to another name for Islamic State. He spoke at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  If Barry really considered them enemies, he would stick and EPA soil sample on them and have the BLM declare an oont migration route protection.

Can't have billowing plumes of petrol smoke show up before elections donchyaknow.

Hey Erdo, how many jihadis/bbl?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-10-24 11:16  

#5  One of the lessons (unlearned?) from the first major air war was if you take out the POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants) the enemy slows down real fast and the cascading impact on his ability to respond is significant. Just saying.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-24 10:19  

#4  Probably why Ergodan's backed down on Kobane.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-10-24 10:16  

#3  We could blow the refineries up, but there are still alot of flags on top of hills too take care of first!
Posted by: chris   2014-10-24 07:45  

#2  But why would they boom their own refineries, AP?

Or....are you suggesting someone else might ... damage them? Who has the tools to do so AND the courage to use those tools?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-10-24 07:21  

#1  ISIS controlled refineries can go boom, ya know.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-10-24 00:28  

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