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2014-07-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

IS now controls all of Syria's main oil fields

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Posted by Fred 2014-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 With Assad's consent!

It seems the Syrian government dont attack ISIS areas and used the same men against US troops in Iraq.

Posted by Thusosh Untervehr8552 2014-07-05 01:54|| 2014-07-05 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Huh?

Posted by Shipman 2014-07-05 04:08|| 2014-07-05 04:08|| Front Page Top

#3 ???

Posted by borgboy 2014-07-05 06:13|| 2014-07-05 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 It seems the Syrian government dont attack ISIS areas and used the same men against US troops in Iraq.

Certainly, defending the oil fields does not seem to have been a high priority of Assad's, I agree, Thusosh Untervehr8552. But with limited manpower, ought not he have been concentrating on securing his tribe, the areas containing other groups loyal to his government, rather than oil fields when he couldn't guarantee shipping lanes within the country?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-07-05 08:05|| 2014-07-05 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 There have always been reports that Al Nusra, and then the IS, were tacitly supported by the Assad government.

Much of that can be discounted, but as with anything else related to the Arab, there's always a small grain of truth under the pile of rocks.

Posted by Pappy 2014-07-05 10:41|| 2014-07-05 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Well then. Okay.

Posted by Shipman 2014-07-05 10:50|| 2014-07-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 At this rate ISIL will be able to buy their own airplanes to commit terrorist acts instead of hijacking them.

And with that much L'Argent I am sure they can find someone with a spare nuke or two.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-07-05 11:16|| 2014-07-05 11:16|| Front Page Top

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