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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, which publishes a widely read newspaper in Arabic and English and is linked to accused former Knesset member Azmi Bishara, claims Kurdish and Turkish smugglers transport the oil out of Syria and Iraq before selling it at rock bottom prices. According to the report, which was denied by Jerusalem, Israel is the primary buyer of the oil, with “several brokers” involved in purchase and transport.

Most of the oil comes from two fields in Iraq and the Deir el-Zour site in Syria, where production runs from sunset to sunrise supervised by workers and engineers kept on in their jobs by IS after it captured the territory, according to the report.

It is then transported to the Kurdish city of Zakhu in a triangle of land near the borders of Syria, Iraq and Turkey where Israeli and Turkish mediators bid on the shipments.

Once a price is agreed upon, the oil is transported to the Turkish city of Silop and[/quote]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-paper-claims-israel-biggest-buyer-of-islamic-state-oil/
Looks like a black market in cheap oil(and antiquities). Guest there are lots of rea$on why Turkey, the Kurds and Israel like the current status quote. Yes let's send ground troops in![/quote]

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