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originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: buster2010
While that sounds like the truth and the reality I see it as an opportunists hypocrisy, but then again Israel are not the only ones buying from ISIS the same way that it was many other countries buying from Sadam during the US restrictions imposed on his country, sadly the list of buyers was blackened to avoid speculations leading to international conflicts.
Nobody was listening to Russia claims on Turkey buying from ISIS, but now we got Israel in the bandwagon too.
I wonder how many other countries are doing the same, maybe China?
A London-based news outlet has claimed Israel is the largest buyer of Islamic State oil, saying it has uncovered a smuggling network that provides the Jewish state with thousands of barrels at dirt-cheap prices.
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.
originally posted by: Skywatcher2011
Just a thought that maybe Israel was threatened by ISIS that if they didn't buy oil from them that the radical extremists would go to Israel and cause chaos and beheadings there? So maybe they were pressured to buy oil on "good faith" that their citizens would not be exposed to terrorism???? Just a thought
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
originally posted by: rupertg
ISIS: Israeli Secret Intelligence Service
I'm in two minds about this one. There are so many stories of how ISIS got started, it's difficult to decide which one is accurate.
Eta: Surely if the Israelis were directly involved then one of the ISIS defectors would have blown the whistle by now? ?
originally posted by: bitcoinforever
a reply to: Kargun
it's like every person posting has a complete inability to read.
Israel pay 1/3 of the market price, not over market price.
honestly people, try to read even a couple of sentences before posting.
originally posted by: bitcoinforever
a reply to: Patriotsrevenge
do you even read anything? here let me help you:
" sold for $15-18 per barrel (WTI and Brent Crude currently sell for $41 and $45 per barrel)"
But yeah, of course, Israel has no clue it comes from ISIS right?
They're just really, really lucky to pay 1/3 of the price everyone else pays right?
They must thank the magic Iraqi oil pixie every day
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: bitcoinforever
So lemme wrap my head around this.
A jewish state gets their oil from a bunch of sunni muslim extremists that hates the ever living hell out of them.
That right ?
originally posted by: Kargun
originally posted by: bitcoinforever
a reply to: Kargun
it's like every person posting has a complete inability to read.
Israel pay 1/3 of the market price, not over market price.
honestly people, try to read even a couple of sentences before posting.
Why would the state of Israel by oil from a terrorist group to save 500k a day to potentially loose out on BILLIONS of US grants. Just imagine how dumb this would be for Israel.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: bitcoinforever
So lemme wrap my head around this.
A jewish state gets their oil from a bunch of sunni muslim extremists that hates the ever living hell out of them.
That right ?
Yes and they prove this hate by attacking every nation around Israel but not Israel. That's what I call hate.
originally posted by: bitcoinforever
a reply to: neo96
It goes through Turkey and Turkish hands before being sold to Israel.
Do people even read things before posting? It doesn't seem like it.