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Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office (news.un.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)

It's weird your source is saying Israel was mostly buying ISIS oil, while the FT article they heavily draw from actually says most of it was coming out of Kurdish territories, with the funds being used for Peshmerga forces fighting against ISIS

Taking all reporting into account it looks like all the produced oil going through Turkish traders with nobody down the chain caring who they're funding

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The oil is extracted from Dir A-Zur in Syria and two fields in Iraq and transported to the Kurdish city of Zakhu in a triangle of land near the borders of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Israeli and Turkish mediators come to the city and when prices are agreed, the oil is smuggled to the Turkish city of Silop marked as originating from Kurdish regions of Iraq and sold for $15-18 per barrel

It passes hands a few times to avoid direct links. Someone traced it back. Came from ISIS.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

You're pretty delusional if you think every drop of oil can be traced back in such an active conflict. You should read up on more sources and you'll see everyone was buying cheap oil from the intermediaries. You could say Assad was funding ISIS with Russian support, but it's a pretty useless statement once you know where it comes from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'd check if anything you're saying is true, but its pointless to do that with hezbara members.

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