• nonailsleft
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    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

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      I’m glad you are denying this report by making random claims about drops of oil.

      Did you know oil goes into barrels? Onto trucks? So much cool info that’s mentioned in the article. You can even read the article before commenting on it to defend israel!

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        >Israel has imported as much as three-quarters of its oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish north in recent months, providing a vital source of funds to the cash-strapped region as it fights militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis).
        
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          What article are you even reading at this point? Your quote is literally not in there.

          In August, the “Financial Times” reported that Israel obtained 75% of its oil supplies from Iraqi Kurdistan. More than a third of such exports go through the port of Ceyhan, which the FT describe as a “potential gateway for ISIS-smuggled crude."

          “Israel has in one way or another become the main marketer of ISIS oil. Without them, most ISIS-produced oil would have remained going between Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Even the three companies would not receive the oil if they did not have a buyer in Israel,” an industry official told the newspaper “al-Araby al-Jadeed.”

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            What article are you even reading at this point? Your quote is literally not in there.

            That’s exactly my point, you have to read the related articles as well to get a better understanding.

            In short : whoever controlled the oil fields at any point in time was selling to whoever was buying, and Israel was buying from whoever was selling. There’s examples in there of Syrian armed groups actively fighting against ISIS while at the same time buying their oil…

            But by only linking that one article you seem to want to imply that Israel was specifically trying to fund ISIS, which is deceitful at best

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              Then link whichever article you are quoting.

              Israel was buying from whoever was selling

              Yes in this case ISIS. Which means israel was and probably still is directly funding ISIS.

              Europe put sanctions on Russia to avoid funding Russia while they invade Ukraine. Because trade that bolsters an enemy more than yourself is contradictory.

              ISIS is not the only party that sells oil. Israel just wanted their oil a little cheaper and had no problem funding ISIS. And I’m very much going to doubt that israel didn’t know it came from ISIS.

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                Then link whichever article you are quoting.

                In the article you yourself posted there’s a title ‘related articles’

                Yes in this case ISIS. Which means israel was and probably still is directly funding ISIS.

                No, not directly

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