By Matthew M. Reed
Putin claims Turkey is smuggling
the terror group’s oil, but the awkward truth is his ally Assad buys
more—from ISIS’s own public-private partnership.
If you believe Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
is the kingpin of a multibillion-dollar scheme to smuggle 200,000
barrels of ISIS oil every day, disguising it and exporting it to
international markets. Last week President Vladimir Putin described the
volumes as “industrial.” He said Turkey shot down a Russian jet on Nov.
24 in order to protect ISIS oil on its way to “ports where it is shipped
out in tankers.”
It’s true Turkey has long been accused of complacency when it comes
to the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS. Turkey’s NATO allies
regularly call for it to do more, including sealing the border
with Syria. But Moscow accused Ankara of something more sinister: state
sponsorship of a genocidal terrorist group that’s tearing Iraq and
Syria apart and attacking foreign capitals with suicide bombers.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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