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| Erdogan: No one can slander Turkey over Daesh oil claims |
| 2015-12-03 |
| Scimitary rattling by the Grand Turk... [ARABNEWS] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday no one has the right to "slander" ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... by accusing it of buying oil from Daesh [Islamic State], and that he would stand down if such allegations were proven to be true. Erdogan, who was speaking at a university in the Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... i capital, also said he did not want relations with Moscow to worsen further. Russia accused Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Daesh [Islamic State] terrorists, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara's downing of one of Moscow's warplanes. The inflammatory allegations -- the latest in a ferocious war of words -- came as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had agreed to meet his Turkish counterpart for the first high-level face-to-face talks since the incident last week. The Defense Ministry accusations against Erdogan are the first implicating the Turkish strongman directly, as the Kremlin refuses to let the pressure drop after slapping economic sanctions on Ankara. "The main consumer of this oil stolen from its legitimate owners Syria and Iraq is Turkey," Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists at a packed briefing. "According to available information, the highest level of the politicianship of the country, president Erdogan and his family, are involved in this criminal business." Antonov pointed the finger at the recent appointment of Erdogan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak as energy minister and alleged that the president's son runs one of the country's main energy companies. "What a fantastic family business," he said, claiming that "terrorists" in Syria made some $2 billion each year out of the illegal oil trade. The ministry officials displayed satellite images which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by Daesh [Islamic State] in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into Turkey. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I'm pretty sure the Russians are right. Nowhere else for the oil to go except Turkey, and $ amounts aren't enough to determine Turkish state policy. Therefore, those profiting from it are individuals with the right political connections. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-12-03 19:05 |
| #7 , that Barack and his master ValJar want to know. Sorry Mr. Fool but they KNOW and they're as pleased as punch. They just don't want in known that they know. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-12-03 16:05 |
| #6 Yeah. Anyone connected the San Bernardino shooters to the TEA Party yet? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-12-03 13:38 |
| #5 You are assuming, of course, that Barack and his master ValJar want to know. That is not necessarily the case. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-12-03 13:37 |
| #4 "What does Baraq say? Inquiring minds want to know." That anything that's bad is the Tea Party's and the Repubs' fault, and you're racist. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2015-12-03 13:19 |
| #3 I looked at a map of Iraq to see where those oil tanker trucks could possibly be going. Northern Iraq borders Iran, Soddy Arabia, Jordan and...Turkey. Certainly, then, Turkey must be among the suspects. Seems like it would be easy enough with all the satellites and drones at Baraq's and Vlad's disposal to follow some of these trucks and find out for sure. Vlad seems to have satisfied himself that those trucks are indeed going to Turkey. What does Baraq say? Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-12-03 12:27 |
| #2 It is not slander if it is true........ |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-12-03 11:44 |
| #1 Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-03 08:53 |