Might take, say, 10 years or so?
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| Report: U.S. Coalition Cuts Islamic State Revenues over 90 Percent |
| 2017-10-15 |
| [Breitbart] The U.S. led coalition currently fighting Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) has slashed the organization’s revenues by over 90 percent over the past two years, according to statistics provided to USA Today. The statistics reveal that oil production in the caliphate’s major strongholds of Iraq and Syria has dropped to a new low of under $4 million a month. ISIS was making $50 million a month two years ago after the group swept through regions seizing dozens of lucrative oil refineries, including the Bayji refinery in Iraq and the oil-rich Deir al-Zour region in eastern Syria. Coalition forces began a campaign designed to deplete ISIS’s oil revenues back in 2015, known as Operation Tidal Wave II, and have since destroyed over 2,500 ISIS-owned tanker trucks, dozens of mobile refineries and other oil infrastructure operated by the group. "The coalition has regularly conducted strikes against ISIS and their oil production capabilities to degrade their ability to generate revenue from oil resources and facilities," the coalition said in a statement. Another faction battling to retake oil refineries is the Syrian Arab Army, which last month reclaimed significant territory, including an oil field, with the support of Russian forces. The statistics are another sign that the coalition is winning the war against ISIS, given that oil revenues account for over half the organization’s total revenue, alongside looting campaigns on banks and extorting cash from civilians in occupied cities. Meanwhile, ...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob... a report in May also found that the U.S.-led coalition had increased the number of In May, Defense Secretary James Mattis credited Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... with the coalition’s success, citing factors such as giving greater responsibility to battlefield commanders and the loosening of Obama-era rules of engagement that some in the military claimed amounted to micromanaging military activity. "He has delegated authority to the right level to aggressively and in a timely manner move against enemy vulnerabilities," Mattis said in May. In July, Iraq and the U.S. coalition also celebrated the complete liberation of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... from the Islamic State following a violent months-long campaign, although much of the city now lies in ruins, thousands dead and maimed, while nearly a million people were forced from their homes. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 How much was the contribution to the Clinton Foundation cut at the same time? I figure that half that 90% was going in graft. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-10-15 08:38 |
| #4 Let it be known that Obama refused to bomb them out of 'environmental concerns'. If any asshole out there would like to continue the fiction that Obama's not an enemy of the USA, this is another data point. Posted by Raj If your resources are being consumed by an endless tribal conflict in Afghanistan, your responsibility for the monitoring of other global issues and mischief may go unnoticed. Victory was never a Soetoro-Brennan objective. Also see: Bloodletting (or blood-letting) a withdrawal of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-15 07:10 |
| #3 Not going to believe it until John Koskinen conducts a personal and extensive on-site audit of the books. Might take, say, 10 years or so? |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2017-10-15 01:34 |
| #2 The carbon footprint of any burned tankers is offset by the jihadis carbon footprint being reduced to zero. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-15 00:34 |
| #1 Let it be known that Obama refused to bomb them out of 'environmental concerns'. If any asshole out there would like to continue the fiction that Obama's not an enemy of the USA, this is another data point. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-10-15 00:21 |