The result of investigations by the ADCAEA on "how ISIS really funds its operation!" have just been published on their Facebook page. It is no surprise to find that it is not what our opponents maliciously label "blood antiquities", it is "BLOOD OIL" (Erika Solomon, Guy Chazan and Sam Jones, 'Isis Inc: how oil fuels the jihadi terrorist' Financial Times October 14, 2015).
On Monday, as a result of these new facts, on Monday
United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria, American officials said. According to an initial assessment, 116 trucks were destroyed in the attack, which took place near Deir al-Zour, an area in eastern Syria that is controlled by the Islamic State. The airstrikes were carried out by four A-10 attack planes and two AC-130 gunships based in Turkey.
The Pentagon said it dropped leaflets to drivers and civilians before the attack to warn them the parked trucks would be targeted.
Until now, the U.S. military has bombed small oil production sites in Syria but has held back from attacking major oil and gas refineries and other large facilities to try to preserve the battered country's economic infrastructure. Commanders also passed up bombing gas trucks to avoid potential civilian casualties.
An oil truck destroyed in historic US mission |
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