{"id":14851,"date":"2015-11-27T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2015-11-27T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T20:16:26","slug":"how-turkey-exports-isis-oil-to-the-world-the-scientific-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14851","title":{"rendered":"How Turkey Exports ISIS Oil To The World: The Scientific Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-11-27\/how-turkey-exports-isis-oil-world-scientific-evidence\" target=\"_blank\">How Turkey Exports ISIS Oil To The World: The Scientific Evidence<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Over the course of the last four or so weeks, the media has paid quite a bit of attention to Islamic State\u2019s lucrative trade in \u201cstolen\u201d crude.<\/p>\n<p>On November 16, in a highly publicized effort, US warplanes destroyed 116 ISIS oil trucks in Syria. 45 minutes prior,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-11-23\/get-out-your-trucks-and-run-away-us-gives-isis-45-minute-warning-oil-tanker-strikes\">leaflets were dropped<\/a>\u00a0advising drivers (who Washington is absolutely sure are\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0ISIS members themselves) to \u201cget out of [their] trucks and run away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2015\/11\/Leaflet_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2015\/11\/Leaflet_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The peculiar thing about the US strikes is that it took The Pentagon nearly 14 months to figure out that the most effective way to cripple Islamic State\u2019s oil trade is to bomb&#8230;\u00a0<em>the oil<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to November, the US \u201cstrategy\u201d revolved around bombing the group\u2019s oil infrastructure. As it turns out, that strategy was minimally effective at best and it\u2019s not entirely clear that an effort was made to inform The White House, Congress, and\/or the public about just how little damage the airstrikes were actually inflicting. There are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-11-22\/isis-coverup-us-centcom-accused-lying-president-congress-public-about-airstrikes-gro\">two possible explanations<\/a>\u00a0as to why Centcom may have sought to make it sound as though the campaign was going better than it actually was, i) national intelligence director James Clapper pulled a Dick Cheney and pressured Maj. Gen. Steven Grove into delivering upbeat assessments, or ii) The Pentagon and the CIA were content with ineffectual bombing runs because intelligence officials were keen on keeping Islamic State\u2019s oil revenue flowing so the group could continue to operate as a major destabilizing element vis-a-vis the Assad regime.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Russia cried foul at the perceived ease with which ISIS transported its illegal oil and once it became clear that Moscow was set to hit the group\u2019s oil convoys, the US was left with virtually no choice but to go along for the ride. Washington\u2019s warplanes destroyed another 280 trucks earlier this week. Russia\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-11-19\/caught-tape-russian-air-force-destroys-dozens-isis-oil-trucks\">claims to have vaporized<\/a>\u00a0more than 1,000 transport vehicles in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Turkey Exports ISIS Oil To The World: The Scientific Evidence Over the course of the last four or so weeks, the media has paid quite a bit of attention to Islamic State\u2019s lucrative trade in \u201cstolen\u201d crude. On November 16, in a highly publicized effort, US warplanes destroyed 116 ISIS oil trucks in Syria. 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