ISIS, oil & Turkey

[lovuian]

https://www.rt.com/news/336967-isis-files-oil-turkey-exclusive/

An RT Documentary crew filming in northern Syria has seen Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) documents abandoned by retreating terrorists and found by the Kurds that, along with captured IS recruits, provide a stunning insight into Turkey-IS oil trade links.

Interesting article

all add this article from the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/23/brussels-attacks-police-search-airport-bomb-suspect-live

Brussels attacks: airport suicide bomber el-Bakraoui 'caught in Turkey last June'

Turkey said it had deported Ibrahim el-Bakraoui to the Netherlands in the summer of 2015 and had warned Belgium that he was a suspected foreign fighter.

So Turkey deports a suspected foreign fighter and warned Belgium....something is amiss

[oberliner]

1. Russian propaganda outlets working overtime against Turkey

They've got like a half dozen hit pieces on Turkey going at once.

[lovuian]

2. There taking advantage of the Brussels Bombing

but here is a Time article
http://time.com/4132346/turkey-isis-oil/

on the same subject
later date 2015
Ankara isn’t totally blameless in the transport of oil across Turkey’s borders, however. Since the conflict began, analysts say, the country has turned a blind eye to its 550-mile border with Syria, allowing it to become a thoroughfare not just for illicit oil but for thousands of fighters and smuggled weapons. “The reason people accuse Turkey of collaborating with ISIS is because…their priority is to topple Assad,” says Gerges. “Their unofficial open border policy allowed radical Islamists including the Nusra Front, who are the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, and ISIS, to bring money, resources and fighters into Syria.”

So while claims of Turkey aiding ISIS to protect its oil supply may not add up to much, it could be doing more to fight them — as President Barack Obama and others have said.

and here is the big statement
Says Marcel: “The comments being made by Obama and other leaders that Turkey needs to be more on board with the fight against [ISIS] and has to control its borders are spot on.”


the big question will they shut that border down? or will they keep asking for more and more money from Europe Union