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    Default US troops conduct new oil theft operation in northeast Syria

    US troops conduct new oil theft operation in northeast Syria
    Syria has incurred losses of over $100 billion in its oil and gas sector since the start of the western-backed war

    - April 12 2023
    The US occupation army transported a new batch of stolen Syrian oil to their bases in Iraq on 11 April, escorting at least 32 fuel tankers via the illegal Al-Walid border crossing in northeast Syria.

    According to locals in the Al-Yarubiya countryside who spoke with SANA, the 77-vehicle convoy came from the direction of oil-rich Hasakah.

    The latest oil theft operation took place just hours after the US army base in Deir Ezzor’s Conoco gas field came under rocket fire as part of a recent surge in attacks attributed to groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

    In August of last year, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the losses incurred by the country’s oil and gas sector due to Washington’s illegal occupation amounted to $107 billion since 2011.

    According to an investigation by The Cradle, dozens of tankers pass through illegal crossings between Iraq and Syria every week in convoys accompanied by US warplanes or helicopters.

    The convoys travel through areas outside the authority of the central state, usually starting from the Jazira region and passing through Hasakah. The vehicles stop for several hours before heading for the Al-Harir military site in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR)....

    https://thecradle.co/article-view/23...ortheast-syria



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    "I left troops [in Syria] to take the oil. I took the oil. The only troops I have are taking the oil. They're protecting the oil. I took over the oil."
    DJ Trump

    FOR FREEDOM right?
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video...B67.mp4?tag=10
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    Apparently he didn't take enough oil to prepare for Bidens energy policy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Diamond View Post
    Apparently he didn't take enough oil to prepare for Bidens energy policy
    https://www.rfa.org/english/news/chi...023175615.html
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    I'm not one to usually poke at "news" sources over content... EXCEPT when the source is an outright mouth piece for the U.S. State dept, the CIA or other Gov't agencies.

    just sayin'

    https://www.usa.gov/agencies/radio-free-asia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._A...r_Global_Media
    Last edited by revelarts; 04-16-2023 at 11:04 AM.
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/50464561


    Syria war: Who benefits from its oil production?
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    21 November 2019
    President Donald Trump says he expects the United States to benefit by millions of dollars per month from Syria's oil revenues while US troops remain in the country.
    The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has responded by accusing the US of "stealing oil" from his country and Russia, a major supporter of Mr Assad, has called it "international state banditry".
    So who currently controls Syria's oil production and who benefits from it?

    "We're keeping the oil, remember that. We want to keep the oil. Forty-five million dollars a month."
    Donald Trump US President


    US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has said US troops are there to guard against not only Islamic State fighters but also Russian and Syrian government forces.
    For their part, Russian forces are helping Syrians try to regain control of oil production and have their eyes on these facilities.
    The two countries signed an energy co-operation agreement in 2018 giving Moscow exclusive rights to rebuild the Syrian oil and gas sector.
    It's in this context that President Trump has declared his own interest in benefiting from the oil his troops are defending.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by revelarts View Post
    I'm not one to usually poke at "news" sources over content... EXCEPT when the source is an outright mouth piece for the U.S. State dept, the CIA or other Gov't agencies.

    just sayin'

    https://www.usa.gov/agencies/radio-free-asia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._A...r_Global_Media
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    Quote Originally Posted by revelarts View Post
    I'm not one to usually poke at "news" sources over content... EXCEPT when the source is an outright mouth piece for the U.S. State dept, the CIA or other Gov't agencies.

    just sayin'

    https://www.usa.gov/agencies/radio-free-asia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._A...r_Global_Media
    Pointless links. Not to mention, you are quoting the same government you are accusing? That makes sense
    “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke

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