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Syria oil map: the journey of a barrel of Isis oil

Syria oil map: the journey of a barrel of Isis oil
Kurdistan Regional Government Isis controls most of Syria’s oil fields and crude is the militant group's biggest single source of revenue. Here we follow the progress of a barrel of oil from extraction to end user to see how the Isis production system works, who is making money from it, and why it is proving so challenging to disrupt. By Erika Solomon, Robin Kwong and Steven Bernard•October 14, 2015 Where the oil is extracted Isis’s main oil producing region is in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province, where production is somewhere between 34,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, according to locals. It is difficult to determine a definitive oil production figure for Isis-controlled areas. The price of the oil depends on its quality. Selling crude oil The group sells most of its crude directly to independent traders at the oil fields. Oil refineries Traders have several options after they pick up their cargo: Most traders prefer to sell the oil on immediately and return to queue at the fields. Mosul Boat Related:  ISIS & altri

Amerli: Iraqi town besieged by IS starving to death With each new dawn, the people of Amerli wake up to the same nightmare. Surrounded by towns and villages taken by the Sunni jihadist militants of Islamic State (IS), the residents of this small Shia Turkmen community about 180km (110 miles) north of Baghdad have been living under siege for two months. There is no electricity, little medicine and food supplies are dwindling. Unlike recent US intervention to help save members of the Yazidi religious minority trapped on Mount Sinjar in north-western Iraq, there is no dramatic plan to rescue people here. In the eyes of those in Amerli, the world has turned its back on them. "After the attack of Mosul, all the Shia Turkmen villages around Amerli were captured by Islamic State," explains Dr Ali Albayati, a local resident. The majority of the residents of Amerli are part of the Turkmen ethnic group, who make up roughly 4% of Iraq's population. "We have been trying to fight them off for 70 days," says Dr Albayati. 'Fighting off death'

Al Qaeda group claims credit for attack on hotel in Mali’s capital Al Murabitoon, an al Qaeda group that operates in West Africa, has claimed responsibility for this morning’s suicide assault on a luxury hotel in Bamako, Mali. Al Murabitoon claimed it executed the hotel siege in conjunction with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al Qaeda’s official branch in North Africa. The al Qaeda group claimed the Bamako attack in a statement that was sent to Al Jazeera. The operation was carried “in coordination with the Sahara Emirate of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,” it claimed. Al Murabitoon said its fighters would release hostages held at the hotel for “the liberation of the mujahideen in Bamako’s prisons.” Additionally, it demanded that Malian and French forces stop “the oppression of the people of northern Mali.” Today’s attack began when jihadists, purportedly driving a vehicle with diplomatic plates, penetrated the Radisson Blu’s security perimeter and then shot their way into the hotel. Tags: Al Murabitoon, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, Mali

Tunisia: Lo Stato Islamico (IS) rivendica responsabilità per attacco terroristico in Tunisia » Guerre nel Mondo Giovedì, Novembre 26, 2015 Tunisia: Lo Stato Islamico (IS) rivendica responsabilità per attacco terroristico in Tunisia Il corpo di un sospetto attentatore suicida è stato trovato nella scena dell’attacco alle guardie presidenziali della Tunisia e mercoledi il gruppo Stato Islamico ha rivendicato la responsabilità per l’attacco che ha causato la morte di 13 persone. L’attacco di martedi su un bus che trasportava le guardie presidenziali tunisine è stato causato da 10 chilogrammi (22 pounds) di esplosivo militare, ha detto il ministero dell’interno. L’esplosione ha scosso il paese dopo un anno particolarmente violento. La Notizia: … sia-attack/76364640/

ISIS wants to destroy the 'grey zone'. Here's how we defend it At the end of last year, as politicians and pundits cheered on coalition airstrikes in Syria, I wrote this: “The war on ISIS has already been lost. As regional instability escalates predictably as a direct consequence of the US-UK led non-strategy, ISIS will become stronger, and reactionary terrorist violence against western targets will proliferate – in turn fuelling reactionary and militant responses from western foreign policy establishments.” Less than a year later, 129 people have been confirmed dead, and 352 injured, from terrorist attacks in Paris. ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) acolytes conducted a sophisticated operation involving three coordinated teams, striking multiple targets simultaneously, demonstrating a considerable degree of training and planning. Yet the airstrikes that began last year had been justified by our leaders precisely on the pretext that they would be necessary to prevent ISIS from striking the west. But the attacks in Paris must not be viewed in isolation.

George W. Bush e l'11 settembre Advertising Il discorso alla Nazione Americana dopo l’attacco delle Torri Gemelle e del Pentagono. Alle 7 di sera il presidente George W. Bush, che aveva trascorso la giornata in continui spostamenti per motivi di sicurezza, tornò a Washington e due ore più tardi pronunciò un discorso televisivo dalla Casa Bianca, dichiarando che “Gli attacchi terroristici possono scuotere le fondamenta dei nostri edifici più grandi, ma non possono toccare le fondamenta dell’America. Le ultime e teorie che hanno sostenuto che l’attacco non sia stato portato da terroristi fondamentalisti e sia stato invece il risultato di una cospirazione orchestrata dai servizi segreti americani, di altri paesi occidentali e del Mossad, per giustificare i successivi interventi militari in Medio Oriente. La guerra in Afghanistan (2001-2013, anno del ritiro della maggioranza delle truppe) ha visto la morte di 16.000 uomini tra le forze di sicurezza afgane e 3.486 soldati della coalizione.

On ISIS In early June 2014 the world was shocked by news of the fall of Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq, to jihadi militants loyal to something called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The conquest was rapid—soldiers of the Iraqi army dropped their weapons and fled rather than resist the ISIS advance. It was alarming—the jihadis captured tanks, artillery and other heavy weaponry supplied to the Iraqis by the United States. And it was unmistakably consequential—it sounded a clarion call that the conquerors not only aspired to build the “state” under whose banner they fought but also were executing a plan for doing so. Weeks later a previously little-known preacher named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself head of a caliphate, the Islamic State, and demanded the fealty of Muslims worldwide. ISIS had not come out of nowhere. Despite its prominence in the headlines, the ISIS phenomenon is still somewhat opaque. What is ISIS, and where does it come from?

Lo Stato islamico insiste: “Siamo stati noi ad abbattere l’aereo russo” Il capo dello Stato islamico in Egitto ha messo su internet un messaggio audio per rivendicare di nuovo l’abbattimento dell'aereo russo. Londra intanto sospende i voli per paura di una bomba. Roma. Mercoledì mattina il capo dello Stato islamico in Egitto ha messo su internet un messaggio audio per rivendicare di nuovo e in poco meno di quattro minuti l’abbattimento di un aereo russo con 224 passeggeri, tutti morti, avvenuto sabato scorso nella penisola del Sinai. Il gruppo estremista aveva rivendicato il disastro poche ore dopo con un semplice messaggio scritto, ma c’è chi ha sostenuto fin da subito che i terroristi stanno tentando di intestarsi un disastro causato in realtà da un non meglio specificato problema tecnico. Il messaggio di al Masri è tuttavia ambiguo: non offre una prova certa, ma sfida a dimostrare che non è stato un attentato.

Chilling new ISIS 'armageddon' video showing final battle with 'crusaders' The extraordinary new footage called "Meeting at Dabiq" reveals an apocalyptic vision of the last days of Earth. It seems to pinpoint the location of a final battle between the "crusaders" and the "believers" in the Italian capital and refers to the 'armies of Rome' – with shots showing the Vatican City. An ISIS armoured unit is shown advancing towards the Colosseum. The video also shows ISIS, also known as Daesh, preparing jihadists for a suicide mission in a section called "The Last Words Before The Martyrdom Operation". VANITY PROJECT: The video shows ISIS's fantasy of a caliphate ISIS fighters chat among themselves with suicides vests on. Suddenly the video cuts to a night seen before there are two massive explosions. The propaganda film fantasises about ISIS as a fully armed force ready to take on the crusaders. But most of their kit is captured and vulnerable to Western planes who have can easily destroy them from the air. CENTRE OF CHRISTIANITY: The Vatican City is shown in the video

Negotiate With ISIS The natural human reaction to mass murders by ISIS or their purported sympathizers in Paris, Beirut, and San Bernardino is grief, anger, and a demand to redouble efforts to “degrade and destroy” the organization. People have had similar reactions after every terrorist attack, whether it was committed by the PLO or the IRA, whether it was in New York on 9/11 or London on 7/7. Once the red mist of rage has lifted, however, it’s important to think coolly and calmly about the long-term strategy for ending the horrific violence. In doing so, Western governments need to learn from history. The causes of ISIS’s violence in the West can only be tackled at their root in Iraq and Syria. Even if the United States and its allies were able to beat the group back into being a guerrilla force again, as the White House has rightly emphasized, “there is no military solution” to the ISIS problem. If there is a political issue at the heart of a conflict, it needs a political answer.

Jihad, Sharia, Stato islamico e Califfato: guida per un corretto uso | Arab Media Report Sharia, Stato islamico, Califfato e jihad: parole sempre più usate e spesso abusate. Per capire il vero significato di queste parole, dietro le quali ci sono concetti profondi, Arab Media Report ha intervistato il Dr. Abulkheyr Breigheche, imam di origini siriane, storico leader della comunità islamica italiana ed europea, attualmente membro del Consiglio Direttivo dell’Istituto europeo delle scienze umane di Chateaux-Chinon, Presidente della Comunità islamica del Trentino, fondatore dell’Associazione Imam e Guide Religiose in Italia, organizzazione che raggruppa numerosi imam con diramazioni in ogni paese dell’Unione europea. Sharia Sheykh Abulkheyr Breighche ci spiega che la sharia è il percorso che il musulmano vive per arrivare a realizzarsi come credente praticante, come musulmano che pratica la propria religione in ogni suo aspetto, secondo l’etica della giurisprudenza islamica. La sharia è flessibile nei luoghi e nei tempi, per cui il buon musulmano dovrà tenerne conto. Califfato

Where is the Islamic State’s oil going? Moscow says it’s Ankara that is in business with the Islamic State, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son himself buying cheap oil from the jihadists and selling it on the black market. Washington says that it’s the Syrian regime that technically depends on the oil pumped by ISIS. US Treasury Department official Adam Szubin said militants were selling as much as $40 million of oil a month at the installations which is then trucked across the battlefields of the Syrian civil war and sometimes further. How the Islamic State extracts Syrian oil and sells it on the black market to fund its jihadist endeavors is no Russian secret. Studies released early this year show that more six months after the Islamic State took over Mosul the jihadists had control of almost all the Syrian oil fields and were making money by selling crude in Iraq, Turkey and Syria. How important is the oil? ISIS controls most of the oil fields formerly operated by Shell and Total in Deir Ezzor. Internal use

foreignaffairs When it comes to foreign policy, U.S. President Obama’s critics have long accused him of being weak, indecisive, and naive. “Restoring resolve” to the Oval Office was a Republican theme in 2012, and it remains one among the 2016 GOP contenders. This narrative has now spread beyond Obama’s partisan opponents: many accuse Washington of responding with insufficient strength to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its support of the insurgency in eastern Ukraine. In short, Obama’s apparent restraint appears irresolute, whereas Putin comes across as a strong, decisive master strategist who exploits Obama’s weakness and keeps Washington off balance. These interpretations dangerously misread contemporary geopolitics, however. Your subscription includes: Full website and iPad access Magazine issues New!

How Saddam Hussein Gave Us ISIS Photo WIRRAL, England — WHOM should we blame for the Islamic State? In the debate about its origins, many have concluded that it arose from the American-led coalition’s errors after the 2003 invasion of . In fact, the groundwork for the emergence of the militant jihadist group was laid many years earlier by the government of . The Arab nationalist , which seized power in 1968 in a coup in which Mr. In a few tactical instances during the 1980s, Mr. The shift was accompanied by a domestic “Islamization,” with regime media dropping references to a “secular state” and describing the war against Iran as a “jihad.” The campaign of Islamization intensified further after Iraq’s devastating defeat in Kuwait in 1991 and the subsequent Shiite revolt, culminating in 1993 with Mr. The government imposed a version of : Thieves had their hands cut off, homosexuals were thrown from rooftops and prostitutes were beheaded in public squares. Alongside the Faith Campaign, Mr. Mr.

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