[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

its only relevant if Turkey has active sanctions against Syria though including oil. Also, not all of Turkey consider Isis the enemy, far from it.

The Fecking Leader of Turkey Wants Isis Gone


That Counts More than what you say.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by arista

The Fecking Leader of Turkey Wants Isis Gone


That Counts More than what you say.

There is plenty support for isis within Turkey ....

http://www.globalresearch.ca/turkey-...g-isis/5466169

NATO member Turkey has been busted supporting ISIS.

The Guardian reported this week:

US special forces raided the compound of an Islamic State leader in eastern Syria in May, they made sure not to tell the neighbours.

The target of that raid, the first of its kind since US jets returned to the skies over Iraq last August, was an Isis official responsible for oil smuggling, named Abu Sayyaf. He was almost unheard of outside the upper echelons of the terror group, but he was well known to Turkey. From mid-2013, the Tunisian fighter had been responsible for smuggling oil from Syria’s eastern fields, which the group had by then commandeered. Black market oil quickly became the main driver of Isis revenues – and Turkish buyers were its main clients.

As a result, the oil trade between the jihadis and the Turks was held up as evidence of an alliance between the two.

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In the wake of the raid that killed Abu Sayyaf, suspicions of an undeclared alliance have hardened. One senior western official familiar with the intelligence gathered at the slain leader’s compound said that direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking Isis members was now “undeniable”.

“There are hundreds of flash drives and documents that were seized there,” the official told the Observer. “They are being analysed at the moment, but the links are already so clear that they could end up having profound policy implications for the relationship between us and Ankara.”

[Livia]

great post, bitontheside. I am inclined to agree