Western Official Confirms Turkey-ISIL Secret Oil Business
A Western official has confirmed the existence of clandestine
business links between Takfiri ISIL terrorists and the Turkish
government.
In a report published on Sunday, The Guardian quoted an unnamed
senior Western official as saying that evidence on direct dealings
between Turkish officials and ranking ISIL members was “undeniable.”
[As a result, the oil trade between the jihadis and the
Turks was held up as evidence of an alliance between the two. It led to
protests from Washington and Europe – both already wary of Turkey’s
900-mile border with Syria being used as a gateway by would-be jihadis from around the world. (Guardian, July 26, 2015) GR ed]
According to the Western official, the documents on the undeclared
alliance were obtained following a US raid on the compound of the
key ISIL figure, Abu Sayyaf, in Syria in May, which led to his killing.
“There are hundreds of flash drives and documents that were seized
there,” the official said. “They are being analyzed 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.”
A
member of the Syrian government forces stands next to a well at Jazel
oil field, near the ancient city of Palmyra in the east of Homs
province, after they retook the area from ISIL militants on March 9,
2015. ©AFP
member of the Syrian government forces stands next to a well at Jazel
oil field, near the ancient city of Palmyra in the east of Homs
province, after they retook the area from ISIL militants on March 9,
2015. ©AFP
