Russian Intelligence Spots, Destroys Oil Tankers on Iraq-Turkey Border

Friday 25 December 2015

Russian Intelligence Spots, Destroys Oil Tankers on Iraq-Turkey Border

Russian intelligence has spotted up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the Turkish-Iraqi border, the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces reported.

“The [aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraqi Kurdistan), there were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the Turkish-Iraqi border,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy told journalists on Friday.

Russian Intelligence Spots, Destroys Oil Tankers on Iraq-Turkey Border

“It must be noted that oil from both Iraq and Syria come through this [Zakho] checkpoint,” General Rudskoy said, according to RT.

Heavy-duty trucks loaded with oil continue to cross the Turkish-Syrian border as well, Rudskoy said. At the same time, the number of tankers on the northern and western routes used for transporting oil from Syria is declining, the general added.
“According to satellite data, the number of oil tankers moving through the ‘northern route’ towards the refinery in the [Turkish] city of Batman has considerably diminished,” Rudskoy said, adding that the number of tankers using the ‘western route,’ between the Turkish cities of Reyhanli [on the Syrian border] and the city of Iskenderun, has decreased to 265 vehicles.

The Russian Air Force in Syria has destroyed about 2,000 tankers used by the Takfiri militants for oil transportation. In the last week, Russian warplanes eliminated 17 convoys of oil tankers and a number of installations used by terrorists for oil extraction and processing.

The Russian Air Force’s effective strikes in Syria have forced the terrorists to look for new routes for crude oil transportation. Today, tankers loaded with oil in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, under ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) control, are moving towards the Iraqi border in the direction of Zakho and Mosul.

“However, despite a considerable diversion, the finishing point of the trafficking route remains Turkey,” Rudskoy said.


Source: Websites	25-12-2015 - 16:06 Last updated 25-12-2015 - 16:06 \|

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Evidence Proves Turkey Supporting Takfiri Militants: Iraq’s Badr Organization

Spokesman of Iraqi organization taking part in fighting Takfiri militants said Terrorists are freely crossing the Turkish border back and forth with Ankara providing militants with logistical support.

Karim al-Nouri, spokesman for the Popular Front’s Badr Organization, cited crystal clear” evidence gathered from prisoners and on the battlefield.

He said Bard forces were able to secure enough data from the dead ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) terrorists’ bodies to directly implicate Turkey in involvement with affairs of the Takfiri militants, RT reported on Friday.

Karim Nouri spokesman of Iraqi organization, Badr

Karim Nouri spokesman of Iraqi organization, Badr

“Recently we found a few of their phones which have messages of their orders, coordinates and data on movement of their people,” Nouri told RT.

“The problem of ISIL did not just appear out of the blue, somebody is allowing them to freely cross borders… I want the audience to know the extent to which Turkey openly supports ISIL.”

Among the evidence which Nouri says is now in possession of Iraqi intelligence are photos showing Turkish President Erdogan’s son doing business with ISIL representatives.

“We have photo material and comments on Erdogan’s son, material where he meets with ISIL heads,” Nouri said. “There is nothing fabricated in this case, there is no photoshop. These shots are real. They were made public by ISIL commanders themselves.”

Nouri hopes that Iraqi special forces will eventually come across audio recordings directly implicating the Turkish leadership in shady ISIL deals. The data collected is also being analyzed by Iraq's intelligence to the “degree of participation of the Turkish secret services and their involvement in ISIL affairs.”

Turkey, Nouri is certain, is responsible for treating ISIL militants on their territory and offering them safe havens and transit points for jihadists to move freely and even go back to their home countries.

“From the contents of these conversations it becomes clear that, for example, a specific field commander says that such and such [militant] should be sent to Turkey for treatment,” he explained to RT.