Is Turkey Fueling The Islamic State's War Machine?

Reuters

Is NATO Ally Turkey Tacitly Fueling the ISIS War Machine? -- Thomas Seibert, Daily Beast

Jihadis transit Turkey to get into the ranks of ISIS, and the Turks buy millions of dollars worth of diesel fuel that the murderers of Foley and Sotloff smuggle out.

ISTANBUL, Turkey — The lifeblood of the death-dealing Islamic State is diesel fuel. And the group widely known by the acronyms ISIS or ISIL is filling its war chest with millions of dollars earned by smuggling thousands of tons of of this black gold into neighboring Turkey, according to independent analysts and Turkish opposition leaders.

Remember, Turkey is a member of NATO, and could and should be the key member of the U.S.-led 10-nation coalition that was formed last week at the NATO summit in Wales to fight ISIS. It has almost 650,000 men and women under arms. It borders ISIS-controlled territory in Syria, where the black flags of the so-called “caliphate” are visible from the Turkish side of the fence. It has taken in more than a million Syrian refugees, and it is less than 100 miles from the de-facto ISIS capital, Mosul, where 49 Turkish citizens, including several diplomats, have been held hostage since June.

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My Comment: The Turkish government is following the old rule .... "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Turkey regards the Syrian government of Assad as it's enemy .... and with the Islamic State now battling Assad's forces throughout the country (and they are fighting successfully) .... the Turkish government has made the decision to turn a blind eye to IS activities within it's own borders.