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U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously (www.telesurenglish.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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US occupying forces in northern Syria are continuing to plunder natural resources and farmland, a practice ongoing since 2011
Recently, US troops smuggled dozens of tanker trucks loaded with Syrian crude oil to their bases in Iraq.
The fuel and convoys of Syrian wheat were transported through the illegal settlement of Mahmoudia.
Witnesses report a caravan of 69 tankers loaded with oil and 45 with wheat stolen from silos in Yarubieh city.
Similar acts of looting occurred on the 19th of the month in the city of Hasakeh, where 45 tankers of Syrian oil were taken out by US forces.
Prior to the war and US invasion, Syria produced over 380 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, but this has drastically reduced to only 15 thousand barrels per day.
The country’s oil production now covers only five percent of its needs, with the remaining 95 percent imported amidst difficulties due to the US blockade.
The US and EU blockade prevents the entry of medicines, food, supplies, and impedes technological and industrial development in Syria.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (23 children)

Yeah, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for BBC to cover Western atrocities in the developing world, let alone any US outlet (or rather frame it as justified in response to retaliatory attacks to violence initiated by US intervention in the first place). The issue with over relying on sites like MBFC is that they inherently have a western bias. The US exploiting Syria for its oil isn't even news at this point, this has been ongoing since 2011.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (22 children)

Can you provide any somewhat reliable evidence to support your claims about the USA stealing oil?

I’m just trying to understand the mechanics and the utility of it. The US military has exceptional logistics, a vast oil reserve, and extraordinary oil production and refining industries. This doesn’t even mention any of its allies in the region where it can base logistical support.

Not to mention what others have pointed out: that there likely aren’t very many, if any, US military installations in the world capably of refining crude oil or turning wheat into flour.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Plus the actual cost of transport and guarding that transport doesn't seem like the profit would actually be worth the risk. It mostly seems like why would we bother, not enough reward for the risk.

Edit: OK, some back of the napkin math, if a tanker holds 11,600 gallons and a barrel of crude oil (42 gallons to a barrel) costs around $85 (current prices), then the revenue of the 69 oil transports would be around 1.6 Million dollars. This is assuming they got current prices, the army basically sent enough soldiers to protect a full convoy, and they didn't have to drive too much of a distance to an oil refinery. After taking into account expenses, that really is a stupid low profit for such high risk (if a soldier was shot for instance it would definitely be in the news). I do not buy the story, way too much doesn't add up from a financial perspective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Its super profitable considering US taxpayers pay the production costs and big oil keeps the profits 😂

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