The income of the IG from the illicit sale of Iraqi oil reached $700 thousand per day
Income extremist Islamist group " Islamic state " (IG) from the illegal extraction and sale of oil in only one Iraqi field Himin almost doubled and reached 700 thousand dollars a day, said Thursday at city hall in al-Khalis, located in the district of Diyala.
" for several days after cessation of oil production by the militants of the IG in the Syrian Arab Republic as a result of coalition bombing of oil and gas infrastructure, our intelligence services have found an increase in the theft of oil by Islamists in the field Hamrin, now the income from its sale of more than 700 thousand dollars a day ", - quotes the Iraqi Agency Waradana mayor of al-Khalis Addai al Hadran. Field Himin is located in the district of Diyala (about 50 km North of Baghdad) close to the administrative border With the province of Salah-ed-DIN.
according to information from the Iraqi authorities fighters IG keep under control More than seven fields: Hamrin, Najima, Kara, Ajil, Balad, Hall and Batman total mining capacity of up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day.
" Islamic state " sends oil intermediaries in Turkey and Cyprus for further export to the countries of Eastern Europe, such as Ukraine. With the approaching of winter, it is quite Possible that the cost of smuggled oil on the black market will increase From 30 to 60 dollars per barrel, which would also increase the Income of IG, said Last news specialist at the Institute for military studies of the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries Theodore Karasik. He has also clarified that the figure of $ 3 million per day, as previously estimated Revenues IG from the sale of oil, may be, is the understated " Several times ".
Terrorist religious grouping " Islamic state "with ties To al-Qaeda, used to be called " Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant " (IGIL). She gained the maximum force during the action on the area of Syria, where IG fought against government forces and gained " fame " one of the most cruel. Some time ago the group very quickly intensified its activities in Iraq.
Taking advantage of the discontent of the Iraqi Sunnis policy Baghdad, IG launched a massive offensive on the Northern and North-Western province of Iraq and occupied a vast territory, where he announced the creation of so-called Islamic Caliphate in the controlled areas of Aleppo in Northern Syria to the Diyala province in Eastern Iraq.
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