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U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

No, your right. Syrian oil production plummeting after US occupation is actually just a coincidence. We also 100 percent invaded Iraq for WMDs. You're not going to find BBC, Reuters, or the Washington Post outright stating the disposition of US interventionism.

U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I'm former military, I've deployed twice, but none of that qualifies any statement towards the US routinely exploiting countries like Syria for their natural resources.

U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/[email protected]
U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

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.

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U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously (www.telesurenglish.net)
submitted 2 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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