US seeking expanded Syrian occupation to secure oil

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Trump administration is setting out the legal framework to pillage Syria's oil in what experts warn could promote the view that US involvement in the Middle East is to extort revenue

The US President Donald Trump has approved an expanded military occupation to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria, raising a number of difficult legal questions about whether US troops can launch strikes against Syrian, Russian or other forces if they threaten the oil, US officials said.

The PKK is recognised as a terrorist group by the EU, US, and Turkey and is responsible for more than 40,000 deaths in Turkey over the last several decades. The Pentagon will not say how many forces will remain in Syria for the new mission. Other officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing deliberation, suggest the total number could be at least 800 troops, including the roughly 200 who are at the al Tanf garrison in southern Syria.

So, legal experts say the US may have grounds to use the AUMF to prevent the oil from falling into Daesh's hands."The US is not at war with either Syria or Turkey, making the use of the AUMF a stretch," said Stephen Vladeck, a national security law professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Members of Congress, including Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, have also raised objections to the Trump administration using the AUMF as a basis for war against a sovereign government. That type of action, he and others have argued, required approval by Congress.

There were already a couple of hundred US troops around Deir el Zour, and additional forces with armoured vehicles, including Bradley infantry carriers, have begun moving in. Officials have said the total force there could grow to about 500.

 

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Oil isn’t the reason. It’s the reason they want to portray. The actual reason is to “protect their allies” (Israel). Not because they care. But because they are controlled through payments - at an individual level. Also. They want to stunt Muslim population growth.

It is not 'promoting the view' it is revealing the truth. US goal is always to rape rob and pillage minnow states.

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