U.S. bombs 'millions' in ISIS currency holdings

[IDemo]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)In an extremely unusual airstrike, the U.S. dropped bombs Sunday in central Mosul, Iraq, destroying a building containing huge amounts of cash ISIS was using to pay its troops and for ongoing operations, two U.S. defense officials told CNN.

The officials could not say exactly how much money was there or in what currency, but one described it as "millions."

Two 2,000-pound bombs destroyed the site quickly. But the longstanding impact may be even more significant. The officials said the U.S. plans to strike more financial targets like this one to take away ISIS's ability to function as a state-like entity.

This is a similar expansion to the target list as happened several weeks ago, when U.S. warplanes began hitting ISIS oil trucks.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/11/politics/us-bombs-millions-isis-currency-supply/index.html

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In recent weeks, the U.S. has said it will assess all targets on a case-by-case basis and may be more willing to tolerate civilians casualties for more significant targets. -- On what planet has the US military ever found civilian casualties intolerable?

[Cassiopeia]

1. I wonder how much of that was flown over

by our own planes at the height of the Iraq war.

[Sunlei]

6. where are those pictures of the pallets of usa cash Bush jr. sent over? For Todays Bushlovers.

[hibbing]

8. My first thought n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. You are not alone in thinking this.

First thing that came to mind.

[anigbrowl]

20. Probably none. That was over a decade ago and it's long spent

Iraq's GDP is over $200 billion a year, it's not like there is a shortage of cash in the region for them to plunder. The $10 billion or so that we flew over there back in 2004 is a small amount in the overall scheme of things - I'd imagine most of that financed the Iraqi civil war back in the mid-2000s.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Good!

Hit 'em where it hurts.

[trillion]

22. Naw, we dont' want to attack saudi arabia. Lets embargo them for funding ISIS though.

[CanonRay]

3. Leave it to the Pentagon to figure out a way

to get rid of money faster than they already do!

[redwitch]

4. DUZY!

This made me laugh. Thanks, I needed that.

[Sunlei]

5. Someone told me US dollars are the currency used to meet pay and for local purchases.Is that true?

[abelenkpe]

7. So we're bombing our own currency? Nt

[Sunlei]

9. could be the currency Assad pays IS when they deliver the oil to his export seaports. The port pu

The seaport Putin now occupies

Maybe it's Russian currency?

[CJCRANE]

11. The stolen oil is going to Turkey.

Everyone knows that now.

[Sunlei]

13. No, I believe Assad Gov. buys oil from the IS. state and they pay in cash.

[karynnj]

18. Interesting - if we destroy millions of US dollars that the terrorists have is that equivalent to

getting it back? After all, the paper money could essentially be reprinted - resulting in exactly the same amount of money as before the hit -- assuming we knew the exact amount.

[DetlefK]

10. I read a while ago that ISIS is printing its own money...

They use foreign currency for buying stuff like weapons and they issue their own (worthless) currency to their own fighters.

[MosheFeingold]

12. They tried

But even ISIS people like to be paid in hard Infidel currency.

[christx30]

14. Yup.

Currency has to be based on something. And the only product ISIS has is oil, and infidel heads.

[SansACause]

15. Remember this?

[link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1|

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. How else are ya gonna launder the CIA drug money??? n/t

[FrodosPet]

19. Remember when moneybomb was a phrase to describe quick, intense fundraising?

[PersonNumber503602]

21. Mosul is still under ISIS control?

I thought the Iraqis took that back awhile ago

[karynnj]

23. they just retool Ramadi and are saying Mosul next target

I think they predicted several months