Kurdistan defies Baghdad and delivers a million barrels of oil to Israel

[mota bhai 2,675]

The artificial colonial entity of Iraq is dying. This could be the most positive development in that region in a long time.

In a step that cements the impression of a de facto independent Kurdistan, a million barrels of Kurdish oil were delivered to a client in Israel today, despite threats by Baghdad to sue anyone buying it.

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Reuters broke the story in a scoop, followed a few hours later by a statement on the Kurdish government website. “We are proud of this milestone achievement, which was accomplished despite almost three weeks of intimidation and baseless interferences from Baghdad against the tanker-ship owners and the related international traders and buyers.”

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That the oil has been sold and delivered confirms the viability of an independent economic lifeline for Kurdistan—a dedicated oil export route through Turkey to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. That lifeline offers the potential for political survival.

An independent Kurdistan could be a devastating development for the Iraqi state and a blow to the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement establishing the boundaries of the Middle East. But it would be a triumphant moment for the Kurds themselves, after more than a century seeking nationhood.

http://qz.com/224352/kurdistan-defies-baghdad-and-delivers-a-million-barrels-of-oil-to-israel/

[Pooky 3,791]

The artificial colonial entity of Iraq is dying. This could be the most positive development in that region in a long time.

What is hidden behind the ISIS Crisis is Turkey's involvement in the Kurds taking over Kirkuk. Turkey has it's own problems with the PKK and they see the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, of course losing little or no territory itself, as one way out of their own situation.

That being the case, the Kurds selling oil to Israel may also be a sign of a thaw in Tukish-Israeli relations, after the Mavis Marmara incident.

Things are changing in the region, that is a certainty.