US Army Takes 50 Tons Of Gold From Syria In Alleged Deal With ISIS

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Lol so why is the US army doing deals with ISIS? Why does ISIS have all this gold?

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Let's see, 1 ton of gold is worth $37,727,952.00 * 50 = $1,886,397,600.

That's about 1.9 billion...

They were selling oil, but how is it that we need to to have armed conflict with them when we can just take their money?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The fact it's a "deal" implies ISIS got something too.. the article says:

The Syrian state media outlet claimed that ISIS leaders were on-hand to guide the U.S. helicopters to the places where the gold was stashed, “closing a deal by which Washington spared hundreds of the terror organization’s field leaders and experts.”