Kuwait as the two jurisdictions in the gulf where additional steps could be taken. Time of the gentleman is expired. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Lynch. Thank you, mr. Chairman, again, mr. Secretary, thanks for your willingness to testify. I just want to make one observation. I do share the frustration that some of my colleagues across the aisle have expressed about staunching the flow of oil and degrading some of the facilities that are currently under the control of isis. But i do want to point out that, for instance, the beiji oil refinery, i dont know, about 75, maybe 150 miles north of baghdad, ive been there a couple of times. It is not really its low tech, but its the largest refinery that they have there in that region. If we had destroyed that a month ago i think the iraq government you know, last week, two weeks ago, the iraqi forces retook that refinery. So now it is pumping oil for the Iraqi Government. Its a key asset, if we had gone in there
Chemical weapons use. The group is tremendously destabilizing force across large swaths of iraq and syria and the brutal campaigns have approximately u drawn the condemnation appropriately drawn of the broader International Community. In addition to the horrific massacres, kidnappings and decapitations, officials believe that isil is one of the Richest Terrorist Groups to ever exist with estimated assets in access of 1 billion. Unlike most other terrorist groups, which tend to rely heavily on foreign sponsors, isil generally raises funds internally limiting available to the Treasury Department to cut them off. From the formal Financial System regardless. The ability to sanction and block assets remains vital to ensure that over the long run the United States and our allies can shut down any funds that are tied to elicit oil sales, extortion and kidnapping for ransom. As we make progress in curtailing isiss internal funding schemes, it may be forced to rely more heavily on types of fund
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