Islamic State currency mint found in Turkey

RT
Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:42 UTC

Six people linked to Islamic State have been arrested on charges of illegally minting coins in the Turkish province of Gaziantep, according to the local governor's office. It comes just one month after the group released a propaganda video showing off its currency.

The Gaziantep Police Department's counter-terrorism unit on Wednesday confiscated minted coins, 12 coining blocks, 56 coins in four sizes, and other materials used in the minting of coins, Turkish daily Milliyet reported Wednesday.

A video posted online reportedly shows the confiscated coins and equipment.

The Gaziantep Governor's Office said it had acted on a tipoff about members of Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) establishing a mint to coin its own money.

It comes just one month after ISIS released a propaganda video showing images allegedly showing the minting and circulation of the group's currency.

The video, narrated in English, said the gold dinar, silver dirham, and copper fulus coins would deal a blow to the US financial system.

The footage also featured images of the US Federal Reserve, former US President George W. Bush, the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Osama bin Laden, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and ISIS militants carrying the group's signature black flags.

The militant group is believed to be basing its currency on one used by the Caliphate of Uthman in 634 CE.

Comment: It's too bad the article doesn't mention what the confiscated coins were made of. If it was gold and silver, how did ISIL get a hold of enough to mint coins?

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atari2u · 2015-10-08T12:44:26Z

what a clever ploy

How nicely this ties the label "terrorist" to those who oppose the current world monetary system, of debt based, Zionist controlled, fiat currency.
This system is producing a feudal social system with ever increasing poverty and asset inequality, and is the source of power for the war mongers.
Has to be a CIA psy-op.

Idon'tcare · 2015-10-08T18:04:32Z

The Nazi way of gold collecting.

In response to this. "Comment: It's too bad the article doesn't mention what the confiscated coins were made of. If it was gold and silver, how did ISIL get a hold of enough to mint coins?"

My guess is this, since these guys are simply nothing more then the Arab's world version of the Nazi/fascist psycho filth that contaminate this world, they no doubt got their gold and silver in the same manner as the Nazis. By ribbing it out of the mouths of their victims along with other forms of jewelry, heck, they might even have walked into any of the Iraqi or Syria banks and jewelry stores and helped themselves to the goodies within.

No big US, UK or EU conspiracy is needed to provide them with gold and silver when you can just steal it, why if you're in doubt, just ask the US police fore how easy it is to round up precious metals from poor people.

Copper by the way, is even easier to find without any need to mug anyone for it, heck if you live in the west, your house most likely have about 2 pounds of copper in wiring alone.

Zionism being a facist and racist practice is never going to be democratic. Ever.

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