Islamists set their sights on the area's oil industry years ago. Mr. Shatz says they made threats to employees at the Beiji oil refinery in northern Iraq. _______________________The United States is using air strikes and political pressure in hopes of stopping the oil sales. In Washington, a State Department official told reporters earlier this month that, "we believe that oil smuggled out by trucks through the Jordanian and Turkish borders is a serious problem." He added that "both those countries have pledged to do all they can to stop it." 伊斯兰分子己年前就盯上了该地区的石油产业,Shatz说他们对伊拉克北部的Beiji炼油厂进行了威胁.______________________美国使用空袭和政治压力,希望以此阻止其石油销售.本月在华盛顿,国务院官员告诉记者,"我们认为用卡车经约旦和土耳其边境况走私石油是个严重问题."他还说道"两国都承诺尽一切努力阻止其发生."
