Kurdish government calls for military action to cut off oil smuggling. UPI/Mohammed al Jumaily ERBIL, Iraq, Sept. 25 (UPI) — The Kurdish government said Thursday it was calling on military forces to take tough action against oil smuggling from areas under terrorist control. Military air strikes on terrorists groups in Syria Wednesday targeted 12 oil refineries used by Islamic State terrorists to generate as much as $2 million per day. The Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources said in a statement issued through its official Twitter account action must be taken to contain oil’s role in IS financing through action by the Kurdish Peshmerga and other forces. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil issued an appeal to U.N. member states to take action to prevent the export of smuggled crude oil. The ministry said it was troubled by reports that crude oil taken from territory controlled by the Sunni-led terrorist group […]