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US quietly releasing $1.6B in Pakistan assistance
WHTI TV ^ | Saturday, October 19, 2013, 8:57 AM EDT | BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press

Posted on 10/19/2013 6:35:56 AM PDT by Pan_Yan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has quietly decided to release more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden and deadly U.S. airstrikes against Pakistani soldiers.

Officials and congressional aides said ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again.

American and NATO supply routes to Afghanistan are open. Controversial U.S. drone strikes are down. The U.S. and Pakistan recently announced the restart of their "strategic dialogue" after a long pause. Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, is traveling to Washington for talks this coming week with President Barack Obama.

(Excerpt) Read more at wthitv.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foreignaid; pakistan; pakistanaid

1 posted on 10/19/2013 6:35:56 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

But stopped aid to Egypt, personally we should not be giving aid to any country with the exception of military aid to Israel. By that I mean supplying them with arms, planes, missles and anything else they may want to purchase from us.


2 posted on 10/19/2013 6:39:14 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary)
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To: Pan_Yan

So all you have to do to get billions in aid from Obama is a)be a Muslim country with a strong Islamist faction, and b)improve relations from worse to bad.

“My Muslim faith”, indeed.


3 posted on 10/19/2013 6:43:48 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pan_Yan

Priorities. The current occupant of the oval office loves machete-swinging jihadis more than he love Americans.


4 posted on 10/19/2013 6:47:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Pan_Yan

No aid to Muslim countries or any other countries who disrespect the USA. These countries don’t deserve help.

And by the way, WE ARE SEVENTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT!!!


5 posted on 10/19/2013 6:49:19 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Pan_Yan
Were broke but not broke enough to stop from giving our money to Islamic countries that HATE us and want to KILL us.
Lunatics are running the asylum
6 posted on 10/19/2013 7:01:39 AM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: Pan_Yan

WTH didn’t they make the release of Dr Shakil Afridi part of this resumption of aid?


7 posted on 10/19/2013 7:06:11 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Pan_Yan

Wait, I thought hussein said we were broke...


8 posted on 10/19/2013 7:08:24 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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Hillary Clinton just announced (as a prelude to 2016): "I backed the Osama bin Laden raid, but Joe Biden didn't"

Mmmmmmmm.....it's really, really odd hearing Hillary boast about "military raids" b/c she is a major proponent of "Smart Power"......or as it is laughingly known: "Democrats winning the foreign policy objectives without firing a shot."

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Behold what "Smart Power" hath wrought: Obama's careening and incomprehensible handling of the Syrian crisis.....doing a Costa Concordia with US ntl security and foreign policy. Obama outed himself as naive, isolated....and outlandishly stupid. Not to forget then-Secy of State Hillary's part in the "Smart Power" debacle.

Democrats' 'Smart Power' Lies in Ruins; Suddenly
Realizing What They Miscalculated About the World:
Everything

National Review | Sept 3, 2013 | Jim Geraghty / FR Posted by kristinn

....... Democrats are suddenly realizing that their foreign policy brain-trust completely misjudged the world.

Being nicer to countries like Russia will not make them nicer to you. The United Nations is not an effective tool for resolving crises. Some foreign leaders are beyond persuasion and diplomacy. There is no “international community” ready to work together to solve problems, and there probably never will be.

You can pin this on Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Susan Rice, but most of all, the buck stops with the president. Those of us who scoffed a bit at a state senator ascending to the presidency within four years on a wave of media hype and adoration are not quite so shocked by this current mess.

We never bought into this notion that getting greater cooperation from our allies, and less hostility from our enemies, was just a matter of giving this crew the wheel and letting them practice, as Hillary Clinton arrogantly declared it, “smart power” (and fronted Time magazine cover).

(These people can’t even label a foreign policy approach without reminding us of how highly they think of themselves.)

They looked out at the world at the end of the Bush years, and didn’t see tough decisions, unsolvable problems, unstable institutions, restless populations, technology enabling the impulse to destabilize existing institutions, evil men hungry for more power, and difficult trade-offs.

No, our problems and challengers were just a matter of the previous hands running U.S. foreign policy not being smart enough. (Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...

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SMART POWER IN ACTION (/SNIX) Why did Hillary and Obama use US personnel, equipment and facilities to overthrow the government of Libya? Had they ever made that a main point of their foreign policy? Was it about the money? Can you say cover-up? What are all the soccer Moms and college kid Dem voters going to say when they find out the Democrat leaders kill for money?

9 posted on 10/19/2013 7:11:44 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Pan_Yan

I suppose this is not considered an increase in spending - just one that was already appropriated? Yep - sure.


10 posted on 10/19/2013 7:11:55 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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THIS JUST IN Obama's financing Pakistani terror---but he cut off aid to Egypt (US $$ aid goes to the Egyptian military). We clearly see the ambitious hand of smart power fanatic, Hillary Clinton, in the Egyptian aid cutoff. Nervous wannabe Hillary's scurrying for cover as 2016 looms.

Why the Egyptian military aid cutoff?

B/c the Egyptian military just arrested the Clintons' Muslim Brotherhood employee for inciting Mideast terror at the same time he was "doing good" at the Clinton tax-exempt foundation.

REFERENCE A Muslim Brotherhood activist on US soil--- (above) who was an employee of one of three tax-exempt Clinton Foundations--astonishingly--was working for the Clintons, and simultaneously conducting Mideast terror activities. Also raises huge questions about the Clintons' three tax-exempt foundations laundering money for terror activities. Tax-exempt foundations are known havens for money laundering and tax evasion.

Gehad (the stupid Clintons did not know the name means "jihad") el-Haddad served as one of the Muslim Brotherhood’s top communications officials; he was a top Muslim Brotherhood official and adviser to Obama's hand-picked Egyptian candidate, Morsi; el-Haddad served for five years as a top official at the Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit group founded by former President Bill Clinton. El-Haddad pushed the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist agenda in the foreign press, where he was often quoted defending the Brotherhood’s crackdown on civil liberties in Egypt. He became the public face of the Islamist organization soon after leaving his post at the Clinton Foundation; much of his official work with the Brotherhood took place while he was still claiming to be employed by the Clinton Foundation.

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The more cynical among us might wonder if the Clintons' Foundations were money laundering for the Muslim Brotherhood.

NY POST EXCERPT ----The Bill Clinton Foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses — Bill Clinton’s foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses since 2003, an analysis of the nonprofit’s tax forms reveal.....includes $4.2 million in 2011 for the William J. Clinton Foundation (to which Hillary and Chelsea are attached); $730,000 for the Clinton Global Health Initiative; and $7.2 million for the Clinton Health Action Initiative (CHAI).

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A key Muslim goal is the destruction of Western Civilization.....and Christianity. The tip-off occurred when Egyptian General al-Sisi refused to take vacaying Obaba's call from MV. It affirmed Gen al-Sisi's determination not to let Obaba interfere with his plan to drive the Muslim Brotherhood out of Egyptian politics. Superpowers Russia and China both backed al-Sisi and the Saudis jet-streamed al-Sisi millions to finish the job.

The Egyptian military has vowed to rebuild the 63 churches torched by the marauding Egyptian Muslims. Al Sisi's got the lay of the land---he knows who's got the ear of our Muslim president.

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Stupid Obomb-no doesn't have a clue. Gen al-Sisi's unrelenting defense of Christians has turned the world upside down. Gen al-Sisi is igniting worldwide disapproval of the MB---world leaders are vocally defending Christians. (1) Russian Pres Putin vocally decried Christian slaughter by Muzzies. China also backed al-Sisi. (3) The Saudis jet-streamed millions to al-Sisi to continue the Muslim disemboweling.

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THE SYRIAN/EGYPTIAN CONNECTION Syrian rebels---who are Sunni Muslim jihadists---attacked the Syrian Christian village of Maaloula; one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the East was also being sabotaged. BBC NEWS later reported that Assad ordered the Syrian Army to take back the Christian town from Islamist rebels.

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That twit Obama and the "smart power" types are on the wrong side again ....ordering the CIA to arm Syrian Muzzie rebels so they can kill more Christians.

11 posted on 10/19/2013 7:19:02 AM PDT by Liz
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Right after reading "33 Stats That Prove That SOMETHING Desperately Needs To Be Done About The National Debt", I scroll down to read this. This is disgusting.
12 posted on 10/19/2013 7:20:25 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Liz
Why did Hillary and Obama use US personnel, equipment and facilities to overthrow the government of Libya?

To gain access to the National Bank of Libya.

Had they ever made that a main point of their foreign policy?

Internally.

Was it about the money?

Not paper money. Gold bars. Solid Gold. Not the tungsten filled ones that the Chinese flooded the market with.

Can you say cover-up? What are all the soccer Moms and college kid Dem voters going to say when they find out the Democrat leaders kill for money?

Hillary for President.

13 posted on 10/19/2013 7:23:12 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2

N-i-c-e input. You nailed it but good.


14 posted on 10/19/2013 7:26:11 AM PDT by Liz
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Billy Boy Clinton was grinning like a simpering fool at the annual meeting of the (cough) tax-exempt "Clinton Global Initiative Foundation" (Money Laundering a specialty).

Notwithstanding the bombshell news that (1) Clinton had employed a Muzzie terrorist....and, (2) the Clinton Foundations were outed by the NY Times for their shady dealings. Read on.

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THE CLINTON FOUNDATIONS / MUSLIM TERRORISM CONNECTION --- The recent story that a Muslim terrorist was working at the Clinton Foundation AND conducting terrorist activities at the same time, explains why the Clintons just remade themselves into the hallowed "Clinton Family Foundation."

The "Holy Family."

The Clintons' 24/7 self-promotion--a familiar do-good liberal schtick: whining about "helping" the needy, and hoping to make a buck on it.

The Clintons' shady proclivities are unveiled in the recent NYT investigative story. Corruption, greed, entitlement, nepotism, cronyism. The Clintons didn't have a pot to *** in in Arkansas---never even had a home to call their own. Now they're multi millionaires.......the connivers have perfected the scam WRT gaming the govt system for themselves.

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There needs to be a thorough going-over of the three Clinton Foundations. We need to know who pays/funds the Clinton's lifestyle/political ambitions---- especially b/c Hillary is running for prez. It is important to know to whom the Clinton's are truly indebted.

NY POST EXCERPT ----The Bill Clinton Foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses — Bill Clinton’s foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses since 2003, an analysis of the nonprofit’s tax forms reveal.....includes $4.2 million in 2011 for the William J. Clinton Foundation (to which Hillary and Chelsea are attached); $730,000 for the Clinton Global Health Initiative; and $7.2 million for the Clinton Health Action Initiative (CHAI).

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How many ways can the conniving Clintons use their name to launder money?

<><> The William J. Clinton Family Foundation......

<><> the Clinton Global Health Initiative......

<><> the Clinton Health Action Initiative (CHAI).

More importantly, what is the connection between Corzine's MF Global, Teneo (which paid Bill Clinton $50,000 per month), The Clintons multiple tax-exempt foundations, and Muslim money-Laundering?

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The more cynical among us might wonder about : and the Clintons' Foundations are money laundering for the Muslim Brotherhood.

<><> Teneo Holdings---Clinton is Bd Chair---hirted out as strategic advisors,"

<><>Huma Abedin had “State Dept special status" while a private contractor for Teneo Holdings,

<><> Obama pal Jon Corzine and his failed investment company (MFG "misplaced" $1.4 Billion)

<><> Corzine hired Teneo and Bill Clinton @ $50,000 PER MONTH.

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LET'S STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH BILL AND HILL As President, Bill Clinton made policies that raised hundreds of billions (if not trillions) of dollars for his obscenely-rich donor/pals.

His North American Free Trade initiative made it easy for, and even encouraged, corporations to outsource jobs and then import their products back into the U.S...... The repeal of Glass-Steagall on his watch sent Wall Street into the money-making frenzy that led to the Great Recession/Depression of 2008......and subsequent taxpayer bailouts.

In exchange for these obscene gifts of corporate welfare, at the expense of America's middle and working classes, you'd think the Clintons' rich friends would have no trouble coughing up a mere $250 million endowment for the foundation.

Now it seems, the captains of crony capitalism are begging off....they just don't feel they have enough money to help their old friends Bill and Hillary secure their so-called "legacy."

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Sen Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is probing Hillary aide’s employment status, asking how Huma Abedin got a sweetheart deal as a private six-figure consultant while at the State Department. Abedin and hubby, disgraced sexter/loser ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, hauled in some $350,000 in outside income on top of Abedin’s $135,000 govt salary.

Abedin held “special government employee” status, and worked a sideline---as a private contractor. One of her clients was Bill CLinton's Teneo Holdings, a consulting firm that calls itself the “next chapter in strategic advisory.”

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HUMAN EVENTS: Last Dec, a former employee of bankrupt MF Global accused former president Clinton----chairman of Teneo's advisory board----of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory firm in the months before MFG careened towards its Halloween filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as hundreds of millions of investor funds disappeared.

Teneo was hired by MF Global’s former CEO Jon S. Corzine to improve his image and to enhance his connections with Clinton’s political family, said the employee, who asked that his name be withheld because he feared retribution, according to HE.

The Teneo contract with MF Global lasted at least five months, the souce said. The board cancelled it after Corzine resigned. The source, who is no longer associated with MF Global, said Teneo is a dual-track company with one side devoted to merchant and investment banking and the other side set up to provide image and strategy consulting services.

CAN YOU SAY MONEY LAUNDERING? The trustee for screwed MFG investors later sued JPMorgan bank for return of about $450M that MFG had transferred to the bank.

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HOW MANY MONEY LAUNDERING SCAMS ARE THERE? LET US COUNT THE WAYS------Ponzi King Madoff screwed many but he also laundered money for tax-exempt foundations/groups that handed him millions of dollars.

When he went to jail, investigators found Madoff had stashed billions offshore---into a labyrinth of financial entities. Some $8.9 billion was funneled to Madoff through a dozen so-called feeder funds based in Europe, the Caribbean and Central America......a labyrinth of hedge funds, management companies and service providers that, to unsuspecting outsiders, seemed to compose a formidable system of checks and balances.

But the purpose of this complex architecture was just the opposite: the feeder funds provided different modes for directing money to Madoff in order to avoid scrutiny.

15 posted on 10/19/2013 7:36:37 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Pan_Yan

More money directly to those who hate us most. When does this horror end?


16 posted on 10/19/2013 7:47:43 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Pan_Yan

We supply aid to the country furnishing sanctuary to the Taliban jihadi killing our soldiers in Afghanistan.


17 posted on 10/19/2013 8:19:52 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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have they released the Pax doctor who helped the CIA???


18 posted on 10/19/2013 8:21:32 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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