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Posted on 08/03/2016 2:16:02 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Earnest: It’s Possible $400 Million Iran Received Could Fund Terrorism
BY: Alyssa Canobbio August 3, 2016 4:30 pm
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said during Wednesday’s press briefing it is possible the $400 million that the Obama administration airlifted to Iran could have been spent on funding terrorism.
“The president was quite forward-leaning in advance of the nuclear deal even being completed in acknowledging that we know that Iran supports terrorism,” Earnest said. “We know that Iran supports Hezbollah and the Assad regime, and it is certainly possible that some of the money that Iran has is being used for those purposes, too.”
Earnest said the Obama administration has been working with their partners in the Middle East to counter Iran’s nefarious activities but knows that the bulk of the $400 million had been used to address the current economic weaknesses the country continues to face.
Earnest also slammed critics of the Iran nuclear deal because Tehran did not receive the billions of dollars from sanctions relief that some claimed and said opponents of the deal were either misinformed or lying to the American public.
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bwahahaha.
DUH
There’s a lot of people in jail for laundering cash. OMFG
“possible”
I wonder how hard they are laughing when they write this bs.
Gee, ya think?
Where’s CPT Obvious?
Gee, ya think??????????
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) was on Fox today and said that the reason Iran wanted the ransom in cash was that it makes it easy to hand over the cash to support Hezbollah and their terrorism against Israel
Israel & the Region
Republicans blast $400m Iran ‘ransom,’ say it encourages kidnappings
White House denies funds paid to Islamic Republic were to secure release of detained US citizens; say it was interest for 30-year-old failed arms deal By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil August 3, 2016, 10:49 pm 1
The US is forbidden from engaging in dollar transactions with Iran, and so the funds were reportedly transferred into foreign currency, packed in crates, and transferred to Iran via Europe.
Prominent Republicans in the House and Senate alike argued Wednesday that the transfer of funds would undermine US security, particularly by encouraging Iran to detain more Americans, in the hopes of securing additional cash.
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“It is nothing but a series of bribes and secret agreements that will do nothing to prevent Iran from reaching nuclear capability, yet will provide funding for their sponsorship of terrorism and encourage them to detain more of our citizens. This ‘deal’ should be ripped to shreds immediately before more damage is done.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/republicans-blast-400m-iran-ransom-say-it-encourages-kidnappings/
the fact they shipped unmarked bills, at Iran’s demand, is perhaps the most damning thing I’ve heard thus far. perhaps more to come. does anyone now how WSJ came upon this info?
Wow - yah think?
Good to know that Ivy league degree is being put to use.
Funny I haven’t seen much coverage of this $400 million cash transfer.
Maybe because every story in my news feed today is about “Trump dropping out”.
“”””Prominent Republicans in the House and Senate alike argued Wednesday that the transfer of funds would undermine US security, particularly by encouraging Iran to detain more Americans, in the hopes of securing additional cash.”””””
And not a single one of these “Prominent Republicans “will do a thing about it. They will be too busy bashing Trump.
If they were dems, Bammy let them out today.
Packistan or the Norks would probably be glad to sell a nuke, even at a loss just to get the market started.
This is part of the 1.5 billion, so all of it can be funding terrorism
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Yes, just like Meg Whitman
"Meg, Oh Thank you, thank you for joining my campaign."
Too bad it wasn’t swapped, unknown to 0jackwad, with counterfeit cash...
“White House denies funds paid to Islamic Republic were to secure release of detained US citizens; say it was interest for 30-year-old failed arms deal”
The White House had better do their research before telling their lies: Islam forbids charging interest.
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