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U.S. Hits Alleged Terrorist Front For Iran
CBS ^ | December 17, 2008

Posted on 12/17/2008 10:42:42 AM PST by Strategy

The Bush administration moved Wednesday to clamp down financially on a New York City business suspected of acting as a front company for Iran's Bank Melli, which has been accused of providing support to Iran's nuclear program.

"This scheme to use a front company set up by Bank Melli - a known proliferator - to funnel money from the United States to Iran is yet another example of Iran's duplicity," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: assacoltd; assacorp; bankmelli; fifthavenue; front; frontcompanies; geopolitics; iran; islam; israel; mohammedanism; mohammedanism1208; mohammedanism122008; newyork; nyc; proliferation; terrorism

1 posted on 12/17/2008 10:42:42 AM PST by Strategy
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To: Strategy
As a carrot Obama will unfreeze Iran's assets next month...
2 posted on 12/17/2008 10:43:40 AM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light! WE STAND WITH HER!)
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To: Strategy

That should read ‘Iran’s Bank Smelli’!


3 posted on 12/17/2008 10:51:44 AM PST by Batman11
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To: Strategy

Notice the “incidentals”

New York - nuclear program - Iran.

That has been their number one goal since reviving their nuclear program after the Shah briefly shut it down.


4 posted on 12/17/2008 2:08:07 PM PST by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: rjp2005

Iranian banks urged to move money
Jerusalem Post ^ | 6/9/2008 | Unattributed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2028367/posts


5 posted on 12/17/2008 9:55:22 PM PST by piasa
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