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Exclusive: U.S. Won’t Seize Taliban Ally’s Cash
thedailybeast.com ^ | february 7, 2014 | eli lake

Posted on 02/08/2014 2:08:52 PM PST by lowbridge

In the last 17 months since the U.S. government financially blacklisted the Haqqani Network, one of the deadliest insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan, not a single dollar associated with the group has been blocked or frozen, according to U.S. officials and one of the Congressman who oversees the Treasury Department’s financial war on terrorism.

But it’s not just the Haqqanis—an ally today in the Taliban’s fight against U.S. troops and the Afghan government—who seem to have been spared from America’s economic attacks. According to a Treasury Department letter written in late November, not a single dollar been seized from the Pakistani Taliban, either, at least for 2012.

The reason why, according to a leading Congressman, is that enforcing such sanctions might upset delicate negotiations between America, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Taliban, and other insurgent groups. “The Haqqani network is associated with the Taliban. My opinion is that this is appeasing the Taliban. Because if we go after the Haqqani network’s money, then the Taliban will walk away from these talks,” Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican chairman of a House subcommittee that oversees the fight against terrorism, told The Daily Beast.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanwar; appeasetaliban; biden; haqqaninetwork; joebiden; pakistan; surrendersoetero; taliban; talibanjoe; waronterror

1 posted on 02/08/2014 2:08:52 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
doesn't really matters..
Islamic Terrorist Organizations = Democratic Party Platform,
Are both have the same goal: Destroy Western Civilization.

and the old sayin', "honor amongst thieves"

2 posted on 02/08/2014 2:19:42 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: lowbridge

3 posted on 02/08/2014 2:39:39 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis

enough said.

4 posted on 02/08/2014 2:45:59 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: lowbridge

President Valery Garret said NO! to the Pajama Boy.


5 posted on 02/08/2014 5:37:41 PM PST by lee martell
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks lowbridge.

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6 posted on 02/09/2014 7:50:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: lowbridge; Cindy

bumpity bump


7 posted on 06/08/2014 9:05:55 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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