Posted on 10/12/2023 9:36:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Well, well, well. Looks like this wasn’t a done deal after all, eh?
The United States and Qatar have agreed to block Iran’s access to $6 billion in funds recently transferred to the nation as part of a deal between Washington and Tehran that led to the release of five imprisoned Americans from Iran last month.
Wally Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, told House Democrats on Thursday that Iran would no longer have access to the funds, according to a person familiar with the matter. The money was under close supervision and strict conditions that it be used only for humanitarian purposes.
The move comes amid harsh criticism, mainly from Republicans, that the Biden administration gave Iran access to a vast sum that freed up other funds for Tehran to provide support to Hamas before its attack on Israel over the weekend.
Initially, it mainly came from Republicans. Over the last couple of days, it started coming from Democrats, led initially by Jon Tester and Joe Manchin. It started gaining steam yesterday in the Senate Democrat caucus with others. The Biden administration tried to play defense by opening up a phony “investigation” into Iran’s Hamas ties, likely hoping to generate a pretext for reneging on the asset transfer.
As I predicted yesterday, the White House appears to have found enough of a pretext to refreeze access to the funds. The question will be how long that freeze will continue:
It is unclear whether the Biden administration intends to cut off the funds permanently or may be taking an interim step as it gathers more information about Iran’s potential ties to Hamas. It is also unclear whether the action reflects any new analysis by the administration about Iran’s role in the attack. Regardless, it is certain to infuriate Iran’s leadership after a painstaking prisoner swap that took many months to construct and weeks more to complete.
Boo freaking hoo. If all this Hamas operation costs Iran is $6 billion, they should consider themselves lucky. Israel has its hands full with Gaza at the moment, but don’t think for a moment that the Mossad will forget to settle the score with Tehran. Only through such disincentives will the message get through to the mullahs.
In the meantime, we have a lesson to learn ourselves: Don’t pay the Dane-geld. It’s not always going to be this easy to get it back.
Update: I meant to write Republicans, not Americans, after the first excerpt. Thanks to Manipulated Medium for the correction. Post in haste, repent at leisure ….
Bump
If it’s true. Then great
Finally.
But I bet PedoJoe had nothing to do with it.
Hamas leaders are hosted by Qatar. They live there luxuriously.
Qatar is Hamas’ ally.
Not to be trusted.
Are they arresting the Hamas leaders?
No.
Anyone seen the horse now that we shut the barn door?
I think Joe has all he can handle deciding between vanilla, chocolate, and butterscotch.
And the truth is that most of it is already gone. But gullible people will believe anything.
1) It’s my vague understanding that the Iranian assets — and understand that . . . this money already belongs to Iran.
2) I see nothing in the above text suggesting the prisoners released as part of the deal to get Iran’s money released to them are going to be sent back to Iran.
3) Qatar is a strange situation. Iran is the center of the Shiite faction of Islam (and KSA is Sunni central). Hamas is Sunni. Qatar’s royal family has Shiite members but the public is mostly Sunni.
4) It is for this reason above ALL OTHERS that Iran likely funded nothing of the Hamas attack. They probably got paid to teach Hamas students weapons design, but that can happen in almost any school and it is not a very strong connection. It is very unlikely that Shiite checks were being written to fund Sunni logistics of any kind.
5) Shiites and Sunnis hate Israel, but Israel has only been around since 1949. Sunnis and Shiites have hated each other far longer than that. It takes priority.
And whether or not to get the shakes from trying not yo sniff kids.
Even better, the mullahs are specifically of the twelver Shia faction.
They think they can force the 12th mahdi to appear.
An author of a book about Iran said today the Hamas coordinated attack was held off until the banks made sure the Biden $6 billion was going to clear to Iran.
Great video but let’s let it sink in that Biden has declined cognitively and physically since that day.
Who’s gonna have to tell the five hostages they need to fly back to Tehran?
Temporary or permanent? I bet on the former. Dems relying on Americans’ short attention span.
13 Oct! Surprise Raid That Brought End of Hamas Elite Unit! Complete Blockade From Israel to Iran!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TweZMMeRsM
Do you believe what the Biden Administration says?
Now how about reinstating the secondary sanctions so Iran can’t sell China $30 billion dollars worth of oil every year?
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