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US and Gulf nations target ‘secret’ Hamas investment portfolio worth up to $1 billion
CNN ^ | 10-25-23 | Matt Egan

Posted on 10/30/2023 12:46:32 PM PDT by SJackson

New York CNN — The United States along with some Middle Eastern nations are stepping up efforts to target a “secret” Hamas investment portfolio government officials believe to be worth up to $1 billion.

To target the Hamas investment portfolio, a US official said Tuesday the Treasury Department is working with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

Following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel, US and Saudi officials convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Riyadh of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center, which includes the United States and the GCC nations. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in November.

The US official said there has been a redoubling of efforts since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel to use the TFTC, which was created in 2017, to go after Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iranian-aligned militant groups, including by sharing relevant, timely and actionable information.

Last week, Treasury leveled sanctions on individuals that officials say are managing assets in a “secret” Hamas investment portfolio likely valued at between $400 million and $1 billion, according to a US official. The official added that the portfolio is generating significant amounts of revenue for Hamas.

Treasury has said the global portfolio of investments includes companies operating “under the guise of legitimate businesses” in Sudan, Algeria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other nations.

“We cannot tolerate a world in which Hamas and other terrorist organizations’ fundraisers live and operate with impunity, abusing the financial system, to sustain their terror.” Brian Nelson, Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said during prepared remarks at the emergency TFTC meeting

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1 posted on 10/30/2023 12:46:32 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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2 posted on 10/30/2023 12:47:13 PM PDT by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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To: SJackson

Always a money angle with this admin...10% to the big guy


3 posted on 10/30/2023 12:50:00 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SJackson

Check the off shore accounts of the Hamas “leadership” living the life of luxury in Qatar. Hamas is just as corrupt as Zelensky’s gang.


4 posted on 10/30/2023 12:52:45 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: SJackson

Unfortunately, no money that is confiscated will go to victim families.


5 posted on 10/30/2023 12:53:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SJackson

Just $3 billion more and we’ll have it all back


6 posted on 10/30/2023 12:55:07 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: hardspunned
Hamas is just as corrupt as Zelensky’s gang..., Putin's gang, Biden's gang...

Sadly, no nation is exempt from corruption.

7 posted on 10/30/2023 12:55:20 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SJackson

Why is Hamas leadership in Qatar still using oxygen?

Should their lives be forfeit?


8 posted on 10/30/2023 12:57:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: hardspunned

I’m thinking that we might be better off destroying Qatar while Israel does Hamas.


9 posted on 10/30/2023 1:05:04 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Vermont Lt

Could be a billion reasons. Not that it will be done, but several hundred individuals were charged with war crimes during the Kosovo trials. Hamas leaders should be told they’ll face the same fate, let them look over their sholders. But the EU won’t do the nor will the US.


10 posted on 10/30/2023 1:06:44 PM PDT by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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To: Magnum44

The 68 square miles of Uniparty, DC is surely the most corrupt real estate in the universe.


11 posted on 10/30/2023 1:08:34 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: MNDude

“Just $3 billion more and we’ll have it all back”

Just $3.9 billion more and we’ll have it all back


12 posted on 10/30/2023 1:59:52 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SJackson

They assassinated those responsible for the Munich massacre, maybe they will assassinate these A holes too.


13 posted on 10/30/2023 3:23:51 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SJackson

If Qatar is sitting at the table for this meeting, the effort is fatally compromised. They shelter and coddle hamas leadership.


14 posted on 10/30/2023 3:43:30 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot (Believe nothing until it is denied by the Kremlin)
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To: Vermont Lt

Perhaps Mossad has other, slightly more important things to worry about. Maybe the existential threat to their country, people, and family, posed by armed terrorists on their territory, or next to it, is a priority?

These wealthy terrorist ‘godfathers’ are hundreds of miles away from Israel, are physically ‘softer’ than the terrorists on the ground in occupied Israel, and are not a direct, physical threat to the people of Israel. The Hamass ‘godfathers’ WILL receive the wages they’ve earned from Yahweh, unless they repent and turn to Yeshua.

How they meet Shofat Tzadik (the Righteous Judge) is not yet known. Assuming that Yeshua Mashiach (Jesus Messiah) does not soon return, it is quite likely that Mossad will helpfully assist these Hamass ‘godfathers’ in arriving soon at their meeting with Elohim. Remember, Adolf Eichmann did not meet Shofat Tzadik (the Righteous Judge) until June 1, 1962.


15 posted on 10/30/2023 4:10:57 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Now how on Earth did these nonproductive terrorist get $1B?


16 posted on 10/31/2023 6:00:18 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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To: CoastWatcher

Apparently, like PedoJoe, they ‘wet their beak’ on EVERYTHING that enters Gaza, to the tune of 20%. They siphon off all aid, all money, etc. that enters Gaza.


17 posted on 10/31/2023 8:59:16 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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