Posted on 11/13/2023 1:52:09 PM PST by CFW
The Biden administration may approve a sanctions waiver on Tuesday that will allow Iran to access at least $10 billion in previously frozen funds held in Iraq, a closely watched decision that comes just a month after the Tehran-backed terror group Hamas launched an attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead.
The waiver would extend the multibillion-dollar sanctions relief first issued in July that expires tomorrow. It allows Iraq to transfer frozen electricity payments into Iranian-owned bank accounts in Europe and Oman. The waiver renewal is driving concerns that the Biden administration is maintaining financial avenues for Tehran as the country’s terrorist proxies foment chaos across the Middle East.
"The world is living in a post-Oct. 7 world, but the White House is still running an Oct. 6 policy toward Iran," Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and sanctions expert who previously served on the White House National Security Council, told the Washington Free Beacon, referring to Hamas’s attack last month. "Why should Iran have any access to more than $10 billion after sponsoring one of the worst terrorist attacks against American citizens and the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust? It would make more sense to freeze all of these accounts and keep every penny out of Tehran's hands."
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Insanity.
Biden pretended to care about the Jews. It was a fraud. Now he’s not even pretending any more.
“He’s bribing them to keep Hezbollah in check so the whole Middle East doesn’t blow up going into an election year. “
My thoughts as well. Biden was never very smart and he was provided this advice probably indirectly from Obama.
The only thing this demented moron is mulling is chocolate or vanilla pudding tonight.
I noticed the mainstream democrat media has been pretty silent about the attacks on US Forces in Iraq and Syria. If a Republican was President there would be 24-hour coverage with deep and concerned voices.
Jokes aside, this horrible human being in the White House is jeopardizing all of our lives as well as the lives of our grandchildren. I can’t stand seeing his face anymore. When are we as Americans ever going to take action against him???
Another 10 billion? No effing problem..
Whats a billion? 1 billion is only 1,000 million. 10 billion is chump change. We need to print up a zillion quadrillion and give it to Ustinkistan. No problem. We’re only 33 trillion in debt...It’s all easily managed and sustainable! Nothing to worry about.
Satan?
AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SAYS THERES NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO IMPEACH pedojoe ?!?!?!?!?!
How much of that comes back to him?
WTF, over?
Unless this is specifically a bribe to Iran to stay out of the Middle East war, and to keep Hezbollah out, I can think of not one single good reason for this. Even with those reasons, who actually trusts Iran to keep its word? They are Koran teaches them to lie in order to gain advantage over their enemies, and $10 billion goes a long way Toward hurting Iran’s enemies.
Oh, and this is another $10 billion that is being created out of thin air, plus accelerating inflation, even more domestically.
To quote the great philosopher, Colonel Bugs Bunny, “what a maroon!“
Pedo-Joe Biden knows Iran will see to it that enough of the money gets to HAMAS for them to replenish their stock of weapons to kill more Jewish babies.
STOP IT, YOU FOOL !!
“How much of that comes back to him?”
With Bidenomics and inflation, it is now probably “20% for the Big Guy”.
At least until the money clears the bank/s.
Iran: Un-freeze the $10 bil. or we’ll unleash Hezbollah to fire tens of thousands of rockets on Israel and on your carrier battle groups.
Biden: Ok. But remember to kick back a small percentage to the Big Guy.
Apparently, he did it!
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-unlocks-fresh-payments-to-iran-totaling-billions/
“Biden Unlocks Fresh Funds to Iran Totaling Billions”
“The Biden administration on Tuesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to access upward of $10 billion in frozen assets, the State Department confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon.
The sanctions waiver, which was set to expire today after first being authorized for a period of 120 days in July, allows Iraq to pay Iran for multibillion-dollar electricity purchases. This is the first time the Biden administration has renewed the waiver since the Iran-backed terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel that was reported to have been planned with Tehran’s support.
Renewal of the waiver “allows Iraq to use its own funds to render payment for Iranian electricity imports into restricted Iranian accounts in Iraq,” a State Department official told the Free Beacon, speaking only on background. “These restricted funds can only be used for humanitarian and other non-sanctionable transactions.”
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