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White House refuses to say whether billions it is giving Iran in unfrozen assets will be used to fund jihad terror

Jan 22, 2014 5:02 pm By Robert Spencer

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Nothing has been done to stop this money being used in this way — so now the global jihad will be funded in part by your taxpayer dollars. Of course, this has already been the case in Libya and Syria. What fools these kuffar be!

“Iran Sanctions Relief Could Fund Terrorism Against U.S.,” by Adam Kredo for the Washington Free Beacon, January 21:

Iran has been granted absolute control over more than $4 billion that will be unfrozen and returned to Tehran under the recently enacted nuclear accord, causing concern that the cash will be used to fund terrorism.

The billions in cash come with no strings attached, meaning that Iran has complete authority over how the funds are spent—and the U.S. government cannot ensure that it will not go toward terrorism.

The White House did not mandate oversight of the funds under the nuclear deal, leading to concerns that one of the world’s top terrorism sponsors will give a cash infusion to radicals across the Middle East.

“Once the money is transferred to Iran we have no ability to determine how that money is allocated,” said Jonathan Schanzer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the Treasury Department, which is tasked with enforcing sanctions on Iran.

The U.S. State Department has designated Iran as the world’s “most active state sponsor of terrorism.”

“There is no guarantee this cash is going into some fund that will help Iran’s purported moderates,” Schanzer said. “This is going into the account of the Islamic Republic, which can be dispersed to a wide range of different actors, many of whom are bad.”

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), for instance, has been known to wage clandestine terror operations across the globe and train radical forces.

Iran also is the principal backer of Hezbollah, which has long terrorized Israel and is currently operating on Tehran’s behest inside Syria to bolster embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

Other Iranian-backed militias have operated in Iraq and Afghanistan, where they have been known to carry out terror attacks against U.S. and Western forces.

“What has gone overlooked largely is that these funds could be handed to other bad actors that work for or on behalf of the Iranian regime,” Schanzer said.

Iranian funds have long been frozen in banks across the globe under strict sanctions imposed by the United States. As these sanctions are rolled back under the nuclear deal, the once frozen funds will be sent to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

Iran is set to repatriate more than $4 billion in the next several months as its accounts are unfrozen.

The White House is staying quiet on the issue.

When asked last week “what safeguards will be in place to make sure that money is not funneled to terror groups by Iran,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to answer….

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  1. Tayloch says

    Jan 22, 2014 at 5:31 pm

    When asked last week “what safeguards will be in place to make sure that money is not funneled to terror groups by Iran,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to answer….

    Because he knows that any answer he gives will thoroughly indict his boss as the biggest enabler of jihad terrorism for years to come.

    There is no doubt in my mind that there will be a very large uptick of jihadi operations against Israel even before the snow melts in my driveway.

  2. Jay Boo says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 1:01 am

    test

  3. Jay Boo says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 1:07 am

    Test K2

  4. duh_swami says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Are all these interactions with Iran some kind of deliberate failure plot? How is it even possible to miss Rasool O and flunky Kerry setting up Iran for a win, win, win?
    Complete capitulation, or nearly so. If this isn’t treason, it’s an original reproduction.

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 7:59 am

    It’s Munich all over again! There must be a better deal than this. I think no deal would be better than to fund more jihad. However, is it an advantage to the West for Shi’ites and Sunnites to fight one another? Keeps them tied up so they won’t fight us, but such tragedy. Isn’t a better way to psychologically and textually criticize the jihad ideology that motivates morons to throw away their lives in killing sprees?

  6. Charlie Griffith says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    ……why is Jay Carney letting his beard grow out? Is this the Muslim infiltration influence in our White House? Is this “political correctness” run amok?

  7. Kenneth Kramer says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    Robert,

    This all goes to the idiocy of allowing a “deal” with the iranians.

    Really, these ***holes have wanted to nuke Israel since idiot, anti-semite peanut farmer Jimmy Carter destabilized the Shah, …

    http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=27093

    I am sure before that the muslim slime of the world wanted to kill the “Great Satan” (U.S.) and the “Little Satan” (Israel) by any means possible, but … nuclear? … ooh la la!

    Only someone who is naive, stupid, or islamic enough (insert obama) would ever pursue any “agreement” with iran.

    Kerry is a Yale educated clown.

    How many remember this political ad?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbdzMLk9wHQ

    You give $$$ to iranian muslim scum, and you are buying their knife to the rest of the world’s throat.

    R/

    Paleologos

  8. gravenimage says

    Jan 23, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    White House refuses to say whether billions it is giving Iran in unfrozen assets will be used to fund jihad terror
    ……………………………..

    Everything I hear about this insane “deal” sounds worse and worse. *Of course* any assets sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran will be used for Jihad terror.

    No previous American president has been so disgusting in his appeasement.

    More:

    Nothing has been done to stop this money being used in this way — so now the global jihad will be funded in part by your taxpayer dollars. Of course, this has already been the case in Libya and Syria. What fools these kuffar be!
    ……………………………..

    What fools indeed. Suicidal madness…

  9. Martyn says

    Jan 24, 2014 at 5:30 am

    And the White House criticized Netanyahu for being against this deal. Like Obama also rules Israel. He is such a disgrace. Carney must be proud to be the mouthpiece of such a disgraceful individual.

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