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Kerry admits some Iran sanctions relief money will go to jihad terrorism

Jan 21, 2016 9:44 pm By Robert Spencer

Relax. No one is going to get hurt. We’re all going to march together into the glorious multicultural future.

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“John Kerry: Some sanctions relief money for Iran will go to terrorism,” by Elise Labott, CNN, January 21, 2016:

Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged to CNBC Thursday that some of the money Iran received in sanctions relief would go to groups considered terrorists.

When asked about whether some the $150 billion in sanctions relief to Iran would go to terrorist groups, Kerry reiterated that, after settling debts, Iran would receive closer to $55 billion. He conceded some of that could go to groups considered terrorists, saying there was nothing the U.S. could do to prevent that.

“I think that some of it will end up in the hands of the IRGC or other entities, some of which are labeled terrorists,” he said in the interview in Davos, referring to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. “You know, to some degree, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that every component of that can be prevented.”

But he added that “right now, we are not seeing the early delivery of funds going to that kind of endeavor at this point in time.”

Earlier Thursday, speaking to reporters before a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Kerry defended the U.S. use of sanctions against Iran following charges by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the recent sanctions were illegal and that some in the U.S. were “addicted” to sanctions.

“We have made it very clear that we use sanctions when we think they are appropriate in order to counter behavior that we believe has broken the law or has challenged the United Nations Security Council or threatened the United States, and we stand by our sanctions,” Kerry told reporters. “We think they have been used judiciously and effectively and we are looking to move on now to put to test the willingness of Iran and other countries in the region to try to reduce tensions and move in a different direction.”…

He continued, “If we catch them funding terrorism, they are going to have a problem with the United States Congress and other people, obviously.”…

No doubt the Iranian mullahs are very frightened.

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  1. Dan Jones says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    As most Americans said it would…

    More End Time News At:
    http://www.shininginthedark.com/?page_id=4526

  2. efoc says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    Wow….

    So Mr Kerry, when one of these Iranian-sponsored Islamic terrorist groups kills Americans, what are you going to say exactly? Are you going to admit guilt and know that you are responsible for those deaths?

    What a gutless and spineless *man* this Kerry is.

  3. worldcitizen1919 says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 10:14 pm

    A multicultural world civilisation based on human rights? War outlawed including jihad. World disarmament and monies invested in PEOPLE and things like education, poverty, employment and science things that will help us live better lives instead of destroying each other.

    we’ll get there sooner than people think. After night comes day and after all this terror WILL come peace and unity. And jihad will disappear as with shariah.

    But the immediate future is very dark. We need to be optimistic not always negative.

  4. Linde Barrera says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:28 am

    I think John Kerry is a doof. He has been given a script that states to make up excuses and placate the ruling powers in Iran. He is very faithful to that script. On a much nicer note, I told 2 people in my church who asked me what course I took where I learned so much about Islam, and I gave credit where credit is due: http://www.jihadwatch.org and Gatestone Institute. I told them to “get on the website, sign up for emails, read the comments and make some comments of your own.” I am always spreading the good word about JihadWatch.org.

  5. Lawrence says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 2:35 am

    It’s precisely because such a move entails Iran financing jihad terrorism, that the White House went along with the unfreezing of Iran sanctions. The White House is just hoping that the jihad terrorism will target the Jews, and leave them alone. The White House is just getting Iran to do its dirty work for them, stick it to the Jews and badly. And then the White House can say – it’s not us, it’s just the Iranians using the money we gave them. Thing is the jihad terror that Iran will now finance with this windfall won’t just be against Israel.

  6. Jon says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 6:54 am

    Well, in a roundabout way we’re all financing ISIS through our reliance on Saudi oil. The Saudi Wahabis then send some of that money to ISIS………
    What goes around…………

  7. c matt says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:07 pm

    True – even if Iran is funding terrorists, it pales in comparison to what the Saudis fund, and even what the Obama administration is funding. So let’s start with cutting funding for terrorists from US coffers first (“aid” to Egypt, Pakistan, “moderate” anti-Assad forces), then we can start worrying about others.

  8. Angemon says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    “I think that some of it will end up in the hands of the IRGC or other entities, some of which are labeled terrorists,”

    The greasy snake won’t even outright say “terrorists”. “Other entities”, some of them “labeled” terrorists.

  9. David says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    We will just tell them they can’t use THIS money to fund terrorism. They will agree, then use THAT money. Thin THIS will replace THAT. See how easily this issue is solved?

  10. gravenimage says

    Jan 26, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    Kerry admits some Iran sanctions relief money will go to jihad terrorism
    ……………………

    More suicidal madness.

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