“Iran will have full and direct access to its released assets”
Tough question. Whom do you believe, the terrorists or their accomplices?
After announcing a $6 billion ransom for 5 hostages, the Biden administration is claiming that the money, stored in Qatar, an ally of Iran, will only be used for “humanitarian purposes”.
Iran is denying that.
White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the United States would have “full visibility” into where any released Iranian funds are directed and used. An estimated $6 billion in Iranian assets are now held in South Korea.
“Essentially, the funds can only be accessed for food, medicine, medical equipment that would not have a dual military use,” he said. “And there will be a rigorous process of due diligence and standards applied with input from the U.S. Treasury Department.”
I’m old enough that I remember when Kirby and the administration were promising the same thing in Afghanistan. Then the State Department decided it wouldn’t cooperate with the Afghanistan watchdog or let employees talk to investigators without a lawyer present.
So I’m sure we can trust these fine folks who have never blatantly lied to us before and never will again.
“This is a dishonest claim manufactured by bitter people. Iran will have full and direct access to its released assets, there will be no Qatari companies involved, Iranian banks will have full control, and they can purchase goods and services without any limitation or restriction,” a top advisor to the Iranian negotiating team tweeted.
No need to worry. Humanitarian aid never funds terrorism. Never, ever.
Between January 2012 and March 2018, USAID provided $2.6 billion in funding to public international organizations and an additional $2 billion to NGOs operating in Iraq and Syria. A partial audit by USAID’s Office of the Inspector General of funds given to public international organizations revealed that the agency provided nearly $700 million in awards without an adequate system in place to ensure that members of terrorist groups would not be beneficiaries. As of January 2018, official investigations resulted in the blacklisting of several dozen individuals and organizations and the suspension of at least $239 million in program funds in the region.
Other recipients of American funding have run into difficulty identifying groups with ties to barred terrorist organizations. When such instances come to light — like World Vision’s payment of $125,000 to the Islamic Relief Agency in Sudan, a group with alleged ties to al-Qaeda — publicly available details are often murky.
In August 2016, Israeli prosecutors charged a manager of World Vision’s Gaza branch for allegedly funneling $43 million in funding over a period of six years to Hamas’s military wing.
In 2010, the United Nations investigated the World Food Programme’s operations in Somalia following reports of corruption, piracy, and the diversion of food aid to al-Shabaab. The United Nations identified a food aid fraud scheme in which approximately 30 percent of food aid was diverted to local personnel employed by the World Food Programme, 10 percent went to the contracted ground transporter, and 5 to 10 percent went to al-Shabaab.
I’m sure the same “rigorous process of due diligence” used to release terrorists into the U.S. will be applied when it comes to sending money to an Islamic terrorist state through another Islamic terror state.
Wellington says
The bogus “Biden Regime” is a collective idiot. Not one exception actually. Does anyone know of one?
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
But there HAS to be an exception!
Well, let me see…
I think I have to get back to you on that one.
somehistory says
One cashes his paycheck and puts the money in the bank. When it’s time to buy food, or pay rent, or gamble in Vegas….all of the money spent comes from the account.
iran is not going to keep its citizens in food, clothing, etc. and let the terrorists go without.
iran is a terror state. The money will go to buy things that allow them to kill.
Bull Herman says
Since we know this is Obummer’s third term, we know these efforts are all about resurrecting the Iranian Islamist Nuke Charity Deal. That nasty Trump guy suspended it; even though neither Iran nor US Senate ratified it.
So it was never legally in force anyhoo.
As this so called informal agreement.
Like giving Girl Scout cookies to Islamists and believing them they won’t forcibly convert and rape the Scout after they are done with their milk.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why, are they paying them in 💵 that will vaporize the moment the Iranians take possession of them?
somehistory says
I keep seeing reports that biden is taking away our dollar…cash will be worthless paper…and putting everything in imaginary money. Perhaps like bo, biden is sending a plane with dollars on pallets.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Thanks to the Ukraine war & everything we did to first start it, and then sanction Russia, most major countries have stopped using the dollar as a reserve currency. If they store it at all, it’s only to buy US product. In the meantime, other than weaponry, I wonder what we’re selling abroad?
somehistory says
influence….what little biden has left.
Frances Weingarten says
I wouldent give Biden the the anser to any question!!!
OLD GUY says
Iran won’t be able to buy weapons, And water dosen’t flow down hill.
tgusa says
Democrats will try to bribe them in to not using the money to buy weapons with Ice Cream and Cookies. What a plan! It is only a matter of time before those death cult psychos try to dirty bomb or tactical nuke some place in America. I hope they dont target Americans and focus on DC. Yeah, in an us (regular America) vs them (DC) scenario I choose them. Who wouldn’t.
tgusa says
Many people think democrats and the biden administration are evil or stupid and that may be true. However, what we see going on is the best democrats can do on their best day. When you install democrats you get people making decisions that were picked not because they are competent but because of their skin color, personality traits, and other maeningless reasons. A good and recent example is the Maui fire. Preventable for thinking competent people. There used to be a saying at the entrance of the Navy firefighting school in San Diego, “Learn or Burn”. If that stuff is what you want for your future, vote democrat!
tgusa says
They should stop playing hail to the chief for the biden administration. I suggest the below instead.
https://youtu.be/CXxztZs82yE
Its either that of something from Monty Python.