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US gives exemption on Iran sanctions to 11 nations
2012-03-21
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday granted exemptions from U.S. economic sanctions to 10 European Union countries and Japan because they have significantly reduced their purchases of petroleum from Iran. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Whom no one confuses for John Foster Dulles...
gave the waivers to Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Japan, meaning that banks and other financial institutions based there will not be hit with penalties under U.S. law for 180 days.
The guy just loves giving waivers out...
President Barack Obama has until March 30 to determine whether oil prices and supplies are sufficient enough to levy sanctions later this year on countries that still buy oil from Iran. Pending that decision, another 12 nations — including India, China and South Korea — that are deemed to be major importers of Iranian oil have until the end of July to take similar steps or face sanctions.

In a statement, Clinton lauded the countries granted exemptions, noting that the actions they had taken to reduce their imports from Iran “were not easy.”

“They had to rethink their energy needs at a critical time for the world economy and quickly begin to find alternatives to Iranian oil, which many had been reliant on for their energy needs,” she said. “We commend these countries for their actions and urge other nations that import oil from Iran to follow their example.”
Posted by:Steve White

#6  INTERNATIONAL ECON SANCTIONS AGZ IRAN ...

versus

HARD BOYZ IN THE USoA ...

* FREEREPUBLIC > [Daily Mail.UK] "WE HAVE A DUTY TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST": PETER KING WARNS IRAN HAS HUNDREDS OF HEZBOLLAH AGENTS IN US.

King says the Fed knows they're hhheeeeeerrreee.

Once again, iff any Israeli milstrike intentionally or accidentally causes a few or many Mullahs in Tehran to go boom, WILL IRAN ORDER ITS TERROR PROXIES TO TAKE OUT THE WHITE HOUSE + US CONGRESSCRITTERS???

Ayatollah Khamenei has warned that Iran will retaliate "on the same level" to any US, Israeli attack, but that is at best open to a high degree of subjective interpretation on the part of Iran.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-03-21 22:59  

#5  Checks cleared.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-03-21 20:24  

#4  My family has told me to quit picking on the monkeys that are sending our country into the toilet( hope the sand embargo puts the fear of God into the primates in Iran). I will never respect or take an order from the garbage ruling our country ever .
Posted by: Harcourt Sforza5479   2012-03-21 18:39  

#3  These waivers take the bite out of the sanctions. More toothless actions, just like the League of Nations did with sanctions against Italy after their invasion of Abyssinia in 1935. The League did not include oil in their sanctions, so the list did not hurt Mussolini and he used the sanctions as a morale and propaganda tool.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-03-21 17:16  

#2  The guy just loves giving waivers out...

I was thinking they are on pace to exceed HHS' Obumblecare waivers
Posted by: Beavis   2012-03-21 12:28  

#1  Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain those are the ones within range of the Russian pipeline. Don't understand Japan though.
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-03-21 12:24  

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