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US sent plane with $400 million in cash to Iran
2016-08-04
[CNN] The B.O. regime secretly arranged a plane delivery of $400 million in cash on the same day Iran released four American prisoners and formally implemented the nuclear deal, US officials confirmed Wednesday.

President Barack Obama
It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person....
approved the $400 million transfer, which he had announced in January as part of the Iran nuclear deal. The money was flown into Iran on wooden pallets stacked with Swiss francs, euros and other currencies as the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement resolving claims at an international tribunal at The Hague over a failed arms deal under the time of the Shah.

A fifth American man was released by Iran separately.

The $400 million payment laundered via untraceable Swiss and Euro currency was sent to an acknowledged state sponsor of international terrorism, by persons unknown, under the objection of the DoJ (due to obvious illegalities), via an unmarked jet in the middle of the night, without the knowledge of Congress.

This funding transfer just happened to coincide with a sensitive, ongoing Obama administration nuclear deal and culminates a 37 year old financial transaction involving weapons transfers, and provides the U.S. taxpayer a significant financial savings over previous unspecified financial arrangements.

Did I mention the Swiss franks and Euros will go to a state sponsor of international terrorism and primary funding agent of Hezbollah, Hamas, the PLO, and Iraqi Shia terrorist groups ?

Why would anyone doubt the "there's no there there" response given by Admiral (Ret) John F. Kirby ? [sarc off]
Posted by:Fred

#10  From where, pray tell, did they procure said unmarked aircraft?

They probably have a whole fleet of them to service the Mexican drug cartels.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-08-04 11:32  

#9  
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-08-04 10:52  

#8  Obama is a liar. Textbook definition of materiel support to terrorism...um, disguised as a ransom payment...um, rationalized as a business settlement that "actually saved us money!

"US officials conceded that the Iranian negotiators involved in the prisoner exchange said they wanted the cash to coincide with the release of the Americans to prove a deliverable for the exchange" "It's not surprising that Iran would want to call this a ransom for domestic political reasons."
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-08-04 10:44  

#7  #6 Geez, the Demicrits spent almost ten years trying to hang some kind of Iran Contra thing on Reagan

All I can say is that they are 2-faced hypocritical lying Cs'n, MF'n, SOB'n weasels. Strike weasels--I don't want to give them a bad name.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-08-04 10:34  

#6  Geez, the Demicrits spent almost ten years trying to hang some kind of Iran Contra thing on Reagan and never found anything more interesting than Oliver North.

This makes all of those "hidden conspiracies" of the Reagan years look like chump change...and it won't make it above the fold on the WaPo fish wrap as they have to reserve that to bash Trump for everything from eating KFC with a fork to breathing oxygen
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2016-08-04 10:28  

#5  State Dept Claims Claims $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran A “Benefit” For U.S. Taxpayers

Mr. Obama must like his Kirby.

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-08-04 10:18  

#4  $400M in Euros will fund a lot of missions in Europe. Merkel and the rest get what they deserve with their globalist multicultural ridiculous leadership.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2016-08-04 10:12  

#3  Thought they would have at least run this money through the Clinton Foundation and labeled it "money for the children of Iran and the new baby milk factory."
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-08-04 09:21  

#2  From where, pray tell, did they procure said unmarked aircraft?
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-08-04 08:42  

#1  Jeeze, we couldn't have put a check in the mail?
Posted by: Bobby   2016-08-04 08:10  

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