.. US Treasury names include Iraqi leaders on a list of terrorism

[yota691]

GMT 18:38 2017 Monday , June 12 : Last Updated

Washington imposed sanctions on a leading role in Daesh in Iraq

a. P. B.

 

 

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department imposed financial sanctions on Monday one leaders accused organizing Daesh participating in manufacture chemical weapons, according to ministry statement.

The statement said that Atallah Salman al-Jubouri is in Iraq, "a senior official in the organization Daesh expensive production units of local-made improvised explosive devices" in particular. The US administration also accuses him of participating in the development of chemical weapons in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk.

Prevent the sanctions mentioned al-Jubouri, from dealing with US entities and lead to the freezing of any assets of his potential in the United States.

The statement added that "the Treasury Department strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons from any side and will use all the tools to target those involved in the development, deployment and use."

Furthermore, the US State included on the sanctions list, Marwan Ibrahim Taha al-Azzawi, a leader of a jihadist who is involved also in the development of chemical weapons for use against Iraqi security forces.

[ChuckFinley]

The heat is on.  Great to see this happening.  

[okane]

Is Nuri Maliki next ????

[DropItLikeItsHot]

TRUMP STOMP!!!

[jcfrag]

Isnt it funny that Trump was not only able to point this guy out as a terrorist In Iraq funding these objects of mass destruction, but even had the "huevos" to freeze his assets located in the United States!!! 

[SnowGlobe7]

1 minute ago, jcfrag said:

Isnt it funny that Trump was not only able to point this guy out as a terrorist In Iraq funding these objects of mass destruction, but even had the "huevos" to freeze his assets located in the United States!!! 

[jcfrag]

2 minutes ago, SnowGlobe7 said:

Good Luck on the job hunt Snow. I just retired a few months ago, but keep thinking I need to go get another job, or at least a part time job..... 

[10 YEARS LATER]

1 hour ago, okane said:

Is Nuri Maliki next ????

 

Better still - lets all ask " is Maliki dead yet ??? " - just saying 

[okane]

Dead? ..... ok, I'm good with that

[okane]

My moral compass says, YESSSSSSSSS!

[ChuckFinley]

1 hour ago, jcfrag said:

Good Luck on the job hunt Snow. I just retired a few months ago, but keep thinking I need to go get another job, or at least a part time job..... 

I am hearing that they man be looking for some people to count their USD after the RV.  Hang in there, it is coming.  

[SnowGlobe7]

1 minute ago, ChuckFinley said:

I am hearing that they man be looking for some people to count their USD after the RV.  Hang in there, it is coming.  

 

Funny sir...I am going for a business manager job.....(kinda like counting money huh? )

[ChuckFinley]

I am going as my wife assistant, she is going to test it to see if it works. 

[climber7]

But then there's this report 😡

 

 

Video Emerges Of US Allowing ISIS Fighters To Escape Safely in Syria

June 12, 2017 at 1:45 pm

Written by Darius Shahtahmasebi

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(ANTIMEDIA) — With numerous distractions unfolding on the newly released reality TV show that is “Keeping Up with the Trump Administration,” it may surprise readers to learn that the U.S. is using the terror group ISIS as a pawn in its depraved foreign policy.

 

 

 

 

Find Out More >

Video footage obtained by Al-Masdarappears to show convoys of ISIS fighters fleeing the Syrian city of Raqqa untouched by the U.S. military, which is currently bombing that exact location. As Al-Masdar notes, despite having Kurdish and American drones hovering around the city of Raqqa, U.S. bombs are nowhere to be seen as hundreds of fighters pass safely. The release of this footage comes on the heels of accusations from both Russia and Iranthat the U.S. is colluding with ISIS to allow the group’s safe passage into areas controlled by the Syrian government.

 

Iran claims to have direct proof but thus far has not released it. Even if Russia and Iran don’t have any secret documents that directly expose this collusion, the fact remains that we don’t necessarily need them.

After all, this is exactly how ISIS grew exponentially in Syria in the first instance – as a direct result of U.S. foreign policy strategy. In 2012, a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of ISIS, something actively encouraged by the U.S. establishment. The report stated:

“If the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria… and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.”

Further, leaked audio of former Secretary of State John Kerry shows he knew ISIS was gaining momentum in Syria, and that in turn, the U.S. hoped this would bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table.

In recent times, the safe passage of ISIS fighters to areas under the control of the Syrian government has been an unspoken but official strategy and has been the reality on the ground in Iraq and Syria.

Late last year, Anti-Media reported on an anonymous military-diplomatic official’s claims that the United States was allowing safe passage to Syria for ISIS fighters exiting Mosul, Iraq – even though the U.S. was supposedly waging an offensive to defeat ISIS in the area. As we noted, acknowledging the admittedly undesirable, questionable nature of the anonymous source:

“An anonymous source claiming to a Russian newspaper something as conspiratorial as the U.S. directly aiding ISIS militants may seem a bit dubious, but since the offensive was launched on Monday of this week, this has been the reality on the ground.

“According to Army Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati, as reported by anti-Russian newspaper, the Guardian, ISIS militants are already fleeing Mosul to Syria. This was further confirmed by the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, who saidthat if ISIS were forced out of Mosul, they would likely go on to Syria.”

Not long after, ISIS launched an offensive into a very strategic area in Syria called Deir ez-Zor, battling through Syrian government defenses. The most horrifying part of this offensive was the fact that, asnoted by the Guardian, the ISIS fighters who successfully broke through government defense lines in Syria were “primarily reinforcements coming over the border from Iraq’s Anbar province.”

Deir ez-Zor is not outside the U.S. military’s strike range capacity. This is the same city that was attacked by the American-led coalition in September of last year – an attack that targeted Syrian troops for over an hour, paving the way for a timely ISIS offensive. Yet when it comes to hundreds of reinforcements raging through the Iraqi border into Syria, the U.S. military is on a brief vacation.

We were told Raqqa was to be ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, but this is clearly not true. In order for the U.S. to ultimately put pressure on the Syrian government, the real prize is not Raqqa but a combination of two very strategic locations that are very heavily interlinked.

As explained by Gulf News:

“There, a complex confrontation is unfolding, with far more geopolitical import and risk. Daesh [ISIS] is expected to make its last stand not in Raqqa but in an area that encompasses the borders with Iraq and Jordan and much of Syria’s modest oil reserves, making it important in stabilising Syria and influencing its neighbouring countries.

“Whoever lays claim to the sparsely populated area in this 21st-century version of the Great Game not only will take credit for seizing what is likely to be Daesh’s last patch of a territorial caliphate in Syria, but also will play an important role in determining Syria’s future and the post-war dynamics of the region.”

And this is ultimately the problem for the U.S.-led coalition of anti-Assad (and anti-Iranian) nations. The behind-closed-doors official rationale for targeting Syria’s government for regime change was to undermine Iranian influence in the region, according to Hillarious Clinton’s email archive. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and the other Gulf States have long fearedthat a fully dominated Shia-led bloc of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon could completely overthrow the regional balance of power. They have opposed such a development at all costs.

As Gulf News explains, the Iranians are in the process of fully implementing this Shia bridge, known as the “Shia Crescent”:

“The contested area also includes desert regions farther south with several border crossings, among them the critical highway connecting Damascus and Baghdad — coveted by Iran as a land route to Lebanon and its ally, the Hezbollah militia.”

This is why the U.S. military has set up a training base at the Aal-Tanf border crossing. If the Syrian government were to retake the area and open it up under its control, they would be able to directly link Iran to Syria and the rest of its allies, including Iraq and Lebanon.

This is also why the U.S. military has been engaging in illegal acts of aggression against Iranian-backed militias operating in the area — to defend this position.

Further, the Syrian government’s outpost in Deir ez-Zor is isolated, hence why these two offensives are running in tandem. They both rely on the liberation of the other to have any real value to the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies.

As fascinating as the Comey testimony spectacle has been (don’t forget to tune in for tomorrow’s scandal of anonymous leaks and misspelled tweets), the real scandal lies in the fact that the U.S. is nowopenly siding with ISIS while allowing the terrorists safe passage into parts of Syria so that these extremists can battle a secular government. The U.S. is moments away from an all-out confrontation with Iran (and Russia, a nuclear power).

Don’t expect the corporate media to report on these damning facts anytime soon, as the public continues to sleepwalk into a global powder keg of deceit, death, and destruction.

[yogaman]

"After all, this is exactly how ISIS grew exponentially in Syria in the first instance – as a direct result of U.S. foreign policy strategy. In 2012, a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of ISIS,..."

Ok, so they're admitting flawed foreign policy in Obama years gave rise to ISIS, but Trump is to blame. Classic. Also, we're completely believing whatever the Iranians say about it. Because Huma and company are so trustworthy, not to mention Kerry, who arranged that fiasco of a deal. Fake news!

Don't let this tripe take away our focus.

[yota691]

.. US Treasury names include Iraqi leaders on a list of terrorism

13-06-2017 12:48 PM

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Baghdad News -

Radio Sawa

 

It included US Treasury Department Iraqi leaders in organizing Daesh on the list of terrorism. 

The ministry said that Atallah Salman al - Jubouri and Marwan Ibrahim Hussein Taha al - Azzawi , who will chemical weapons and car bombs and improvised explosive devices manufactured for the benefit of the organization. 

According Alomrbakah administration, the Daesh used mustard gas in several attacks in Iraq and Syria in the past three years.

[SnowGlobe7]

11 hours ago, climber7 said:

But then there's this report 😡

 

 

Video Emerges Of US Allowing ISIS Fighters To Escape Safely in Syria

June 12, 2017 at 1:45 pm

Written by Darius Shahtahmasebi

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(ANTIMEDIA) — With numerous distractions unfolding on the newly released reality TV show that is “Keeping Up with the Trump Administration,” it may surprise readers to learn that the U.S. is using the terror group ISIS as a pawn in its depraved foreign policy.

 

 

 

 

Find Out More >

Video footage obtained by Al-Masdarappears to show convoys of ISIS fighters fleeing the Syrian city of Raqqa untouched by the U.S. military, which is currently bombing that exact location. As Al-Masdar notes, despite having Kurdish and American drones hovering around the city of Raqqa, U.S. bombs are nowhere to be seen as hundreds of fighters pass safely. The release of this footage comes on the heels of accusations from both Russia and Iranthat the U.S. is colluding with ISIS to allow the group’s safe passage into areas controlled by the Syrian government.

 

Iran claims to have direct proof but thus far has not released it. Even if Russia and Iran don’t have any secret documents that directly expose this collusion, the fact remains that we don’t necessarily need them.

After all, this is exactly how ISIS grew exponentially in Syria in the first instance – as a direct result of U.S. foreign policy strategy. In 2012, a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of ISIS, something actively encouraged by the U.S. establishment. The report stated:

“If the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria… and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.”

Further, leaked audio of former Secretary of State John Kerry shows he knew ISIS was gaining momentum in Syria, and that in turn, the U.S. hoped this would bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table.

In recent times, the safe passage of ISIS fighters to areas under the control of the Syrian government has been an unspoken but official strategy and has been the reality on the ground in Iraq and Syria.

Late last year, Anti-Media reported on an anonymous military-diplomatic official’s claims that the United States was allowing safe passage to Syria for ISIS fighters exiting Mosul, Iraq – even though the U.S. was supposedly waging an offensive to defeat ISIS in the area. As we noted, acknowledging the admittedly undesirable, questionable nature of the anonymous source:

“An anonymous source claiming to a Russian newspaper something as conspiratorial as the U.S. directly aiding ISIS militants may seem a bit dubious, but since the offensive was launched on Monday of this week, this has been the reality on the ground.

“According to Army Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati, as reported by anti-Russian newspaper, the Guardian, ISIS militants are already fleeing Mosul to Syria. This was further confirmed by the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, who saidthat if ISIS were forced out of Mosul, they would likely go on to Syria.”

Not long after, ISIS launched an offensive into a very strategic area in Syria called Deir ez-Zor, battling through Syrian government defenses. The most horrifying part of this offensive was the fact that, asnoted by the Guardian, the ISIS fighters who successfully broke through government defense lines in Syria were “primarily reinforcements coming over the border from Iraq’s Anbar province.”

Deir ez-Zor is not outside the U.S. military’s strike range capacity. This is the same city that was attacked by the American-led coalition in September of last year – an attack that targeted Syrian troops for over an hour, paving the way for a timely ISIS offensive. Yet when it comes to hundreds of reinforcements raging through the Iraqi border into Syria, the U.S. military is on a brief vacation.

We were told Raqqa was to be ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, but this is clearly not true. In order for the U.S. to ultimately put pressure on the Syrian government, the real prize is not Raqqa but a combination of two very strategic locations that are very heavily interlinked.

As explained by Gulf News:

“There, a complex confrontation is unfolding, with far more geopolitical import and risk. Daesh [ISIS] is expected to make its last stand not in Raqqa but in an area that encompasses the borders with Iraq and Jordan and much of Syria’s modest oil reserves, making it important in stabilising Syria and influencing its neighbouring countries.

“Whoever lays claim to the sparsely populated area in this 21st-century version of the Great Game not only will take credit for seizing what is likely to be Daesh’s last patch of a territorial caliphate in Syria, but also will play an important role in determining Syria’s future and the post-war dynamics of the region.”

And this is ultimately the problem for the U.S.-led coalition of anti-Assad (and anti-Iranian) nations. The behind-closed-doors official rationale for targeting Syria’s government for regime change was to undermine Iranian influence in the region, according to Hillarious Clinton’s email archive. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and the other Gulf States have long fearedthat a fully dominated Shia-led bloc of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon could completely overthrow the regional balance of power. They have opposed such a development at all costs.

As Gulf News explains, the Iranians are in the process of fully implementing this Shia bridge, known as the “Shia Crescent”:

“The contested area also includes desert regions farther south with several border crossings, among them the critical highway connecting Damascus and Baghdad — coveted by Iran as a land route to Lebanon and its ally, the Hezbollah militia.”

This is why the U.S. military has set up a training base at the Aal-Tanf border crossing. If the Syrian government were to retake the area and open it up under its control, they would be able to directly link Iran to Syria and the rest of its allies, including Iraq and Lebanon.

This is also why the U.S. military has been engaging in illegal acts of aggression against Iranian-backed militias operating in the area — to defend this position.

Further, the Syrian government’s outpost in Deir ez-Zor is isolated, hence why these two offensives are running in tandem. They both rely on the liberation of the other to have any real value to the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies.

As fascinating as the Comey testimony spectacle has been (don’t forget to tune in for tomorrow’s scandal of anonymous leaks and misspelled tweets), the real scandal lies in the fact that the U.S. is nowopenly siding with ISIS while allowing the terrorists safe passage into parts of Syria so that these extremists can battle a secular government. The U.S. is moments away from an all-out confrontation with Iran (and Russia, a nuclear power).

Don’t expect the corporate media to report on these damning facts anytime soon, as the public continues to sleepwalk into a global powder keg of deceit, death, and destruction.

 

Is this under Obama? I can not believe that Mattis is OK with this

[Synopsis]

3 hours ago, SnowGlobe7 said:

 

Is this under Obama? I can not believe that Mattis is OK with this

 

Yeah, Snow, this could be old and/or misleading information. I, too, find this hard to believe.

[Half Crazy Runner]

4 hours ago, SnowGlobe7 said:

 

Is this under Obama? I can not believe that Mattis is OK with this

 

That's what I'm thinking, especially since 2 names jumped out at me - John Kerry & Hilarious Clinton. 

[okane]

I think that I have seen this article before.  The town leaders had worked out a deal for ISIS to retreat out of their town.  The deal saved the town from being destroyed and saved many civilian lives.  Hopefully, we tracked them out into the desert and set things straight.

[yota691]

Coalition forces kill ISIS financial facilitator

By CJTF-OIR Pubilc Affairs | June 23, 2017

 

 

 

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Coalition forces killed a key ISIS financial facilitator with an airstrike in Abu Kamal, Syria, June 16.

 

Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi, a Syrian native and an experienced terrorist financial facilitator, moved millions of dollars for the terror organization's attack and logistics network. He owned the Hanifa Currency Exchange in Abu-Kamal, which he used along with a network of global financial contacts to move money into and out of ISIS-controlled territory and across borders on behalf of the group.

 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, pursuant to U.S. Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism, imposed sanctions on al- Rawi and his company, Hanifa Currency Exchange’s branch in Abu-Kamal, Dec. 13, 2016. This was the first U.S. action specifically targeting ISIS-affiliated money-services businesses.

 

The U.S. Department of Treasury designated al-Rawi for providing financial and material support to ISIS. Al-Rawi pledged loyalty to ISIS in 2014 and used his network of global financial contacts to help ISIS conduct weapons and ammunition deals at a time when the terrorist group was seizing land and committing atrocities across Syria and Iraq. In 2015, he facilitated ISIS financial transactions and money storage, including payments to ISIS foreign terrorist fighters; his property was also used by senior ISIS leaders for weekly meetings. As of May 2016, he was considered an ISIS finance emir, whose money exchange business was used for ISIS-related transactions.

 

The Coalition's efforts to disrupt and attack ISIS's financial networks have restricted the terror group's ability to move resources and export terrorism. Several of al-Rawi's close terrorist associates have also been targeted and killed by the Coalition:

 

• Samir Idris, a key ISIS financial facilitator for external terror attacks and an international money launderer, was killed June 7, 2017, near Mayadin, Syria. He was trusted by senior ISIS leadership to move funds across borders to pay for external terror attacks.
• Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, a foreign fighter and external terror attack facilitator, was killed April 6, 2017, near Mayadin, Syria. He was a close associate of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and helped facilitate the high profile attack which murdered 39 people on New Year's Eve at the Reina night club in Istanbul. U.S. Central Command announced his death on April 21, 2017.

 

Abd al-Basit al-Iraqi, a senior external terror attack facilitator, was killed Nov. 12, 2016, in Raqqa, Syria. He was responsible for attacks across the Middle East, including against American, Turkish, and other European targets of interest, and was also involved in assassination plots, hostage situations, convoy reconnaissance, and helped arm, fund and move terrorist fighters. U.S. Central Command announced his death Jan. 6, 2017.

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota, starting my day off nicely with a confirmed kill and a cup of coffee.  

Edited June 24, 2017 by ChuckFinley

[sandfly]

Thanks