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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout that 6 billion dollars given to Iran
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About that 6 billion dollars given to Iran (Original Post)
Tomconroy
Oct 2023
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Marius25
(3,213 posts)1. Somebody should tell Steve Scalise, since he said Iran used that money for this attack
deminks
(11,529 posts)2. Chris Christie, JD Vance, and Mike Pence are also spreading the lie
The Iran used this money to launch this attack. It's a bald face lie. This money has not been spent. And it is not tax payer money, which they are also saying.
Mike Nelson
(10,943 posts)3. Hmm...
... I worked with an Iranian woman. She escaped and considers the government horrific... she doesn't disapprove, but does state the US took every cent they could after the Shah to Ayatollah switch. It was significantly more than 6 billion.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)4. This money was frozen in a Korean bank.
It's now in a mideast bank. The US never has possession of it.
skip fox
(19,502 posts)5. Meanwhile Kilmeade was trying to say we gave Iran 6 billion
which was used in the Israel attack,
Fox's Jennifer Griffin set him straight, thank goodness. She wasn't putting up with his crap, even as he tried to talk over her.