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EdwardBernays

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19. Iran or ISIS

Reply to 7962 (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 13, 2016, 04:31 AM

Jan 2016

Which do you want?

And if SA and Yemen hadn't spent years trying to bomb the Shia in Yemen out of existence this wouldn't be happening. Are you suggesting that it's just a shame that didn't happen?

Iran is the least of anyone's worries.

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U.S. bombs 'millions' in ISIS currency holdings [View all] JDPriestly Jan 2016 OP

When we start freezing Saudi and Qatari assets, then we'll start to be serious about IS finances. leveymg Jan 2016 #1

Bombing money flamingdem Jan 2016 #2

Ironically the US is... EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #3

sounds like yet another BS conspiracy theory uhnope Jan 2016 #9

luckily for you the internet exists EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #10

I guess it'd be better to just let yemen go back to the way it was before. 7962 Jan 2016 #12

Iran or ISIS EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #19

None of which justifies such a piss-poor overgeneralized smear uhnope Jan 2016 #14

Now that IS BS EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #18

This day-old story was already posted in LBN yesterday PSPS Jan 2016 #4

Sorry. I missed it. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #15

Probably some of the trillions the Pentagon "lost". valerief Jan 2016 #5

Oh no, that's long gone. I think it went to Russia. They would've been glad to launder that rhett o rick Jan 2016 #6

Let me get this straight, can we bomb anywhere we like to kill ISIS terrorists or their money? rhett o rick Jan 2016 #7

I have another question. If I deposit cash in my credit union and the government bombs rhett o rick Jan 2016 #8

ISIS banking is not regular banking. They dont have an FDIC. 7962 Jan 2016 #13

That doesn't make any sense. You are saying that they only deal in cash. Where ever ISIS rhett o rick Jan 2016 #16

If that was true, it'd be easy to track. They dont bank like that 7962 Jan 2016 #22

There's always bitcoin daleo Jan 2016 #23

How about drug cartel money? Same difference. The big banks of the world are not going rhett o rick Jan 2016 #24

Drug cartels are a totally different animal. 7962 Jan 2016 #25

The name ISIS might be new but those running the organization and financing it are rhett o rick Jan 2016 #28

Ahhhhhh, good point. 7962 Jan 2016 #29

Yeah, they are running around and just swipe the card using a smartphone snooper2 Jan 2016 #26

I would hope that "politically liberal" posters could have an honest discussion without rhett o rick Jan 2016 #27

From the description i don't think this was a bank... reACTIONary Jan 2016 #30

The currency cratered daleo Jan 2016 #11

"cratered" Right. Very good response. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #21

Oh! They found the missing pallets? Proserpina Jan 2016 #17

That's a good one. Could be! JDPriestly Jan 2016 #20