"Now you See" - Mon. AM KTFA Thoughts, News w/ Frank26 7/23/18

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Frank26 » July 23rd, 2018

Article: “The demonstrations are pushing more than 350 Iraqi politicians to leave Iraq with their families in the past few days” LINK

We told you that very soon the corrupt politicians would run like cockroaches and now you see the evidence of one of the things that I did not want to talk about .........

SlappySquirrel » July 23rd, 2018

Indeed this is getting very exciting!! Frank's TF coming to a close, bozo politicians packin' bags and getting the heck out of dodge, Rouhani getting an earful from trump, oil prices right where they need to be, article 2 to be dropped by a WS at any moment...indeed it is an exciting time to be a part of this monetary reform as we reach closure in these final days of July 2018...

Samson » July 23rd, 2018

Tweet: Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!

Clare » July 23rd, 2018

Pompeo calls Iran religious leaders 'hypocritical holy men'

AP July 22, 2018

U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday called the religious leaders of Iran "hypocritical holy men" who amassed vast sums of wealth while allowing their people to suffer, part of a highly critical broadside issued as the republic approached the 40th anniversary of its Islamic revolution and the U.S. prepared to reimpose economic sanctions.

"Sometimes it seems the world has become desensitized to the regime's authoritarianism at home and its campaigns of violence abroad, but the proud Iranian people are not staying silent about their government's many abuses," Pompeo said in prepared remarks for a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

"And the United States under President Trump will not stay silent either. In light of these protests and 40 years of regime tyranny, I have a message for the people of Iran: The United States hears you. The United States supports you. The United States is with you," he said.

Pompeo castigated Iran's political, judicial and military leaders, too, accusing several by name of participating in widespread corruption. He also said the government has "heartlessly repressed its own people's human rights, dignity and fundamental freedoms."

America's top diplomat was particularly barbed in his remarks about "the Ayatollahs," saying they "are in on the act, too." He said Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has generated more than $100 million for himself in the illicit trade of sugar; that Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani is worth millions after the government transferred several lucrative mines to his foundation; and that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has an off-the-books hedge fund, Setad, worth $95 billion.

"The level of corruption and wealth among regime leaders shows that Iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government," he said.

Pompeo's remarks were aimed in part at Iranian-Americans and Iranians living in the U.S. He assured them that the Trump administration shared their dreams for the people of Iran. He also expressed support for those Iranians who have protested their government's actions and called its response "brutal."

"The specific grievances differ. But all those voicing dissatisfaction share one thing: they have been ill-treated by a Revolutionary regime. Iranians want to be governed with dignity, accountability and respect," he said.

Pompeo said the U.S. is undertaking a diplomatic and financial pressure campaign to cut off funds, focusing on reimposing sanctions on its banking and energy sectors. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal in May and the first sanctions to be reimposed were expected to hit on Aug 4.

"We are asking every nation, every nation who is sick and tired of the Islamic Republic's destructive behavior to join our pressure campaign. This especially goes for our allies in the Middle East and Europe, people who have themselves been terrorized by the violent regime's activity for decades," he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pompeo-calls-irans-religious-leaders-hypocritical-holy-men-013333278--politics.html

Don961 » July 23rd, 2018

5 hours ago

Will the Persian greed stop in Iraq

Shatha Khalil * The Persian Persians in Iraq, for the first time, attacked Mesopotamia and occupied the city of Babel in 539 BC, during the reign of the Persian Emperor Korsh. Since that date, the Persian / Iranian attempts to control and swallow Iraq have not Stop. In the ancient times, the aspirations of the Persian character of the empire, and took a doctrinal methodology, not hidden by Iranian leaders after the entry of Iranians in Islam in the year (637 AD), and crystallized this trend more clearly, after the handover of power in Iran, "Ismail Safavi" in 1510, And the decision of the "funeral" of the Iranian people, and the concern of he and those who came after him, to devote this trend in governance between the Iranians first, and then move to Iraq, by virtue of geographical proximity on the one hand, and the overlap of tribes and clans close to the border between Iraq and Iran, 1350 km) on the other hand.

The Iraqi ambassador to Iran before the US invasion of Iraq, "Abdul Sattar narrated that" the official diplomatic representation between Iraq and Iran has already begun since the year (1848) in the wake of the Treaty "Earth II Rom", asserting that Iran was the only country that declined to recognize Iraq when It was established as a state - the Kingdom of Iraq - in the year (1921), and Iran continued its position of rejection for nearly nine years before it recognized Iraq as a state in 1929, and the subsequent establishment of the first Iranian consulate in Baghdad. In February 1915, under the various international agreements to share the world among the world powers, the Iranian government provided, among the conditions provided to the Russian side, the fifth condition that provided for "the submission of a proposal to Britain through Russia in the form of a contract called"

"Between Iran and England, which gives the latter - Britain - the area of Baghdad and its holy cities to Iran." The area of Baghdad and its holy cities - geographically referred to - is the geographical area extending from Samarra, about 100 kilometers north of Baghdad, down to Karbala and Najaf governorates, through the city of Kadhimiya, adjacent to Baghdad, and ending with the administrative areas of Baghdad at that time.

Means to bite the heart of Iraq and annex it to Iran.

After the year (1929), the Iranian tide moved to extend its influence in Iraq. The number of Iranian consulates in Iraq until 1934 reached eight consulates in eight governorates: Baghdad, Basrah, Amarah, Karbala, Diyala, Khanaqin, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Mosul. "

In the same vein, Dr. Hafez Awad Khalaf al-Azzawi, in his book "Iran's Strategic Influence in Iraq," mentions Iran's repeated attempts to control Iraq since 1915 and mentions the Iranian-Russian game of Persian ambitions in Iraq, The Russians in Iraq and its religious cemeteries increased more and more clearly during the years 1915-1916, in the framework of the pressure exerted by the Allies to keep Iran away from Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

In response to the Iranian government maneuvers aimed at exploiting the war conditions to achieve its own expansionist gains at the expense of Al-Azzawi added that the ambitions of Iran did not stop at these borders, but lifted the ceiling of its demands, which were included in the paper presented to the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919 after the end of the first war, to include this time Mosul in northern Iraq. On October 3, 1932, after Britain and most of the world recognized Iraq as an independent state, Iran reluctantly recognized Iraq's independence as a sovereign state. Iraq joined the League of Nations in accordance with these changes.

Then the King of Iraq, Faisal I, In the restoration of relations with Iran, the neighboring country, which has always felt the ruling power in Iraq, the depth of ambitions, and the intransigence of its blatant interference in the internal and external affairs of Iraq, Iraq has agreed to hold with Iran the Charter of "Saadabad" in a tripartite treaty included Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan.

That Iran's appetite, which is still open to devour Iraq, or at least swallow parts of it saturation some of the evil ambitions of Iran in neighboring Iran, contributed to the aggravation of the crises between Iraq and Iran, especially after the Iranian revolution took control of Iran in 1979, , And increased the Iranian move to include many Arab and Islamic countries in different parts of the world.

The Iraq-Iran dispute was never a border / geographical dispute. If this were the case, the 1975 agreement would have dissolved it. Iran had acquired what it did not possess, and it granted Iran what it did not deserve. However, the differences between them - Iraq and Iran

It has several dimensions "historical, religious, demographic, etc.". That the Iranian influence was not limited to Iraq only - and that it received the largest share - but went beyond that to include the Arab and African Ocean, and went further to include many countries of the Islamic world in different parts of the world, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan and the five Islamic countries independent of the former Soviet Union , As well as Iran's relentless moves to extend its influence in India and the Islamic countries of South-East Asia, which is clearly demonstrated by the clear presence of the Iranian community in some European countries with an Islamic majority in general, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular.

Expansion of Iranian greed in Iraq after 2003:

With regard to the expansion of Iranian greed in Iraq after 2003, Dr. Hafez Awad Khalaf al-Azzawi, in his previous book, refers to the golden opportunity obtained by Iran to extend its influence and increase its hegemony over Iraq after its invasion in 2003, when Iraq was presented to The Iranian government did not hesitate to embrace the first form of government after the US invasion, represented by the interim Governing Council formed by the American "Paul Bremer" in mid-July (2003 AD),

despite many criticisms, and flags The many questions raised by that support, because of Iran's declared hostility to the United States, which Iran has called since Ayatollah Khomeini took power in February 1979, are the "Great Satan" in asserting its antagonism. Not only that, the Iranian government was keen to support successive governments in Iraq after 2003, as well as supporting the Iraqi Constitution, which was ratified on 15 October 2005, while the Iranian President and To protect American forces from visiting Baghdad occupied by US forces on March 3, 2008, and to meet with government officials in Baghdad on the pretext of supporting the Iraqi ruling parties supported by Iran. How Iran benefited from Iraq's economic situation after 2003. There were many images and aspects of Iran's use of the economic conditions of Iraq after its occupation in 2003, the most important of which are the following:

• Trade exchange: As the volume of Iranian trade with Baghdad increased, especially after the signing of agreements by the government in the service of the economic activity of Iran only, in September (2014), an agreement was reduced by Baghdad tariff tariff for Iranian goods to range between (0, 5%),

And in February (2015), Tehran agreed with Baghdad to cancel the control of Iranian exports of goods at the border crossings, to facilitate the movement of trade between the two countries, and increase these measures the proportion of Iraqi imports of Iranian goods to about (72%),

This is the first place in the importation of • Iran's domination of the energy sector: Iran has also sought a greater presence in the Iraqi energy sector, as stated by Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Shitian in July 2014 when he confirmed that Iran is participating in twenty-seven projects to generate electricity, With a value exceeding one billion and a quarter billion dollars, and expected Iran's acquisition of between (5-10%) of development projects in Iraq, which will exceed the total cost (275) billion dollars until 2017 On all aspects of the Iraqi state and its policies, and the impact on the availability of income necessary and decent living for the Iraqi people. •

Border ports: The border crossings were the first means of Iran to flood Iraqi markets with Iranian goods and control the trade in them, where the assistant commercial affairs in the Department of Industry and Trade in the province of Ilam, Iran, "Jamil Shohani" for the export of his country's goods to Iraq worth more than one billion seven hundred and fifty million $ 1 billion through the Mehran border crossing during the year 1700, compared to the year 2000 and 16, in the context of Iran's dominance of the Iraqi economy, dumping its markets with products and Iranian goods is poor, which pointed to "Shohani" of the volume of exports of IRA (About 78%) compared to the same period of the year 2015.

He added that nearly half a billion dollars was the value of the goods exported from the Iranian province of Ilam to Iraq, indicating a rise of 4% He pointed out that the exports included construction materials, metal and agricultural products, plastics, cars, spare parts and petrochemicals. This was also confirmed by the Commercial Attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Iraq, Mohammad Reza Zadeh, when he announced at the end of November 2016 that The volume of exchange between his country and Iraq reached 13 billion Of which $ 6 billion to $ 200 million were exports of non-oil Iranian goods to Iraq. Thus, Iran's exports to Iraq doubled by 17 times over the last decade.

The Iranian economic invasion of Iraq was confirmed by the Director General of the Iranian Handicrafts Association Which announced the import of more than half of the exports of Iranian handicrafts in 2016, as the current government seeks to support Iran's deteriorating economy, and also allows Iran to exploit border crossings between the two countries to smuggle drugs, another proof of the Iranian economic invasion of Iran. Iraq, a detachment of the Iraqi police belonging to the Shalamjah border crossing in the Shatt al-Arab district arrested a defendant from Najaf province who smuggled drugs during his entry into Iraq from Iran, which are frequent occurrences, which led to drug trafficking activity inside Iraq and coming from Iran. •

Companies and banks: Iran also controls the Iraqi financial companies and banks. Press reports confirmed that more than 60% of the shares of Iraqi companies and banks belong to Iranians and that they control the Iraqi financial markets. The main goal of Iran is to plunder the wealth of Iraq, And increase Iranian influence in it, and weaken it, and enter into an economic spiral difficult to leave it, all this and other make the Iraqi citizen wondering when and how they will get rid of this blatant Iranian incursion against Iraq and the Iraqis ?!

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