Iran is paying Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan, according to a report in a British newspaper.
The Sunday Times described how a man it said was a "Taliban treasurer" had gone to collect $18,000 from an Iranian firm in Kabul, a reward it said was for an attack in July which killed several Afghan government troops and destroyed an American armored vehicle.
The treasurer left with the cash hidden in a sack of flour, the newspaper said, and then gave it to Taliban fighters in the province of Wardak. In the past six months, the treasurer claimed to have collected more than $77,000 from the company.
The Sunday Times said its investigation had found that at least five Kabul-based Iranian companies were secretly passing funds to the Taliban.
The newspaper's correspondent, Miles Amoore, said he met and interviewed the treasurer, who he said had been an illiterate farmer who was taught to read and write, plus basic accountancy, by the Taliban last winter.
"We don’t care who we get money from," the treasurer was quoted as saying. He described the relationship with Iran as a "marriage of convenience." Iran is a predominantly Shiite country, while the Taliban is dominated by Sunni Muslims.
'For jihad'
"Iran will never stop funding us because Americans are dangerous for them as well. I think the hatred is the same from both us and Iran. The money we get is not dirty. It is for jihad," the treasurer told Amoore.
In addition to the $1,000 bounty on U.S. troops, the unnamed man said Iran paid $6,000 for the destruction of a U.S. military vehicle.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39014669/n.../#.XvuRxOd7mM9
oh look. Russia/Iran -they are all the same to the NSC
Any bets that the next version is China pays Taliban bounties...?
dukkha (06-30-2020)
Nordberg (06-30-2020)
Stretch (06-30-2020)
Yep, distraction, and deflection. A whole thread dedicated to covering up for Trump's inability to read or understand briefings.
Earl (07-01-2020)
John Barron (06-30-2020), Trumpet (06-30-2020)
After the way Trump had an Iranian general killed, it's not surprising that Iran is paying to have Americans killed, but what does this have to do with Trump's negligence about protecting Americans???????
Earl (07-01-2020)
Phantasmal (06-30-2020)
BUT IRAN IS BIDEN AND THE TREASON-O-CRATS' BUDDIES; LUCKY FOR THEM OBAMA HANDED THEM $BILLIONS....THAT'LL BUY A LOT OF DEAD US SERVICEMEN...IN ADDITION TO FUNDING TERRORISM, AND THEIR "NON-EXISTENT" NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM...
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
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Trumpet (06-30-2020)
Earl (07-01-2020)
Phantasmal (06-30-2020), Trumpet (07-01-2020)
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
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Earl (07-01-2020)
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