$1,000 Bounty: Iran Pays Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops
- Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:20pm by
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A Sunday Times investigation says that Irananian companies in Kabul are being used funnel money to Taliban militants.
The Sunday Times report requires a subscription, but Fox News outlines the strategy this way:
The Iranian companies win contracts to supply materials and logistics to Afghans involved in reconstruction. The money often comes in the form of aid from foreign donors.
Profits are transferred through poorly regulated Afghan banks — including Kabul Bank, which is partly owned by President Hamid Karzai’s brother Mahmood — to Tehran and Dubai.
From these countries, the money returns to Afghanistan through the informal Islamic banking system known as hawala to be dispersed to the Taliban.
The report quotes an Afghan intelligence official saying “It makes it harder for us to trace the cashflow.”
In addition to $1,000 for every dead U.S. soldier, a Taliban treasurer told the Sunday Times that they get $6,000 for each U.S. military vehicle they destroy.
NBC News reporter Tom Aspell talked to a Taliban contact who said “Officially, we take no money from the Iranians.” Officially.
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Comments (118)
steve4u55
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:17pmWell since they did away with adult services on craigslist. I can only imagine the only place to find danglingbags is in the man4man section. good luck there dbag Im sure you’ll be quit at home there
Report Post »SpklerMan
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:13pmI don‘t understand why we don’t burn the poppy feilds in that god-forsaken country. That would hurt there economy servilely.It is there major source of income in that sh-t hole country.
Report Post »Ty520
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:11pmThis has been known for quite some time – the real question is, what will our government do about it; I’ll wager nothing
Report Post »devastatebaker
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:01pmWhenever you see footage of the Taliban shooting at us. You have to ask yourself, who is shooting the actual footage…
Report Post »duncan
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:17pmJOE BIDDEN
Report Post »Johnny Alamo
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:59pmAny questions about who we are really fighting?
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:40pmThis is a surprise HOW???
Silversmith
Report Post »Room 101
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:31pmThe Blaze is now very near the top of the enemies list with the Organizing for America crowd, best to ignore them.
Report Post »Damage6
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:40pmI take anything that angers the Obamazombies as the most sincere form of complement. It’s also a measure of our effectiveness. The more agitated they get the more we are having an impact.
Report Post »Put_God_ First
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 6:52pmI like it The Obamazombies…..Very good!
Report Post »Boose
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:53pmyo d-bag I think its kinda sad that even on a non-partisan issue like this you still refuse to stop copy and pasting that same paragraph…seriously Ive seen you post that like 8 times!!! do you repeat the same thing over and over because you are mentally incaple of coming up with anything new or because your just lazy..just wondering :)
Report Post »Boose
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:01pmlol i spelled incapable wrong
Report Post »iatoala
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:26pmHe is a Liberal of course he is lazy!
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:50pmdip all the bullets in pigs blood it would put the fear of GOd in them, broadcast it on youtube. it would be the death to their immortal souls, they would die unclean forever damned. where is the psychological warfare?
Report Post »LiveFreeOrDie1776
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:41pmOh, another act of war against the US by Iran?? No big deal. This has been going for 31 years!
The passivity in Washington about this issue is frightening.
Elect ME as President. I’ll solve the problem of Iran once and for all.
Report Post »freedom_gurl35
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:37pmAll the more reason to get our troops out of there. Why don’t we bomb the place properly like we should have to begin with, and bring our men and women home? They don’t deserve to be placed in the hands of these evil people looking to pop them off for money!
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:34pmIran has been the problem since 1979. Oct.23, 1983 241 Marines “The Peacekeepers” were blown up while they slept in Beirut,Lebanon by a Hezbollah JIHADISTS backed by IRAN. Hamas is another military unit of IRAN, all call for the destruction of Israel. Iraq was about WMD’S!!!! IRAN’S,IRAN’S,IRAN’S. The world always sits back and lets EVIL build up their military’s. Japan,Germany,Korea all attacked their neighbors. IRAN openly says it wants to blow Israel off the map and would love to see the Great Satan (USA) destroyed also. We try to put UN freaking sanctions on EVIL and they laugh at us!!!! So what is new about this article? It is NOT that IRAN is promoting and killing Americans. The question is why has not any American President had the STONES to open up a can of whoop ass on the these IRANIAN RADICAL ISLAMIC PIGS !!!!!! I would have gladly given my life to get some payback for Cpl Stephen Spencer and all of the other “PEACEKEEPERS” Is the OIL in the middle-east more important than a few Marines,Sailors USS Cole,Beirut Embassy,Kenya Embassy,Flight 103 and the 3000 Patriots that died on Sept.11,2001 LIVES?? . We have to wait for the Hitler’s and JIHADISTS of the world to strike first!! It will be interesting when IRAN does get the BOMB!!!! Have we become a country that just looks the other way as our Mothers,fathers,brothers and sisters are slaughtered. Screw all of this POLITICALLY CORRECT crap and these crusaders like the “Speech Giver’ who thinks he is just going to CHARM the world and EVIL with some glorious talk. We have talked,and talked and talked to the IRANIANS and one day because we have let them get strong militarily. They will SUCKER PUNCH us and it will be ten fold what Sept.11,2001 was. Because they do not care about the freaking OIL. They are like the “Speech Giver” it is ALL about IDEOLOGY. The most dangerous kind of people in the world are the ones that will do anything for AGENDA!!!
TERM LIMITS NOW !!
FAIR TAX NOW !!
DEATH TO JIHADISTS !!
DEATH TO TRAITORS !!
SECURE THE BORDERS !!
STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST HANDOUTS !!
Report Post »kanepole
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 9:00pmMy friend, I love your passion and thank you for your service.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 6:21amI Especially liked this part of your post:
“TERM LIMITS NOW !!
FAIR TAX NOW !!
DEATH TO JIHADISTS !!
DEATH TO TRAITORS !!
SECURE THE BORDERS !!
STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST HANDOUTS !!”
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:31pmIslam, the beautiful religion of PEACE!!!
Report Post »saneromeo
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:41pmI think that actually its Islam: the religion of pieces….
Report Post »KEA
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:29pmTurn it into Glass!
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:29pmWhy doesnt this suprise me.
I say drop a couple nukes and solve the problem. :::eye roll:::
(it was a joke… sort of)
Put_God_ First
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:28pmDANGLINGBAGS is a poor misinform Democrat that has been getting all the propaganda from Huffington post (Obama’s Pravda) and Ed Schultz……. He thinks we are not informed. He is the one that is misinformed. His Facts are things we have looked at in the past and found to be Stupid! Obama has Made the debt 4 times what Bush did in 8 years in only 18 months. Unemployment is now 9.6% not double the unemployment of Bush 5.6% but getting there fast …. Obama has not got a clue as to how to fix the problems. The real Answer to the problem is get all incumbents out of office Republicans and Democrats alike. Clean house of the fools that got the US into the shape. Get people into the government that know how to balance a budget. Get people into office that don’t want to make the US over into a Socialist government like the Democrats. Get someone into office that believes in God and puts God First!
DANGLINGBAGS You also think this is a Tea Party website….Not!
Report Post »DANGLINGBAGS you need to educate yourself a lot more before you post on this site.
Everyone that reads this site is way to informed to believe the crap you are spewing out.
starboard
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:58pmIf DANGLINGBAGS-O-CRAP is being paid for his service, he/she’s a rip off. Also ever notice he/she never has a reply.
Report Post »THw6kds
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:25pmNo more nation building. Level the damned place. Kill em all and let Allah sort it our. Visit again only to repeat if necessary. They will get the message sooner or later. Trying to get them to accept our way of life is like someone asking us to accept satan as our savior and send our kids to satan school. It ain’t gonna happen! The first thing they will do with the vote is vote for an “Islamic Republic”. It is us or them. I choose us.
Report Post »Venom
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:42pmMilitary offensive maybe but suggesting we kill them all is quite genocidal. The Iranian people are not psychopaths like their leaders. Give them freedom like we did with Iraq and then leave and see what they do with it.
Report Post »aafriend
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:54ampeople die in war, we have the ability right now to take out there army and sites with the least amount of casualties as possible. i know and have friends from Iran, they are good people i am sure they welcome our support of freedom and peace. why do you think we have so many Iranians here along with other cultures. the people of Iran are controlled and isolated from the outside world as well as other countries. we cannot stand by with the threat from Iranian leadership so obvious. its the Iranian Government not the people.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:18pmWe need to drill more oil wells here in the US and somehow cut off Iranian profits from oil.
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:58pmHey D BAG we all know its all George Bush’s fault, WE GOT IT !!!!! now go to your mothers basement and log back on to the huffington post where you belong
Report Post »Put_God_ First
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:56pmMaybe we should offer the same for Taliban Killed. If we did that, it would be cheaper than keeping troops in that country. Maybe even offer $2000 for each one turned in alive. That would keep the Taliban on the run, their fathers, brother, sisters and mothers would turn them in for that much. They would run out of Taliban after a while.
God bless America and keep us safe from all these insane mislead groups from around the world.
Report Post »In God We Trust!
duncan
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:21pmGIVE THEM $5000 FOR EACH TOWEL JUNKIE. I LOVE YOUR IDEA.
Report Post »HOOSIERVETERAN
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 9:17pmI hate to say it. This is a good idea however people would bring every dead body in saying they were Taliban. The top guys to have bounties on their heads. No one claims them.
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:52pmI‘ve heard that they don’t wear towels on their head… “Towel Heads”… They wear ‘Little Sheets”
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:53pmSince 1979 the problem with RADICAL ISLAM has been about Iran. Oct.23,1989 241 Marines “The Peacekeepers” were blown up while they slept in Beirut, Lebanon by an IRAN back Hezbollah JIHADISTS. Hamas is another military unit of Iran. The Iraq invasion in 2003 was about WMD‘s IRAN’S.IRAN‘S IRAN’S. Now we have stood by and done nothing again!! It has a standing army and flaunts every new weapon it makes. IRAN wants Israel to attack to begin the “Holy War” it dreams of the 12th Imam returning. The one thing the leaders of the world do is let EVIL like the IRAN JIHADIST , Korea, the Japanese and the Hitler’s of the world have their time to build up militarily. Hitler Japan and Korea all struck out against their neighbors.
Report Post »skeptic
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:52pmThey are at war with us. We are too weak and confused to respond. The tag for this year’s 9/11 ceremonies should be, “We forgot.”
Report Post »Angeleri
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:39pmToo right mate…
Report Post »duncan
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:14pmShould say “ WE ARE SPINELESS”
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 6:15amSkeptic: Unfortunately, I believe you are right. It took a mere 9 years—and not even that to forget. So much for those bumper stickers that said “We will never forget” Really????? Really???? We wil never forget???? Man I remember that day like it was yesterday!! And it sickens me still!! Where is the fight?? Where is the unity?? Where have all the cowboys gone??
Report Post »Shannon Ponch
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:08pmWell said.
Report Post »TomBurpee
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:51pmOfficially.
Report Post »Like how, “officially”, NBC doesn’t do the Radical-Left’s bidding..
rocktruth
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:45pmIran is asking for it! We must cut off the cash flow.
Report Post »wingedwolf
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 8:23amRocktruth, you are right. I have actually, to my shame, begun to allow myself to believe that we should go to Iran with the full force of all our Armed Services, rescue all civilians and then blow the place to bits, along with any of the rest of these theocracies who threaten us. And if we can’t rescue the civilians, I am sorry, but now it is us or them. I apologize for falling so low as to contemplate that.
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:44pmThat’s just great…… I wouldn’t trade one of our American patriot soldiers for the entire population of that hell-hole region. If we are not going to fight with THE FULL POWER OF AMERICA MIGHT then get the &*&*%* OUT !!!! our hero’s deserve no less.
Report Post »danglingbags
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 2:51pmWe should not worry about IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN and we need to stop the Obama agenda and work for the corporate interests and put the republican back in November. Where are the good old days of $5.00 a gallon gas? Just look at the Dow. It was 10,000 when Bush took office and 7,800 when he left. Now that took a lot of hard work. I really like how Bush and GOP doubled the size of government and took the National Debt from 5.5 Trillion to 10.6. We do not need healthcare for everyone. All you have to go to the emergency room and get all the healthcare you need. Why should we give all these entitlements to the poor and downtrodden? Like Jesus even cared about the poor. Yeah Right! Jesus stood up for the rich and powerful and that is what we need to do. The rich guy is having a hard time these days. I even heard one rich guy decided to buy a used yacht in order to contribute to Dick Armey’s(Former Lobbyist) Freedomworks so he can get the tea party to do the bidding for the rich. Get out there and put the GOP back in power so they can over perform like the did in the good old Bush years and of course …GOD IS GOOD, BUT GOLD IS GREATER BUY GOLD!
Skandelon27
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:25pmDanglybrains,
1. Congress was controlled by liberals for the last two years of Bush’s term…you know the time when everything went to hell…
2. Obama has more than doubled our debt since he has been in office
3. Jesus taught us to give freely out of the generosity of their own hearts, not the mandatory taxation from a corrupt government so that they can dole it out to the groups they deem worthy. Republicans give much more to charity than do Democrats according to studies.
4. Glenn has said numerous times that Gold is not for everyone and that we should investigate for ourselves if its a good investment. How about you look into the Democrats investments in Fannie and Freddie?
Skandelon27
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 3:38pmLet me be more specific regarding the debt:
In the eight years George Bush was in office he increased the national debt : $4,899,100,310,609. However, Obama in just 1.6 yrs has increased it: $2,815,180,318,116. At that rate Obama will have spent over 14,000,000,000,000 by the end of his term, which well over twice what Bush spent…
Report Post »EZBurns
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:00pmIgnore Dangle…. he’s a troll.
Pray for him, pity him and ignore him.
Report Post »Damage6
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 4:36pm@ DangleDouche: Damn if you’re going to troll at least make the effort to come up with fresh posts. that’s a blatant cut and paste of one of your earlier “gems”. If you’re an example of the committed left you silly twits ARE in trouble.
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:08pmDITTO PATRIOT!
Report Post »klstj
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:20pmDanglinbags is a plant! Otherwise, it doesn’t shock me how the taliban get their money. The corruption of any government along with the way they funnel money to any group shouldn’t shock anyone.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:41pmIm having deja vu’ werent these cut and pastes on other threads? Is this the Media Matters cut and paste talking point for the day?
Report Post »rrjenn
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:00pm“a Taliban treasurer told the Sunday Times? How do they get interviews with Taliban leaders”? Story sounds fishy to me. “NBC News reporter Tom Aspell talked to a Taliban contact who said “Officially, we take no money from the Iranians.” Officially.” Did the Taliban come to NBC studios for his interview? Hey, I have no love for the Taliban, but I have to admit this sounds real fishy.
Report Post »sweetpea2
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:04pmI know we’re all frustrated at not having a voice…but let’s not shame the Beckster by being the haters THEY say we are! Howz about it???
Report Post »Pray for those who mistreat you!
aafriend
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:14amThis is real unsettling, it is time for the American people to take notice. This is not war games, we are on the fridge of all out war. we have let the Iranian Government build up its army and weapons to mass numbers along with other countries. The united states of America has been the worlds police and now it is time to Protect the United States Of America. we can remain the most Desired country to live in, Though we need to protect it. our open borders policy has put this country in great danger, there are terrorists here lying in wait for war to break out and then the terrorist’s will rise up and go after us on our own soil. we are so busy no one is paying attention, time to get un busy and pay attention. It is the responsibility of the United States Government to protect us start doing it.
Report Post »aafriend
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 1:08amWhats sad about all of this is how much do you think they paid for each citizen that died on 9-11. whats next how much is each citizen in the United States worth dead. Someone in that White House better get off vacation and start being a commander in chief to the United States of America.
Report Post »JETJOCKEY
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 4:48amNotice there is NO pulbic outcry! I wonder what the State Controlled Media would say if we put a $1,000 bounty on every Taliban ? It would be INSANE 24/7 coverage. Am I right?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 6:09amMIDCOAST— I totally agree with you. We are a SUPER power capable of getting in and getting out and yet we drag this stuff out and keep our troops in harms way.
Report Post »We’re fighting an enemy, by the way, who could care less about the rules of engagement. It‘s one thing to rise above and be the ’better’ society, but not when it’s costing us souls.
Quietwolf
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:13amDanglingbags needs to be “fixed”, or maybe he already was and that‘s why he’s so hateful? Why don’t you move back with the rest of your hate mongering pigs at the Huffington Post sty?
Report Post »Quietwolf
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:27amI fully support Israel’s right to defend itself , but why are we not leading the attack ourselves? Aside from threatening our staunchest ally they have threatened that if attacked by Israel, they will attack ALL US forces in reach anyway ie; Gulf,Iraq,Afghanistan and try to close the Straits of Hormuz by attacking commercial oil tankers. If anything WE should be stopping this rush to acquire nukes by a regime who has attacked our embassy supplied and continues to supply weapons/training and now placing a “bounty” on the heads of our troops while providing sanctuary to the same people who brought us 9/11 and are killing our troops. While it wouldn‘t be easy it would be a strong message to terror sponsors everywhere that there are consequences for their actions and that the day’s of attacking our troops and then crossing a line on a map to escape the consequences are gone. ALL the nations that sponsor terrorists should be treated as terrorists. I would think that that lesson would have been well learned after Vietnam.
Report Post »bobby535
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:32amDanglin,
I just love how you spit out knowledge like that!! Although some of the the things you say are true, I bet you could not name one reliable source of that info. I am sure it was second hand wisdom, where some other guy just spit out a bunch of “knowledge” without backing up any of his info.
But my favorite piece of info that you threw on the table was that Jesus was for the rich or something like that. Please share your source. I think Jesus cared for everyone, regardless of wealth.
Oh and by the way, you are talking trash about Bush to the wrong people. Most of the people here (I am guessing), are here as Americans, not republicans or democrats. I’m sure most people here would agree that Bush did some things that were not good for this country.
Report Post »TaterSalad
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 5:45pmWe have the best weapons for defeating these Islamic loons but our government has placed certain “Rules of Engagement” so we can’t use them. No destruction of mosque’s while the enemy uses them to store weapons and terrorists is yet one example. Pathetic!
Report Post »GeneralC_USA
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 5:46pmHere are two thoughts:
Report Post »1. In the Koran Mohammad says Jesus Christ was a prophet. Muslims believe the words of the prophets are to be taken seriously and followed. Jesus Christ said “ I am the way” and “no one can come to the Father but through me”. Therefore by the words of Mohammad, Muslims should become Christians.
2. The Radical Muslim as a religion is a bastardization of the Koran. It is a Cancer within the Muslim religion. The cure for cancer currently is one of two steps.
A) Radiate the infected area. Nukes could do a nice job here.
B) Remove the cancerous cells. But in doing so, surrounding cells must also be removed, “to be sure all the cancer is gotten.” A logical application of this would be to remove the cancerous individual and all those who contributed to that person becoming cancerous. This is needed to protect the “body” of humanity from a cancerous growth infesting it.
Neither of these will, of course, ever happen. Therefore, expect the cancerous growth to continue and grow until it kills the body of humanity.
jocko
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 3:51pmDanglingbags… just remember this, in the end, every knee shall bow to Jesus and acknowledge Him. Woe to you for your heresy.
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