Report: Obama
Granted Amnesty to Soleimani in Iran Deal
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By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz January 12, 2020 , 11:45 am
“Assuredly, thus said Hashem, the God of
Yisrael, concerning the shepherds who should tend My people: It is you who let
My flock scatter and go astray. You gave no thought to them, but I am going to
give thought to you, for your wicked acts—declares Hashem.” Jeremiah 23:2 (The
Israel Bible™)
President Barack Obama with the US flag in the background
as he delivers a speech at a campaign rally for the presumptive democratic
nominee in Charlotte, July 5, 2016. (Photo: Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com)
A report in July 2015 in the British news service The Telegraph
revealed that on page 86 of the annex of the
newly agreed upon Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) known
commonly as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, was an interesting clause
granting amnesty to Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the
Iranian general killed last week in a drone strike. The
Telegraph’s Defence Editor, Con Coughlin, was astounded at the
revelation, describing Soelimani (spelled Gasem Soleymani in the JCPOA) as “one
of the world’s leading terrorist masterminds.”
“For a decade a more he has been the driving force behind
an array of Iranian-sponsored terrorist groups, from Hizbollah to Hamas, which
have orchestrated a reign of terror throughout the Middle East,” Coughlin
wrote. “Thanks to Mr. Obama’s scandalous capitulation to Tehran, Mr. Suleimani
has overnight gone from being one of the world’s most wanted terrorists to the
White House’s newest best friend.”
This amnesty clause in the JCPOA removed Soleimani from
the Treasury Department’s designated terrorist list he had been on since 2007.
Before the JCPOA, Soleimani was targeted with sanctions in the United Nations
Security Council, by the U.S., the European Union, and the Swiss government.
As if this was not enough, in 2015, the Obama administration
warned the Iranian leadership of an Israeli plan, revealing that
Israel was closely tracking the Iranian general, thwarting the plans and
creating a rift between the U.S. and Israel.
A number of other senior members of the Iranian
Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were included in this blanket amnesty as well. The
appendix in the JCPOA covered entities, individuals as well as corporations,
that would be affected by the removal of economic sanctions as per the
agreement.
Coughlin also lamented the dismal provisions in the JCPOA
for inspections verifying Iran’s compliance with the deal.
This acceptance of terrorists was not unusual under the
Obama administration. One of the leaders of the
riots that threatened the embassy in Baghdad two weeks ago was Hadi al-Amiri,
head of the Badr Organization, one of the largest pro-Iran militias in
Iraq. Hadi Farhan al-Amiri, the Iraqi Minister of Transportation at the time,
was a guest of former President Barack Obama at the White House in 2011 as part
of a delegation from the Iraqi government
President Trump’s claim that Soleimani was responsible
for “thousands of American casualties” may have been hyperbole and, in truth.
It is impossible to put a precise number on how many American military
personnel was killed on Soleimani’s orders but last year, the State Department
revealed that the IRGC was responsible for the deaths of more than 600 American
service members during the war in Iraq, higher than the previous estimate of
500.
The IRGC, along with its specialized Quds Force, supports
terrorists around the world, carried out and assassinations, funded illicit
missile development and wields huge influence both inside the country and
around the region. Under Soleimani, the IRGC supported and trained Iran’s
global proxies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shiite militias in Iraq, the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and the Houthis in Yemen. The IRGC supported
the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria who has murdered tens of
thousands of his own citizens.
“If I were Suleimani, I’d be organizing an enormous party
right now to celebrate a deal that is truly a ‘historic victory’ for Tehran,”
Coughlin wrote at the signing of the JCPOA. Though Soleimani is not celebrating
and did get his (belated) just deserts, it might be interesting to review the
list in the JCPOA appendix to see if it bears more revision.
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