Kerry - ties to Iran?

LadyEagle · Oct 4, 2004

During last Thursday's nationally televised debate between the Democratic presidential candidate and President Bush, Kerry insisted as president he would provide Tehran with the nuclear fuel it wants for a pledge to use it for peaceful purposes only.
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From WND, but, yes, I remember that, and remember being appalled.

Lookie here:

Kerry's Iranian Sugar Daddies
By Kenneth R. Timmerman
Insightmag.com | March 2, 2004

Among Sen. John Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who have been pushing for dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Most prominent among them is Hassan Nemazee, 54, an investment banker based in New York. Nominated to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina by President Bill Clinton in 1999, Nemazee eventually withdrew his nomination after a former partner raised allegations of business improprieties.

Nemazee was a major Clinton donor, giving $80,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 1996 election cycle and attending at least one of the famous White House fund-raising coffees.

In 2001, at the invitation of Mobil Oil Chairman Lucio Noto, whom he counts as a "personal friend," Nemazee joined the board of the American-Iranian Council (AIC), a U.S. lobbying group that consistently has supported lifting U.S. sanctions on Iran and accommodating the Tehran regime. Nemazee tells Insight he "now regrets" having joined the AIC board and resigned his position after 12 months when he was vilified by Iranian exile groups.

"I've never, ever given a speech suggesting rapprochement with the regime," Nemazee tells Insight. "Kerry is not calling for a resumption of relations with Iran, nor is he ignoring the regime's human-rights abuses, its ties to terror, or downplaying the nuclear issues. I haven't seen that he's said anything to date that warrants all the concern."

But Nemazee also acknowledged that he was rethinking his position in the wake of the recent parliamentary elections in Iran. "There is a legitimate argument to be made that the regime has crossed a line and shown they are undemocratic and incapable of reforming," he says, "and so there is no benefit to relations or to trading with them."

The Kerry camp has identified Nemazee as having raised more than $100,000 for the senator's campaign.

A Nemazee friend in Silicon Valley, Faraj Aalaei, has raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for the Kerry campaign. Aalaei has worked in the telecommunications industry for 22 years and is the chief executive officer of Centillium Communications, a publicly traded company.

Last year, Aalaei married a 35-year-old recent immigrant from Iran named Susan Akbarpour, whom the Kerry campaign also lists as having raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for the campaign.

In just six years since coming to the United States on a tourist visa from Iran, Akbarpour has started a newspaper, a magazine and, most recently, a trade association whose goal, she tells Insight, is to get sanctions lifted and promote U.S. business and investment in Iran.
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12411

No, problem, Lady Akbarpour. Halliburton is already there.

IRAN: Halliburton Iran Deals Under Fire
BBC
July 20th, 2004

Halliburton, in trouble over alleged over-charging for Iraq contracts, is being probed for its deals in Iran.

A US grand jury has demanded documents relating to contracts in Iran - subject to US sanctions - by a Halliburton subsidiary based in the Cayman Islands.

The firm, which used to be run by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, said it was certain the deals were legal.

Another unit, KBR, is being probed over Iraq, while other investigations are examining deals in Nigeria.

KBR ex-chairman Jack Stanley had his consultancy contract with Halliburton torn up last month as a result of the Nigeria affair, which is under review by the US stock market regulator.
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http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11453

See, people, what I keep telling you - none of these guys are for America's best interests - only their own. They're all corrupt!

Vote for Michael Peroutka - he has no ties to enemies of the US.

The Galatian · Oct 5, 2004

To be fair, both candidates can argue that none of this is illegal.

While taking money from Iranian sources is illegal, taking money from American citizens of Iranian descent is not.

While collaborating with terrorist regimes is illegal for American companies, if they set up a dummy corporation in the Cayman Islands, and do it through that company, it's perfectly legal.

Whether one or both of these needs to be changed, or whether it shows any moral flabbiness on the part of either party, I guess everyone can decide for themselves.

LadyEagle · Oct 5, 2004

Well, somehow, I just can't imaging Thomas Jefferson taking donations from the Barbary pirates so that America would do business with them.

This is a perfect example of how corrupt both parties are. We all know it's pat my back and I'll pat your back - but really, when we elect someone to public office and they are basically living off the public dole, why shouldn't they be required to not have conflicts of interest and why shouldn't they be required to implement policies which benefit the American people?

So, what's the point in voting - if everyone is doing the same thing and everyone is on the "take"??

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