Morning Star.png US Admits Paying Ransom to Tehran The Morning Star, London, 20 August 2016 US State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted on Thursday that $400 million (£305m) paid to Iran seven months ago was a ransom for US prisoners. Mr Kirby said the money was withheld “to retain maximum leverage until after the American citizens were released.” Republican Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse responded: “If it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. If a cash payment is contingent on a hostage release, it’s a ransom.” From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6b0f-US-admits-paying-ransom-to-Tehran# .V7gMoPl9601 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13991 (20160820) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/003c01d1fac5%2419d62160%244d826420%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
