Middle East Focus: A Bahrain Minister, Elite Kuwait Woman, Iranian IRG, Money Laundering, but Alas no Mossad, no Dorky Shorts…….
A Bahrain Minister, Elite Kuwait Woman, Iranian IRG, Money Laundering, but Alas no Mossad, no Dorky Shorts…….
“According to Al Bilad, the questioning of the minister during his brief detention focused on a Kuwaiti woman, a Sudanese national who visited Bahrain several times and was in Manama two weeks ago, and a Bahraini citizen, a daily visitor of the office of the minister, but who has not been seen lately. Kuwaiti daily Al Watan on Monday said the money-laundering scam unveiled by Manama on Friday was not confined to Bahrain, but also included other countries in the Gulf and beyond. "Kuwait is one of the countries covered by the network of those involved in the operation and already one Kuwaiti woman has been interrogated about her role in laundering money," Al Watan reported. According to the paper, the money-laundering operations were for the benefit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards who are using new channels to launder money following international sanctions on their assets………….”
Persian Gulf media have been reporting on this story for three days. I have been following it closely, but I decided to wait until things became clearer with time. Things got only more complicated and muddier with time. The story has it all: a Bahraini cabinet minister, a “high level” Kuwait woman, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, millions of dollars, laundering… And it is all still unofficial so far, just media reports, although the firing of the Bahrain minister is "official". I tell ya it’s got everything, except the Mossad. I expect them to pop up anytime in the story as well, but hopefully without the dorky shorts and horn-rimmed glasses.……
Let us see what the Republicans can do with this story, there must be an angle for them to slam Obama and the Democrats. If they can use earthquakes and the weather, they can use a scandal in the Gulf. Cheers
mhg
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