Monday, April 27, 2020

That's Not How it Works. That's Not How It Works At All

The world tries to reduce the ability of terrorists to finance their murder plots by reducing their access to financial institutions. Pakistan will reduce the number of terrorists getting financing by reducing the number of people they consider terrorists. Thanks Pakistan!

Seriously, Pakistan?

Pakistan has removed thousands of names from its terrorist watch list in what the country says is an effort to meet its obligations ahead of a new round of assessments by [the Financial Action Task Force,] a global anti-money-laundering watchdog.

The so-called proscribed persons list, which is maintained by Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority, or NACTA, is intended in part to help financial institutions avoid doing business with or processing transactions of suspected terrorists.

If Pakistan gets away with this to avoid sanctions for failing to block terrorists from getting financing, we're making a big mistake.

Pakistan is our "black sheep" ally that risks support from America because of its support for "friendly" terrorists.

If Iran is ever friendly allowing for a land line of supply to Afghanistan, we'll have no reason to look the other way as much as we have in regard to Pakistan.