Sticky Notes

Perhaps someone should ask Mr. Kedar what he would think if they were handing out counterfeit Egyptian Pounds in an attempt to de-value their currency. In point of fact I would not be surprised if either Iran or Syria would like to do something like that... knock the currency of KSA, Qatar, Jordan or some such all to hell and gone. But most of them are already there... Speaks volumes that no one is enraged that Hezbollah is *not* handing out local money instead of US money.

Perhaps Mr. Kedar would like it if the US decided to pay its billions to Egypt in some other currency? Maybe through a Syrian bank.... dear me! Ask for it dollars and see what you get... yes, the US does have ways of doing things to make Nations uncomfortable that are absolutely legal. Nasty, but legal.

I'm glad to see you posting about this SN. After I read that journalist's comments on Snapped Shot I was so disgusted I decided to drop the whole thing. How dare he claim that the money was not counterfeit without close examination? He said he spoke to some of the locals who know more about handling money. BULLSHIT!
As far as I'm concerned we can't draw any conclusions unless there is some kind of hard evidence proving one thing or another.

Myrtus - I agree. I, too was incensed that a reporter could make a sweeping statement about the money based on 'asking around'. Hard to fight that. But it does not put an end to the subject.

aj - Yup. Good ol' US dollars. Good enough for everyone, even if they are fake. I believe that go for $70 in trade if they are fake.

I knew they were handing out American dollars, but I had no idea they might be counterfeit. You know what good buddies Ahmadinejad is with Chavez and other dictators. Didn't I read somewhere that North Korea's largest source of income is from counterfeiting American dollars? Is there a connection there? No THAT would be interesting. North Korea has the bomg, Iran wants the bomb, ...

Oh, sorry for the typos. I should have previewed.

Debbie - ding ding ding!!! There could definitely be a connection and I've been doggin' this one to see what plays out. There's lots of posts here about the Korean Supernotes counterfeiting, Hezbollah, IRA and Iranian connections and even the former Hezbollah treasurer involved in counterfeiting, in prison in - get this - South America, another Hezbollah hotbed.

I think I'll link up the stories in a TOPICS section so they are easier to find.

I have posted on the Hezbollah in Venezuela. What a mess that country is headed for. It seems all the wackos around the world are uniting. We need to keep a close eye on Chavez

And can you believe he is vying to get on the UN Security Council... scary.

I was talking about Chavez with my friend PV the other day and this is what head to say:

"Chavez has a vested interest in keeping the Middle East in turmoil so oil prices stay high because investment in Venezuela's gas and oil sectors are drying up due to Chavez's policies. It's not a coincidence that Chavez wants to maintain the hot flame of rivalry in the Middle East at this moment, when he's normally stayed silent over the years. Furthermore, he sells 90% of his oil to the US because there are very few refineries for his type of oil so he can't just sell his oil to anyone. Thus, with limited opportunities for sales, and investment waning, without high oil prices, his economy very well may go to hell rapidly. The easiest way to maintain high oil prices is to keep the Middle East on edge because the price per barrel is based upon what investors speculate is going to happen. As long as investors are unsure of what may occur at any given moment, then oil prices will stay high."

I think this makes perfect sense. Everything I've seen Chavez is do is nothing but idiotic. He's acting out of panic, kissing up with America's enemies because he knows he's headed for a major crash.

Iran's First Foreign Legion, Hezbollah, has been actively working in South America for over a decade to set itself up and start recruiting and trianing a Third Legion (with the Mahdi Army being the Second in Iraq). They announced their presence in 1994 with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_Bombing in Argentina and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alas_Chiricanas_Flight_00901 that same year. Hezbollah operates semi-openly in Argentina and Brazil, and now fully in the open in Venezuela. Lately a number of Hezbollah sympathizers and operatives have http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/hizballah_activity_in_north_am.php been caught in the US in banking fraud, grey market smuggling and working with Mexican drug lords.

The Magic Kingdom of North Korea may have problems due to the health of Mr. Kim... and where its capabilities go after he exits the stage is anyone's guess. Until then he has actively worked to undermine the US currency, export long range rocket design and encourage the previous AQ Khan nuclear network. Supernote links between Iran/Syria and NoKo are a legitimate viewpoint given the exchange of technology between those three.

The network between Transnational Terrorists of all stripes, not just the Islamic Caliphate type, Nation States hostile to the West, criminal organizations and outright thuggery is a deadly concoction that no *one* piece of Government can effectively address alone or even cumulatively. There are things available that have not been done for over a century that is legal and honorable... just left in the corner.