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[verwijderd] 3 december 2021 15:04

White House mulls whether frozen Afghan funds can pay 9/11 families

Top Biden administration officials are reportedly considering how the families of 9/11 victims could potentially seize frozen funds from the Taliban without the U.S. government legitimizing the group’s rule of Afghanistan.

Roughly 150 family members of victims who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks sued targets that included al Qaeda and the Taliban almost 20 years ago. The groups were later found liable in the legal battle and ordered to pay $7 billion in damages, but the families lacked a way to collect the payment, The New York Times reported on Monday.

The Taliban, which overtook Kabul in August, have said that Afghanistan’s central bank account at the Federal Reserve in New York belongs to them, and the plaintiffs in that lawsuit say some of that money should be redirected to them, according to the Times.

The Biden administration intends to tell a court by Friday what outcome would be in the best national interest as the Justice Department works with the families' lawyers to discuss a possible deal to split up the money should the government support their efforts to claim it, the newspaper added.

It is unclear, however, what position the U.S. government will take, as well as what it is able to do. Per long time counterterrorism sanctions the U.S. imposed on the Taliban, it is illegal to conduct financial transactions with them.

Two plaintiffs, Fiona Havlish, whose husband worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and Ellen Saracini, whose husband piloted one of the hijacked planes that crashed into the buildings, specifically called on President Biden to help them.

“After our husbands were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, we have spent many years fighting to achieve justice on their behalf,” they said in a statement to the Times.

“Together with the others in our case, we obtained an enforceable money judgment against the Taliban and now call on President Biden to ensure the funds we have attached go to us and not the terrorists who played a role in taking the lives of our loved ones,” they added.

Billions of dollars in Afghan assets are stored overseas with the Federal Reserve as well as with European central banks, but those assets have been frozen since the Taliban's takeover.

The Taliban have called on Congress to release the frozen funds to them as Afghanistan endures economic strife.

"Freezing of assets and economic sanctions can harm systems of health, education and other civil services," the Taliban said in a letter to the U.S. lawmakers earlier this month.

thehill.com/homenews/administration/5...

luchtschip 3 december 2021 16:47

Facts.

Biden takes office. Unemployment rate: 6.3%.
Today: 4.2%.

Biden takes office: DJIA: ~ 30,800.
Today: ~ 34,600.

Economic growth looks to be >6% in 2021.

twitter.com/BillKristol/status/146677...

luchtschip 3 december 2021 19:10

Apple alerts US diplomats to Pegasus spyware hacking.

NSO = in-plain-sight national security threat for years.

Embarrassing that it took a private company to warn them.

twitter.com/FPWellman/status/14668221...

pbs.twimg.com/media/FFsoc30XoAMIq-3?f...

Pegasus Spyware van PSO Israel heeft afluistersoftware voor telefoons ontwikkeld en dit verkocht aan landen als Saudi Arabie en andere landen
Saudi Arabie maakte er gebruik van om Kamal Kashoggi af te luisteren voordat zij hem vermoordden.

Werd in eerste instantie gebruikt om kritische journalisten en dissidenten af te luisteren.

Naar nu blijkt ook om diplomaten af te luisteren.

gbakl 4 december 2021 12:52

''De zittende president Donald J. Trump weigerde aanvankelijk zijn nederlaag toe te geven en klaagde dat de verkiezingen waren gestolen''
...............................
ik zie een enorm hiaat tussen de onverbeterlijke aartsnarcist trump en het woord aanvankelijk...

luchtschip 5 december 2021 07:51

Kamala Harris op twitter :

Here’s the bottom line: World-class cities like Charlotte, North Carolina, deserve world-class transit systems, and our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make the most significant investment to fix our roads and bridges in 70 years.

twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/14672...

luchtschip 5 december 2021 19:12

Een baas hoeft niet te zeggen dat hij de baas is

Biden Administration to push for sanctions against new list of human rights abusers and corrupt leaders soliciting the participation of 100 Nations

twitter.com/BonnieSalm/status/1466973...

Een simpele verklaring waarin Biden aangeeft wereldwijd, samen met 100 andere naties, corrupte leiders en leiders die de mensenrechten schenden sancties op gaat leggen.

A Mao 5 december 2021 19:30

quote:
luchtschip schreef op 5 december 2021 19:12:
Een baas hoeft niet te zeggen dat hij de baas is

Biden Administration to push for sanctions against new list of human rights abusers and corrupt leaders soliciting the participation of 100 Nations

twitter.com/BonnieSalm/status/1466973...

Een simpele verklaring waarin Biden aangeeft wereldwijd, samen met 100 andere naties, corrupte leiders en leiders die de mensenrechten schenden sancties op gaat leggen.

Kan niet wachten tot ze China sancties gaan opleggen,… ben benieuwd

luchtschip 5 december 2021 22:53

U.S. president Joe Biden will warn Russia’s Vladimir Putin against any invasion in a planned video summit on Tuesday, with the full backing of Nato and the EU for retaliatory measures.

EU and NATO allies have swung behind the Biden administration’s assessment that Russia may be poised to invade Ukraine, following unprecedented sharing of US intelligence on Moscow’s military preparations.

twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/146...

twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/146...

luchtschip 5 december 2021 23:33

Justice Department komt met Nationaal Actie Plan om mensen handel aan te pakken

Meisjes en vrouwen voor de sexindustrie en jongeren en ouderen voor slaven arbeid

Justice Department Anti-Trafficking Efforts Highlighted in 2021 National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

“Vindicating the rights of human trafficking victims and other vulnerable individuals ranks among the highest priorities of the Department of Justice. The department welcomes the issuance of this National Action Plan, which will streamline

>> coordination among federal anti-trafficking partners,
>>strengthening our ability to seek justice for victims and
>> hold perpetrators accountable.

We are committed to using every tool at our disposal to prevent human trafficking; increase detection, investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes; and expand support and services to protect and empower survivors.”

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-depart...

luchtschip 5 december 2021 23:52

quote:
luchtschip schreef op 5 december 2021 23:33:
Justice Department komt met Nationaal Actie Plan om mensen handel aan te pakken

Meisjes en vrouwen voor de sexindustrie en jongeren en ouderen voor slaven arbeid

Justice Department Anti-Trafficking Efforts Highlighted in 2021 National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

“Vindicating the rights of human trafficking victims and other vulnerable individuals ranks among the highest priorities of the Department of Justice. The department welcomes the issuance of this National Action Plan, which will streamline

>> coordination among federal anti-trafficking partners,
>>strengthening our ability to seek justice for victims and
>> hold perpetrators accountable.

We are committed to using every tool at our disposal to prevent human trafficking; increase detection, investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes; and expand support and services to protect and empower survivors.”

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-depart...

En ze gaan gericht te werk om de TransNational Crime groups aan te pakken.

The National Action Plan to combat Human Trafficking

Concentreert zich op deze criminele elementen in de wereld

>>The Zhao Wei drug trafficking organization engages in human trafficking to generate funds to further its other criminal activities.
>> MS-13 engages in human trafficking both domestically and transnationally.
>>Mexican origin transnational criminal organizations engage in sex trafficking to facilitate other illicit activity.
>>Multiple European countries have documented transnational organized crimeoperations that exploit both European nationals and migrants in sex and labor trafficking, including forced criminality such as pickpocketing and the distribution of narcotics.

>> Terrorist organizations – including Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Boko Haram, and Al-Shabaab – engage in human trafficking crimes.
>> State actors such as Afghanistan, Burma, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Iran, the People’s Republic of China, Russia, South Sudan, Syria, and Turkmenistan engage in state-sponsored forced labor or sex trafficking.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads...

[verwijderd] 6 december 2021 17:01

More Sept. 11 Victims Who Sued the Taliban Want Frozen Afghan Funds

The Biden administration was set to tell a court on Friday what it thinks should happen, but obtained a delay until Jan. 28.

A fight is breaking out among lawyers for different groups of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks over who can try to seize $7 billion in Afghan central bank funds deposited at the New York Federal Reserve — money the Taliban now claims is theirs.

The dispute stems from various lawsuits that groups of attack victims — the estates of those killed, along with their spouses, children and other relatives, and survivors who were injured — filed against Al Qaeda and others they said provided support to the terrorists, like the Taliban. When the defendants did not show up in court, the plaintiffs won default judgments years ago.

Because there was no way to collect money from such defendants, the judgments that they were liable for the losses the plaintiffs had suffered seemed merely symbolic. But the collapse of the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban’s military takeover of that country have raised the possibility that they could seize the Afghan government funds in New York.

This week, after The New York Times reported on such efforts by a group of about 150 relatives of Sept. 11 victims in a case known as Havlish, lawyers for other groups of Sept. 11 victims indicated they want to seek a share of the funds, too. Testiness between the legal teams is rising, letters filed in court show.

www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politic...

luchtschip 6 december 2021 20:11

Joe Biden announces US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

twitter.com/Telegraph/status/14679290...

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/1...

luchtschip 6 december 2021 23:46

Natasha Bertrand, @CNN reporter covering the White House and national security. :

"Pretty damn aggressive" sanctions package in works by US & Europe should Russia invade Ukraine, sources say. 1 option "very much on the table": disconnecting Russia from SWIFT international payment system & denying Russian energy producers from debt markets

twitter.com/ericgarland/status/146796...

"Pretty damn aggressive" sanctions package in works by US & Europe should Russia invade Ukraine,

sources say. 1 option "very much on the table": disconnecting Russia from SWIFT intl payment system & denying Russian energy producers from debt markets.

twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/14...

Biden readying sanctions against Putin's inner circle ahead of this week's key call

US officials are currently weighing a wide set of sanctions on Russia meant to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion into Ukraine, according to people familiar with the discussions.

They include new actions against members of Putin's inner circle and on Russian energy producers, and one potential "nuclear option" -- disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT international payment system used by banks around the world.

The officials said final decisions hadn't been made on whether and when to apply the new sanctions, and said the Biden administration is currently in talks with European partners — many of whom have closer economic relationships to Russia — in the hopes of coordinating action.

A senior administration official said Monday the US was prepared to take "substantive economic countermeasures" meant to inflict "significant and severe economic harm on the Russian economy" should Putin go ahead with a military escalation in Ukraine.

"We believe that there is way forward here that will allow us to send a clear message to Russia there will be genuine and meaningful and enduring costs to choosing to go forward -- should they choose to go forward -- with a military escalation," the official said, briefing reporters ahead of Biden's planning video call with Putin on Tuesday.

The official declined to specify what economic sanctions were under consideration, but said the US had engaged in "intensive discussions with our European partners about what we would do collectively in the event of a major Russian military escalation."

People familiar with the discussions said new economic sanctions could target a variety of sectors, including energy producers and Russian banks. The new sanctions could also go after Russia's sovereign debt.

They are also likely to go after top Russian oligarchs, limiting their ability to travel and potentially cutting off access to American banking and credit card systems.

Officials have also been weighing disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT international payment system, upon which Russia remains heavily reliant, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. This is being considered a "nuclear" option. The European Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution in the spring calling for such a move should Russia invade Ukraine, and the US has been discussing it with EU counterparts.

There is also serious discussion underway about denying Russian energy producers from debt markets in case of an invasion, per a senior administration official.

"We have put together a pretty damn aggressive package," the official said, and have warned Russia that if it invades Ukraine the US and Europe together will impose the worst economic sanctions that have ever been imposed on a country, outside of Iran and North Korea.

But there are concerns that Russia may be retaliate against any move by the US or its allies, including weaponizing its energy production.
"The fear is Russia then tries to retaliate by holding back production," a senior US official told CNN.

President Joe Biden referred to the possible actions on Friday, telling reporters he was "putting together what I believe to be the most comprehensive and meaningful set of initiatives to make it very, very difficult for Mr. Putin to go ahead and do what people are worried he may do." And Secretary of State Antony Blinken has referred to "high impact economic measures" under consideration to punish Russia. Biden and Putin are set to hold a video call on Tuesday.

The Kremlin on Monday described reports about potential sanctions as "information hysteria," Russian state news agency Tass reported.
"This is not news, but rather a continued information hysteria that we observe in the media these days," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Tass.

New US intelligence findings estimate Russia could begin a military offensive in Ukraine in a matter of months as it amasses up to 175,000 troops along the border, a startling escalation that Biden has warned could lead to severe consequences.

Speaking last week, Putin signaled he would call for specific agreements that would rule out any further NATO expansion eastward and deployment of its weaponry close to Russia's borders. Should Putin tell Biden on Tuesday that NATO must not admit Ukraine as a member -- as he is expected to do during the two men's secure video conference -- Biden is not likely to accede to the demand.

"We don't think talk of redlines is helpful, and as the President has said, we're not going to operate according to that logic of accepting anyone's redlines," a senior administration official said a day ahead of the call.

The latest developments come after months of steady increases along the Russia-Ukraine frontier that have alarmed US and Western officials and led to tense conversations between American diplomats and their counterparts.

CNN reported Friday that Russian forces have capabilities in place along the Ukraine border to carry out a swift and immediate invasion, including erecting supply lines such as medical units and fuel that could sustain a drawn-out conflict, should Moscow choose to invade.

Officials said the current levels of equipment stationed in the area could supply front-line forces for seven to 10 days and other support units for as long as a month.

edition.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/b...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 05:08

Biden Putin gesprek

Voorafgaand aan dit gesprek heeft US Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Antony Blinken telefonisch gesproken met President van Oekraine Zelenskiy

>>Blinken bevestigde de US steun voor soevereiniteit, onafhankelijkheid en territoriale integriteit aangaande Russische agressie in de regio.

>>Beiden waren het eens over een vredevolle diplomatieke oplossing van het conflict in Donbas en het volledig herstel van de soevereiniteit over zijn internationaal erkende grenzen inclusief de Krim

pbs.twimg.com/media/FF9cis5XIAQ39IU?f...

twitter.com/ericgarland/status/146800...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 18:51

West could cut Russia from SWIFT, sanction Nord Stream, Latvia ( Leland ) says

SWIFT is het wereldwijde banksysteem

The West must send a strong message to Russia to deter it from invading Ukraine, including cutting Russia off from the SWIFT payment system, sanctioning the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and strengthening NATO's eastern flank, Latvia said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com/world/europe/west-cou...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 18:56

The U.S. will push Germany to stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project if Russia invades Ukraine

>>White House will push Germany on the pipeline in that scenario
>> Pipeline is part of a potential package of deterrent measures

President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking a commitment from the new German government that it would halt the project under such circumstances, one of the people said, asking not to be identified talking about confidential discussions.

Biden held a high-stakes video call Tuesday with Putin, with the pipeline one of the measures being discussed by the U.S. and European allies as providing potential leverage with the Russian leader. That’s as he again masses troops near the Ukrainian border and the U.S. and NATO fret about the possibility of an invasion in the early part of next year. Putin has denied his intention is to start a war.

Other possible options under discussion include sanctions on Russian banks and exports of the country’s commodities. The aim is to agree on a package that is comprehensive, quick to implement and economically painful enough that it serves as a true deterrent.

In a briefing Monday on Capitol Hill, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland faced push-back from senators who said the U.S. was limiting its options with Putin by not providing more weaponry to Ukraine and failing to stop Nord Stream 2, according to two people who asked not to be identified discussing the private meeting.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 19:15

Gesprek Biden Putin

Russia's state media is reporting that the virtual summit between Biden and Putin is over, having lasted for 2 hours.

twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/146...

twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/146...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 19:46

Angstvallig stil in Moskou na het gesprek tussen Biden en Putin

Een uur verder en Moskou geeft geen briefing over het gesprek. Nog niet eerder gebeurd na gesprekken tussen Putin en een Amerikaanse President

Eerily quiet after this Biden-Putin call. An hour on and Moscow is not briefing the media. That’s a first.

twitter.com/ericgarland/status/146828...

luchtschip 7 december 2021 20:32

Verslag van de video call tussen Biden en Putin

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luchtschip 7 december 2021 20:36

Video call Biden Putin

White House released a photo of Biden’s side of the call

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