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2011-08-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Payments with Visa Cards Stop in Syria as Sanctions Bite

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Posted by Fred 2011-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 "Ali Ismail, manager of the import-export company Medsea" is pissed off about the Visa deactivation. No crud. The guy runs an IMPORT-EXPORT business in one of the more heavily sanctioned countries in the world.

YOU CHOSE THE WRONG LINE OF WORK, JERK.

Posted by American Delight 2011-08-26 04:07|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2011-08-26 04:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "This is what the Americans call smart sanctions targeting bigwigs of the (Syrian) regime. Which means that either we are all bigwigs or it's just a way of punishing all the Syrian people," he said.

Appears quite by accident, that Mr. Medsea has discovered the modus operandi of the US Government's Internal Revenue Service as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-26 10:05|| 2011-08-26 10:05|| Front Page Top

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