Iran allocates $1.5 mn to fight "US conspiracies"

[DuctapeFatwa]

The Iranian parliament adopted a bill authorising the government to spend $1million and 500 thousand to "neutralise US plots and conspiracies" against the Islamic republic.

MPs also said that Iranian victims of Iraqi chemical weapons attacks during the two countries' 1980-1988 war would be able to access the fund to make compensation claims in international courts.

Funding to counter US "conspiracies" is a regular feature of Iran's annual budget, and a large part of the funding generally goes to state-sponsored bodies which organise anti-American rallies.

The same amount was allocated last year.

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=23015&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

[plumbnsquare]

1. So much money

I wonder if any of this money is coming out of the personal coffers of the mullahs. Oh, wait, it's just part of their national budget for terrorism.

[Tempest]

3. $1.5 million is nothing compared to what the U.S. spends

The U.S. government's support for terrorist leaders and nations is well documented, and vastly exceeds $1.5 million a year.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

[mobuto]

4. No, not to their personal coffers

the money will be used to crack down on liberal, modernist, pro-democracy forces within the country, using Americans as the excuse. The religious conservatives in Iran use the same formula that's worked so well for them here - they accuse progressives of being unpatriotic and untrue to the spirit of the Constitution, when in reality the reverse is true.

[mmm]

2. They need to up that amount to 150 million!

What are they thinking?
(With an additional 500 million going into the black-ops
part of the program: money that should be used to BUY
nuclear warheads and medium-range missles.)

[mobuto]

5. WTF

???