In the continuing saga of Hezbollah’s “social services,” the U.S. Treasury has just tipped out a great example of how such terrorist charity really works — mingling toys-for-tots with cash-for-katyushas. On Tuesday, Treasury added to its list of banned terrorist-related outfits a “Key Hizballah Fundraising Organization,” a charity called the Islamic Resistance Support Organization, or IRSO, which has been soliticing donations internationally via Hezbollah’s terrorist TV station, Al Manar (target last week of a federal arrest in New York). Donors fill out forms which invite them to tick off from a menu of options how they’d like their money spent. These include:
- Collection box project for the children and homes.
- Equipping a mujahid project.
- Contribution to the cost of a rocket.
- Contribution to the cost of bullets.
There is, of course, a monthly subscription plan.
The sample IRSO documents released by Treasury include a receipt for someone who gave money to help fund a rocket. Here they are in Arabic and in Treasury’s English translation. I guess the good news is, not only are these IRSO donations now banned in the U.S., but anyone who’s been salting away this kind of IRSO “charity” receipt really ought to forget about it as a tax deduction.
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1. Karl:Your efforts to bring to light the massive Oil for Food scandal, and the corruption at the UN has made me a big fan, Claudia. Keep up the great work!
Best,
Aug 30, 2006 - 1:21 pm 2. Bruce Wechsler:Karl
Welcome Ms. Rosett.
It was throgh Roger that I started following your UN corruption work. Keep up the most excellent and important work!
Aug 30, 2006 - 3:37 pm 3. Harry Forbes:Life more and more imitates the Onion.
A check box for rockets or bullets? Why not one for suicide bombers (indicate your preference; male or female)? Large contributors are elegible to underwrite Hezbollah’s latest innovations in social services — elaborately staged news stories lapped up by the western media, child suicide bombers, and mysterious explosions that kill difficult Lebanese politicians.
A heartfelt welcome to blogs, Claudia. I am a shameless and longtime admirer of your work.
Aug 30, 2006 - 3:45 pm 4. Alex:Great Job…
Aug 30, 2006 - 7:56 pm 5. avanti:From Spain.
Aug 30, 2006 - 9:06 pm 6. Ed:Mrs Rosett: I don’t know enough english language. I’m learning it yet.
Although I want say you, like the first comment, that “your efforts to bring to light the massive Oil for Food scandal, and the corruption at the UN has made me a big fan”.
Even I had translate a few of your articles. I wonder if I could read it in spanish language. A great blogger, that works too in Pajamas media,Barcepundit,had publish in english your works.
I think that it is very important. Spaniard mass media don’t publish it, and so public opinion dont change his prejudices.
Thank you.
From a person who wears a US military uniform, all I can say is “BZ”, Ms Rosett! Your work on bringing the fraudulent Oil for Food program to light was simply outstanding.
I often wonder if the Oil for Food program worked the way it was designed to, would it have made Saddam abide by the many UN resolutions and prevented a war. What if?
Aug 30, 2006 - 10:48 pm 7. Anat:Dear Ms Rosett,
Aug 31, 2006 - 7:51 amThank you for carrying on the beacon of investigative journalism at a time when others, once its champions, have ceased bothering. For it is a Herculian job to collect small details like the IRSO receipt above, all of which eventually add up to a true big picture.
Keep up the good work, for we, your readers, are your Pulitzer even if you are robbed of the real one.