Publicly, US officials insisted that Amir Sairafi, a high profile Iranian trader in Dubai, was a major member of an illegal nuclear smuggling ring working for the Iranian government. Those accusations were repeated far and wide, until he got to court. Once he arrived in a US courtroom, the allegations ceased and he was simply accused of violating the US trading ban. Sairafi says he never had ties with the Iranian government and he believes the effort was entirely for show, an effort to discourage non-Americans from doing any business with Iran.
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the allegations ceased '
What a shock that the people making the allegations could not stand the daylight. Smear and personal attacks is their stock method of doing business.
It works. Muck sticks.
Hmmmmm.
Now, just imagine what other 'allegations' would have ceased had the Bush or Obama administration allowed them to reach a US courtroom?
Off the top of my head, I can think of several.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more outraged I become. Jebus f***** Chri**. Can you IMAGINE where we would be now if it weren't for so many smear campaigns and false claims?