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Titolo: Congress pushes for more Iran sanctions amid debate over impact

E' noto che l'obiettivo nominale delle sanzioni:piegare il regime 
riottoso, è destinato al fallimento, che non ha mai funzionato.
 
Il vero scopo è quello di punire la popolazione civile per l'appoggio 
che fornisce a chi la governa.
 
E questo è uno scopo molto "sionista".
 
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Congress pushes for more Iran sanctions amid debate over impact
 
Published August 01, 2012
 
FoxNews.com
 
Congress is charging ahead with more economic sanctions against Iran in 
a stepped-up bid to stop the country from pursing nuclear weapons, amid 
questions about whether the seemingly endless cascade of financial 
penalties is having an effect.
 
Congressional negotiators agreed late Monday on a new package of 
sanctions that targets Iran’s energy, shipping and financial interests 
and could get a House vote before the end of the week.
 
The proposed sanctions follow ones passed last year that focused on 
penalizing banks that do business with Iran.
 
The new bill expands on existing penalties and would impose sanctions on 
anyone who mines uranium with Iran; sells, leases or provides oil 
tankers to Tehran; or provides insurance to the National Iranian Tanker 
Co., the state-run shipping line.
 
The proposed package has bipartisan support and the backing of the 
American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
 
GOP South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said the support from the 
pro-Israel lobbying group “will go a long way.” And Sen. Bob Menendez, 
D-N.J., who pushed for the shipping sanctions, called the bill a good 
move at a critical time.
 
The United States and Europe argue that depriving Iran of its oil income 
thwarts its suspected drive for nuclear weapons. Iran has exported 2.5 
million barrels of oil a day to Europe, China, India, Japan and South 
Korea. Officials say the penalties have reduced Iran oil exports to 
fewer than 1.8 million barrels a day, costing Tehran about $63 million 
daily.
 
However, others argue the existing sanctions appear to have done little 
to deter Iran’s quest, which draws into question whether more will help.
 
Israeli officials think their county is at great risk should Iran 
achieve nuclear capability and have hinted at a possible military strike.
 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday “the decision on Iran has 
not yet been made,” but the decision would be made by him and government 
leaders, not military generals.
 
Netanyahu on Sunday said world leaders must do everything in their 
powers to prevent the ayatollahs from possessing nuclear capability but 
“we have to be honest and say that all the diplomacy and sanctions ... 
so far have not set back the Iranian program by one iota."
 
Peter Brookes, of the Heritage Foundation, agreed Tuesday that sanctions 
so far have had little impact.
 
“I’m all for sanctions, but unfortunately I just don’t see progress in 
curbing Iran's nuclear aspirations,” said Brookes, a senior fellow for 
national security affairs at the conservative, Washington-based think 
tank. “The question is how much pressure is Iran willing to endure -- 
how important is the bomb to Tehran.”
 
Brookes also pointed out that North Korea has lived for years under 
sanctions, and some sanctions imposed on Iran date back to 1979.
 
“There’s not much left to sanction,” he said, adding the key to 
sanctions is to get other countries to join in them.
 
Traveling in the Mideast, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged 
that stiff international sanctions have yet to compel Iran to give up 
its nuclear ambitions. But he insisted that more pressure eventually 
would lead Iran to "do what's right."
 
“While the results of that may not be obvious at the moment, the fact is 
that (Iranian officials) have expressed a willingness to negotiate,” 
Panetta said Monday.
 
Iran leaders have said Western-led sanctions and pressure will not force 
Tehran to change its policies and have expressed confidence that the 
country can beat the latest moves to block its vital oil and banking 
industries
 
The proposed package now on Capitol Hill would also penalize anyone who 
works in Iran's petroleum, petrochemical or natural gas sector, or helps 
Tehran's oil and gas industry by providing goods, services, technology 
or infrastructure.
 
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., chairwoman of the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee, said the proposed bipartisan, bicameral bill 
“counters Iran's efforts to evade them.”
 
Ros-Lehtinen and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., chairman of the Senate 
Banking Committee, said their staffers have worked for weeks to 
reconcile a bill the House passed in December and one the Senate 
approved in May.
 
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
 
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 penalizing banks that do business with Iran.
 
Ottimo. 
Colpire i pretacci nel portafoglio, ovvero nel posto che fa loro più male.
 
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