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March 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“That means she must not make available any funds or economic resources of any
kind to – or for the benefit of – her husband, whether directly or
indirectly. The definition of ‘economic resources’ is wide and would include
the kind of luxury items that Mrs Assad appears to have been ordering
online.”
The EU imposed financial restrictions on President Assad on 19 Jan. Less than
two weeks later – on 1 Feb – an email was sent to Mrs Assad’s account
confirming that a Paris boutique was ready to dispatch a chandelier with a
“lustre confusion” design, along with two candlesticks and other luxury
furnishings with a total cost of 35,118.60 Euros.
“Great news,” Mrs Assad is purported to have replied on 3 Feb, asking for the
goods to be sent to Dubai airport. Assuming that Mrs Assad lives with her
husband, the chandelier and the candlesticks would have been for his benefit
as much as hers. But the Treasury, which is responsible for ensuring UK
compliance with sanctions, said this purchase did not itself provide
sufficient grounds for a case against Mrs Assad. “The UK interpretation is
that we would only consider furniture to fall within the definition of
‘economic resources’ for the purposes of the sanctions if we had grounds to
believe that it was going to be used to obtain funds, goods or services for
a designated person.” However, the Treasury added that it “takes any
evidence of a breach seriously”.
Another Whitehall source said that Mrs Assad’s financial affairs were being
closely examined as part of Britain’s efforts to “tighten the stranglehold
on Assad and his inner circle”.
Mrs Assad is not herself the subject of EU financial sanctions. There is no
suggestion of wrongdoing by the Parisian boutique, which did not know the
real identity of its customer.
One loophole would be if Mrs Assad was providing essential goods to cover the
president’s “basic needs”. The EU regulations say that financial sanctions
targeted on individuals would not necessarily apply to “foodstuffs, rent or
mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and
public utility charges”.
But these exemptions can only be used with permission from a member state. Mr
Kushner said that “one somehow doubts” whether the items ordered by Mrs
Assad could be considered to satisfy a “basic need”.
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