For some time now, Crescent Petroleum has been the subject of an investigation by the US Treasury and three Congressional committees Foreign Relations, Banking, and Ways and Means which are trying to discover whether there is any truth in suggestions that Crescent is a front company acting for Saddam Hussein. Father of Badr Jafar, who is CEO of Crescent Enterprises Now Iraq has come to the military. Majid Jafar co-Chairs, alongside former President Clinton, Business Backs Education, a United Nations UNESCO-run global educational campaign. The Gulf Stream was used for transportation of vital fuels from Texas to New Jersey. Developed the Pearl Initiative in cooperation with the United Nations and launched the organization at UN headquarters Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (left) with his WMD nuclear physicist Dr. Jafar Dhia Jafar (right). Coalition forces took over Taji in 2003 and it was once one of the largest U.S. bases in-country during OIF. I was able to help the first UN arms inspectors in 1991, 1992, by identifying the location of many of these weapons plants. The argument is wrong, which is to say that the Navy cant have it both ways, that we are ready to fight tonight and that the submarines are out their doing real world operations at all times, and that the deployment of only 20-25 percent of the entire force during the entire year is a sign of either readiness or relevance. Subsequent events suggest the letter of credit would be arranged by another local connection, a Chicago Iraqi-American named Aiham Alsammarae, who is a one-time classmate of Tony Rezko and had been appointed as Iraqs Minister of Electricity by L. Paul Bremer in July 2003. Air Force Space Command/45th Space Wing I do not recall that she asked CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The crew of a nuclear submarine cruising underwater off the coast of Florida successfully test-fired a Poseidon missile Friday a litte more than an hour after another. Rep. Hunter wrote a formal letter to Treasury Secretary Lew, noting that the Port Canaveral deal marked the first time a Middle Eastern company will fully operate a U.S. cargo terminal. Congressman Hunter asked Secretary Lew to conduct a CFIUS national security review of the transaction, to no avail. Officers from Patrick, speaking off the record last year, termed Gulftainers sudden arrival at Port Canaveral a national security nightmare. The Defense establishment is not happy said a source. Baiji Power Plant has fallen in and out of Islamic State control. SpaceX resupply missions for the International Space Station I feel comfortable when people are telling me their experiences or their ideas, or asking questions. The report credits a wave of stunning Islamic State military victories in Iraq and Syria to Saddams former secular Baathist military commanders. CAPE CANAVERAL Port USA [US] Un/locode: USPCV CREATE NOTIFICATIONS Live Map Preview Summary Vessels In Port Recent Arrivals & Departures Port Congestion Port Call Statistics Companies at Port General Information Latitude / Longitude: 28.41662 / -80.60877 Local Time: 2023-04-27 16:20 (UTC -4) Vessels In Port: 49 Expected Arrivals: 17 Navy. Air Force Space Command/45th Space Wing Dr. Jafar not only directed Iraqs vast nuclear weapons program, he also led efforts to hide Iraqs various WMD programs from United Nations UNSCOM IAEA inspectors between 1991 and 2003. Crescent Group entered into a joint venture in 2013 with a division of Saudi Arabias Binladen Group, headed by Osama bin Ladens brother Today, Dr. Jafars Crescent company URUK Engineering and Construction is building electric power stations in Iraq, in addition to fertilizer and water treatment plants. Port Canaveral is home to a U.S. Navy submarine base and sits within the nexus of U.S. Air Force and NASA space operations. where I was from; neither did she question the nature of the gathered information. They discussed the power stations that provided electricity to Dr. Jafars nuclear weapons program. Department of Defense/Boeing military GPS satellite programs Dr. Jafars team allegedly recovered the magnets and other salvageable equipment from the Tarmiya enrichment facility after it was carpet-bombed by U.S. B-52s during the Gulf War. HOME. Multiple Coast Guard cutters dock at the base. During the Apollo program, segments of the Saturn V rocket transited through the port and lock. The sinking of the Gulfamerica - an 8,000-ton steam tanker on its maiden voyage from Port Arthur, Texas, to New York City - just miles off the crowded boardwalk is probably the most famous battle in a U-Boat war . Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraq-born British national who was involved in international arms trading, is being investigated for purportedly rigging bids with the Iraqi Communications Ministry and the Coalition Provisional Authority, which resulted in contracts being awarded to three companies tied to Europe, according to defense officials familiar with an internal investigation. After the Rezko/Blagojevich/Alsamarae power plant deal in Chachamal fell apart, another power plant was built in Chachamal powered by a gas pipeline from the Jafar familys Dana Gas/Crescent and equipped with technology from Siemens, a German company that settled SEC charges of paying Iraqi ministry kickbacks in pursuit of electric power station deals as part of the UN Iraq Oil-for-Food program Wikileaks [4], Primary cargoes include slag, salt, vehicles, containers, petroleum, heavy equipment, lumber, and aggregate. Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is the east coast homeport for the Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines. Coalition forces took over the base in 2003. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, commenting on the high-value surrender of Dr. Jafar, told NBCs Meet the Press that were not going to find anything until we find people who tell us where the things areand we have that very high on our priority list, to find the people who know., Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (DoD). Following the Executive Summary, this report expands into far greater detail. Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Canaveral#US_Navy Nearby cities: Coordinates: 2824'57"N 8035'53"W Members of the Indian Business and Professional Council in Dubai were invited to the event. Walsh, based on his statements to Florida Today, indicated that Crescents deal at Port Canaveral was reviewed by the Treasury Department sometime between May 14, 2014 and June 23, 2014, the day of the formal announcement. Crown Prince Al Nahyan is also the Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the most powerful army youve never heard of.. Newsweek investigative journalist Mark Hosenball, now with Reuters, told MSNBC in 2008 that: Tony Rezko was for about 17 years I believe a friend of Obama. Thummalapally: The one single concern or issue that pops up in investors minds is the process of acquiring a visa whether a business visa or an investment visa to come to the United States. Leaked Emirati Emails Could Threaten Peace Talks in Libya New York Times, November 12, 2015. In the year 1968 the Canaveral Pilots Association was founded by pilots Frederick Dezendorf and Frederick Jonassen. Dr. Jafar adapted by hiding enrichment facilities underground and disguising military power stations as civilian power stations. They must live in specific areas but are elected by voters in all five districts. Il est maintenant un navire muse expose au Submarine Force Library and Museum Groton . A former senior official with a coalition embassy in Iraq confirmed that the report, which was published in Arabic by electronic newspaper Al-aalem Al-jadeed on February 10, 2015, charges that Gulftainer moved weapons to terrorist groups the Badr Brigades and AAH. The chairman of the Israel Space Agency described the loss as a very severe blow which could place the future of the industry in doubt.. Rezko was the subject of a federal probe to determine how he landed a contract to build a power plant in Iraq, according to a 2006 UPI report. Its very important in order to understand the persons situation and their question intimately. There are eight Trident submarines that hold 20 D5 missiles per sub. Left on one of the tables at the conference was a business card of a retired librarian who had access to the budding Internet and could search for such documents. And yet they all chose to ignore that evidence. January 2014 Treasury Secretary Lew traveled to the Davos 2014 World Economic Forum in Switzerland. The tapes were presented at the 2006 Intelligence Summit along with analysis from former Army intelligence officer John Loftus, former US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw and intelligence experts with experience operating in Iraq. You cant renegotiate it. The U.S. UAEs 123 Agreement was strongly criticized by members of Congress. Members of the Indian Business and Professional Council in Dubai were invited to the event. The deceptively-named GT USA is a shadowy, UAE-based operation. Rezko was part-owner of a startup company called Companion Security. Cruise Terminal #2 - 180 Christopher Columbus Drive, Cape Canaveral, FL . One wonders what Gulftainer is doing in Port Canaveral, one of Americas most sensitive national security zones. Under the wing of his brother Hamid, Dr. Jafar launched Iraqi owned URUK Engineering and Construction in 2003. No objections or questions were presented by local citizens attending the meeting. The identity of this foreign company was kept secret from Florida residents, the American public, and members of Congress for another 40 days. Walsh lied about documentation from the United States Air Force, relating to building the Canaveral Rail through the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[9]. Badr Jafar, Majid Jafar, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Jack Lew all attended the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Have no doubt the Saddam-linked Iraqis in Chicago are connected to the Saddam-linked Iraqis at Port Canaveral. It put in control of Iraqi telecommunications a man with an anti-American, anticoalition mind-set and a history of illegal international arms traffic. Iraqs bomb was intended to be an Arab Bomb, to reclaim the lost dignity of the whole Arab World. They have been put in charge of intelligence-gathering, spying on the Iraqi forces as well as maintaining and upgrading weapons and trying to develop a chemical weapons program reports the AP. Port Canaveral Parking is located on Merritt Island, just about 10 minutes from the cruise ships. Lausell is a 2008 Hillary Clinton Campaign political adviser, former DNC Leadership 2000 board member, $1 million Clinton Library donor and a Clinton Global Initiative associate. The security guard company was called Companion Security. The $150 million dollar plant was to be built in Chachamal in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Port Canaveral also handles up to six world-class cruise ships per day. They teamed up recently on a $150 million contract to build a power plant in Iraq reported Crains Chicago Business. [24], In 2009, the last cruise company to offer gambling, SunCruz Casinos, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation). Also known as Jaafar or Jaffar or al-Jafar, Brother of Dr. Jafar Dhia Jafar, who was Saddam Husseins WMD nuclear physicist [13], In FY 2017, the Canaveral Port Authority had 223 full-time equivalent employees. In the early 1980s, a new port director, Charles Rowland, shifted the focus towards developing the port to a Cruise port. Dr. Jafars expansive nuclear weapons program had 20,000 employees, 7,000 of whom were scientists and engineers. In 2008 it tried to move back but was canceled. A post office in the area was built and listed in the US Post Office application as Artesia. America is facing a grave national security nightmare at Floridas Port Canaveral. GROTON, Conn. affectionately known as "the Submarine Capital of the World" is known for, well, submarines. [30] The Canaveral Pilots Association is the local association of state licensed harbor pilots who board all inbound and outbound foreign-flagged ocean-going ships, as well as select U.S. flagged vessels who call on the port. Former President of Japanese-owned Mitsui Advanced Media America optical disc plant in Colorado Springs Crescent/Gulftainer/GTUSAs contract with Port Canaveral stipulates the establishment of rail service from the Gulftainer container terminal. He began his brief Port Canaveral tenure overseeing construction projects. It became the nucleus of the Cape Canaveral aerospace development after WWII. Sun Tzu, Scene from the 1983 ABC television movie The Day After. Ron Wills. @WarshipCam. Obamas office declined to help about the same time Rezko was indicted on charges of fraud noted Klein. Canaveral Port Authority CEO John Walsh, interviews by WESH 2 News, August 18, 2014, Walsh also called local citizens opposed to a proposal to connect GT USAs container terminal to a rail line radical Luddites.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py8BF0hHPnc. Near Port Canaveral, . Project Pelican, consent agenda item 29, was rammed through with no debate. Walsh, while still serving as Port Canaveral CEO in November 2015, presented port commissioners with an unsolicited proposal from WatersMark Holdings to develop a $275 million Port Canaveral Resort. The massive project proposal, which featured Middle-Eastern-themed architecture and landscaping, included three luxury hotels, a conference center, a childrens science museum, private villas, restaurants, retail stores, amphitheater, surfing lagoon and boat docks, according to Florida Today. Crescent/Gulftainers connections to Saddams WMD program and the companys presence at Port Canaveral are alarming for at least seven reasons: (1) Stockpiles of chemical weapons were found in Iraq and injured U.S. troops according to heavily redacted intelligence reports obtained by the New York Times. Rep. Duncan Hunter , R-San Diego, had asked for a formal Treasury Department review of security issues due to a foreign-owned company operating port facilities. Dr. Jafar also built new Iraqi fertilizer and water treatment plants. Uncle to Majid and Badr Jafar of the Crescent Group Project Pelican, a secretly-negotiated and illegal deal, allowed an Iraqi company, with deep connections to Saddam Hussein and nuclear weapons, to get their hands on a 35-year port lease with access to sensitive national security maritime property.