Contracts and Coups for Curt Weldon, Bangladesh military's White House Lobbyist(?)
Is Former Congressman Mr.Curt Weldon is lobbying the White House on behalf of the Bangladesh military?
The "Global Alliance for Homeland Security" [ A shadowy group] has listed an apartment in Woddside Queens, NYC as its address in it's registration with New Yok State. The office bearers are:
Mr. Aminullah, Chairman
Mr. Golam Mehraj [Vice-Chairman]
Bangladesh Army's Principal Staff Officer Lieutenant General Masududdin Chowdhury will attend a seminar on Global Terrorism to be held in Washington D.C on October 2008. This seminar is sponsored by Global Alliance for Homeland Security.
[Please note that Curt Weldon is no longer a US congressman. He was defeated last year by Joe Sestak. Weldon was not representaing the US government but a shady little neo-con outfit called Global Alliance For Homeland Security. Weldon is considered a bit of a kook in the US and is under investigation by the FBI for trading favors for lobbying contracts. Weldon's visit to Bangladesh bears watching because it has neo-con written all over it. He was there shilling for Defense Solutions, trying to drum up business. Ringgold heads up Defence Solutions and Weldon is a paid lobbyist there.
Here's a little more info about Weldon's trip from the blog TPMCAfe:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/mrs_panstreppon/2007/may/13/keeping_an_eye_on_former_rep_curt_weldon_r_pa
As vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee, Curt Weldon insisted that Saddam Hussein had WMDs; disputed the 9/11 Commission's findings about the "Able Danger" conspiracy theory; and received intelligence on Iran from an associate of Manucher Ghorbanifar, the arms dealer whom the CIA found was fabricating intelligence during the Iran-Contra scandal. No wonder he's now the Chief Strategic Officer for Defense Solutions, a defense contractor based in Weldon's old district outside Philadelphia.
Weldon received a great deal of negative publicity during his election campaign, when the FBI investigated him for securing lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter worth $1 million. But Jim Donahue, Defense Solution's Director of Project Management, told the Prospect that the firm has had a longstanding relationship with Weldon running business development conferences, and that he had no reason to question Weldon's integrity or honesty. "I really thought there was a lot of sensationalizing in the media about him," Donahue said.
According to Donahue, Weldon was instrumental in organizing Defense Solution's outreach to Bangladesh in the wake of the recent military coup that has installed an interim government there. General Moeen Ahmed, the head of the military in Bangladesh, knew of Defense Solution's contract to rebuild 77 Soviet-style tanks for U.S. forces in Iraq, and he wants similar vehicles for Bangladesh.
In March, Weldon led an envoy of retired military personnel to Dhaka in order to foster better relations between the United States and Bangladesh. In addition to military vehicles, Bangladesh wants to open branches of Prime Bank Limited in Bangladeshi communities in the United States. This new partnership comes despite growing instability in Bangladesh and United Nations allegations that the country's armed officials have been relying on murder and torture as a means of law enforcement.
Source:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=life_after_the_gop_congress
Also raed:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15265440/
Note: The address provided by GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INC is also the
address of AMERICAN BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY INC, AMERICAN BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP CLUB, INC & one Mr. M.A. AWAL CHOWDHURY.
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Company Name: GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INC.
Process Address:
THE CORPORATION
61-17 WOODSIDE AVE #5-E
WOODSIDE, NY 11377
Type: DOMESTIC NOT FOR PROFIT
Status: ACTIVE
Status Comment: INCORPORATION/APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY/ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION/NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
Filing Date: 9/29/2006
Duration: PERPETUAL
County: QUEENS
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 9/29/2006
Corporation Number: 3418770
But how do we know if this Global Alliance for Homeland Security is associated with Global Alliance for Homeland Security Asian Regional Chapter? We don't but we have a clue. Also registered at 61-17 Woodside Ave #5E:
#1
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Company Name: AMERICAN BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY INC.
Process Address:
THE CORPORATION
61-17 WOODSIDE AVENUE #5E
WOODSIDE, NY 11377
Type: DOMESTIC NOT FOR PROFIT
Status: ACTIVE
Filing Date: 10/13/1998
#2
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Company Name: AMERICAN BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP CLUB, INC.
Process Address:
M.A. AWAL CHOWDHURY
61-17 WOODSIDE AVE #5E
WOODSIDE, NY 11377
Type: DOMESTIC NOT FOR PROFIT
Status: ACTIVE
Filing Date: 9/15/2000
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A one-man Armey - The Carpetbagger Report
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HOLIDAY > FRONT PAGE
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