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What is Happening in South Africa: Did the SA govt sell its nuclear-bomb secret to Iran
Iran: Turkcell's case against MTN Read K. McCaffrey 30 March 2012 Text of complaint filed in US District Court of Columbia, Washington DC, March 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED COMPLAINT Plaintiffs, Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and East Asian Consortium B.V.
B. Illicit Arms for the GSM License: MTN struck a deal to deliver "The Fish" to the Iranian Ministry of Defense in August 2004. "The Fish" was a code name for a combination of military cooperation and big ticket defense equipment, including Rooivalk helicopters (based on the U.S. Apache platform), frequency hopping encrypted military radios, sniper rifles, G5 howitzers, canons, armored personnel and landmine-proof carriers, radar technology, pilot "head's up"display technology, and other defense articles-particularly items including U.S.systems or components. This equipment was unavailable to Iran through legitimate means because of U.S. and international restrictions at the time. MTN officials used their personal relationships with Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota, the South African Minister of Defense, to promise delivery of the elicit arms and technology in exchange for the License.
75. These commitments were not hidden from MTN's leadership, including MTN chairman Cyril Ramaphosa has reacted swiftly to the allegations, appointing a special committee to look into Turkcell’s claims and make recommendations. Chairman Cyril Ramaphosa, http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/editorial-cell-out-1.1229742
Sifiso DabengwaCOO Sifiso Dabengwa, http://www.techcentral.co.za/mtns-cash-weapons-and-ties-in-iran/30673/
and Irene Charnley
Thabo Mbeki 83. Ms. Charnley and Phuthuma Nhleko had close relationships with South African President Thabo Mbeki of the ANC party, who was in office from 1999 through 2008. Ms. Charnley and President Mbeki originally met in 1993 through his wife Zanele Mbeki, with whom Ms. Charnley was friends. While working with the Chancellor House (an ANC investment fund), Ms. Charnley had many interactions and cultivated her relationship with President Mbeki. Presently, Ms. Charnley is Chief Executive Officer of Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd., a company she formed with the assistance of Zanele Mbeki's investments.
A. Rooivalk helicopters (based on the U.S. Apache helicopter), developed by Denel (Pty) Ltd., B. frequency hopping military radios enabled to send encrypted messages, C. sniper rifles, D. G5 howitzers, i.e., South African-developed long-range 155mm projectiles that included U.S. component parts, E. canons, F. armored personnel and landmine proof carriers developed in South Africa by Reutech, G. coastal radar systems technology developed by a division of Reutech, H. air pilot display computer chips, I. a missile development company located off the Ivory Coast, and J. other defense technology with U.S. systems or components.
100. Several months later, on November 16, 2004, Ms. Charnley personally sent a letter via facsimile on behalf of MTN Group to be delivered to Dr. Mahmoudzadeh, copying Ambassador Saloojee, to "facilitate a meeting between Denel (Pty) Ltd and the IHRSC[sic] [the Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Co.]." 101. The facsimile also confirmed that Ms. Charnley was "in a meeting with the CEO of Denel, Mr. Victor Moche" to arrange discussions between Denel and the IHSRC. The IHSRC is the Iranian helicopter manufacturing company that would receive helicopters and/or helicopter technology from Denel to produce helicopters with U.S. Apache technology in Iran.
167. The sham consultancy agreement and payment was authorized by Mr. Nhleko on behalf of MTN in a memorandum dated December 11, 2006. The memorandum authorizing finalization of the "consultancy agreements" specifically indicates that the "consultancy" work was already complete, allowing payments to "the consultants that assisted the Company during the run up to and actual negotiating period . . . ." 168. Minister Ghorbanoghli arranged for a friend in the Emirates to receive the funds on his behalf. When MTN objected to paying an individual, rather than a corporate entity, the Minister requested a colleague, Mousa Abolfazl Hosseinzadeh, who owned a consulting company, Aristo Oil International Services LLC, in Dubai to enter the sham consultancy agreement and receive the payment on his behalf. Aristo is registered to the Iranians Mr. Hosseinzadeh and Saeed Mohd Baqer Saeed Safiq Darani, and to one Emirati, Abdulla Ahmed Ali Alkhaja. MTN used the front of the sham Aristo agreement to circumvent any detection of wrongdoing by MTN's auditors and financial controls.
179. Ambassador Saloojee's property attorneys, Gildenhuys Lessing Malatji, Inc., received the payment into a trust account and proceeded with the property purchase. The property transaction was closed on September 26, 2007, providing Ambassador Saloojee with title to the property, Deed No. T66722/2007. On May 25, 2008, Ambassador Saloojee provided his attorneys with signed confirmation of receipt of the property deed. 180. Unlike the sham Aristo consultancy agreement with Ambassador Ghorbanoghli, MTN never finalized a written contract with Ambassador Saloojee. In a memorandum dated November 10, 2007, MTN noted that it did not finalize its contract with "Short John,"
"preferring to wait until December of this year to do an agreement that will be done in light of the actual delivery over the year." 181. That memorandum also reiterates Ambassador Saloojee's efforts to provide MTN with assistance in exchange for the bribe money he received. "[Ambassador Saloojee] has come to the party on every occasion that I called upon him. The fact that the quid pro quo that has threatened at one stage to be the primary stick with which we could be hit [the Iranian government's upset at not having received full defense cooperation as promised by MTN] has now largely disappeared . . . because of his efforts." 2006 and Beyond: Iran Attempts to Collect on the MTN Inducements
183. After receiving the License, MTN continued to work on fulfilling its defense cooperation deal and continued to engage in discussions with Sairan about delivering military equipment. During 2005 and 2006, the Iranians specifically asked MTN to assist in procuring Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs. Calling upon Ms. Charnley's relationship with Denel, MTN explored options and prospects for the Iranians. MTN's files contain at least one report detailing Irene Charnley's work with Denel and its Massachusetts-based subsidiary, Kentron, which produces a Seeker UAV for "long term surveillance and patrol." It also describes the features and details of UAVs from two other manufacturers that MTN was investigating on behalf of Sairan. 184. By December 2006, however, MTN had failed to keep its promise to deliver military equipment, and its Iranian partners were growing increasingly demanding that MTN fulfill its commitments. Beginning in this period, MTN officials began corresponding among themselves about the increasing Iranian demands. For example, in an MTN Board presentation report made in December 2006, MTN recaps the history of the MTN-Irancell transaction in a timeline showing (1) Turkcell's win of the License bid in February 2004, (2) the MTN Group Board approval to establish an Iran office in August 2004, (3) MTN's efforts in 2005 to enter Irancell, and (4) the award of the License to MTN in November 2005. At the bottom of the timeline, the presentation states in bold, red lettering, "The defining characteristic of this transaction was the political forces that were marshalled [sic] in support of MTN and it can therefore be concluded on an unequivocal basis that MTN's entry into the Islamic Republic of Iran was at its core due to political decisions taken at the highest levels in Iran." 185. In March 2007, MTN began facing even greater pressure from its Iranian partners to deliver on some of its defense- and nuclear-related promises. In a March 25, 2007 memorandum, MTN reports that it was visited in Iran by a senior Iranian government official who reminded MTN that it had facilitated the President of South Africa's commitments to "certain defence related promises [that] were made by the South African Minister of Defence (SAMOD) in 2004 in exchange for which MTN was allowed to replace Turkcell in the Irancell consortium." Ex. B at 1 (emphasis added). This remarkably candid admission of the "arms for license" deal clearly confirms the events of 2004-2005.
Tortious Interference with Contractual or Other Business Relationships 213. Plaintiffs re-allege and incorporate the allegations set forth above as if fully set forth herein.
Tortious Interference with Prospective Contractual Advantage 231. Plaintiffs re-allege and incorporate the allegations set forth above as if fully set forth herein.
251. On March 12, 2012, MTN issued a public press release accusing Turkcell of making an "extortionate litigation threat" and of refusing to cooperate with MTN's independent investigation into Turkcell's claims. 252. MTN's press release was disseminated to, and published by, U.S. media outlets, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Market Watch, PR Newswire, and the Wall Street Journal, among others.
Date: March 28, 2012 FOOTNOTES:
Mohammad MOKHBER 4th Floor, No 39 Ghandi street Tehran Iran 1517883115 President of the Setad Ejraie foundation, an investment fund linked to Ali Khameneï, the Supreme Leader. Member of the Management Board of Sina Bank. (26.7.2010) 3 For a general discussion of the Bonyad's history and role in Iranian government and civil society, see Paul Klebnikov, Millionaire Mullahs, FORBES, July 21, 2003, cover story. http://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0721/024.html
4 Dr. Mahmoudzadeh, along with his company Sairan (Iran Electronics Industries), are also listed on the October 25, 2010 E.U. Council Regulation No. 961-2010, Annex VIII, as persons, entities, or bodies who are subject to E.U. sanctions for being associated with Iran's proliferation of nuclear weapons or related activities. Sairan was also added to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals List on September 17, 2008 pursuant to the U.S. Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:281:0001:0077:EN:PDF
Dr. Mahmoudzadeh: Iran Electronics Industries (including all branches) and subsidiaries: P. O. Box 18575-365, Tehran, Iran Wholly-owned subsidiary of MODAFL (and therefore a sister-organisation to AIO, AvIO and DIO). Its role is to manufacture electronic components for Iranian weapons systems. 23.6.2008 (a) Isfahan Optics P.O. Box 81465-313 Kaveh Ave. Isfahan - Iran P.O. Box 81465-117, Isfahan, Iran Owned, controlled by, or acts on behalf of Iran Electronics Industries 26.7.2010 http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/npt/chron.htm (10 July 1991 — SOUTH AFRICA JOINS NPT South Africa formally joins the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon state. Two years later, on March 24, 1993, South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that South Africa had developed "a limited nuclear deterrent capability" (six fission devices) that were dismantled before South Africa joined the treaty. )
11 April 1996 — PELINDABA TREATY Forty-three African nations sign the Pelindaba Treaty establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Africa (AFNWFZ). The United States signs the two protocols to the AFNWFZ that ban the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons against any treaty party and that require signatories not to conduct, encourage, or assist any nuclear testing in the zone. 5 Sairan, as well as the Iran Communications Industries ("ICI"), "fall under Iran's military-industrial complex [and] are certainly state-owned and controlled." Statement by Adam Szubin, OFAC Director, Miami, as reported by Jim Loney, Reuters.com, U.S. Charges Foreigners with Illegal Sales to Iran (Sept. 17, 2008). http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/uploadedFiles/Reuters_Content/2012/04_-_April/turkcellvtmn.pdf
7 Michael Alder, United States Institute of Peace, Iran and the IAEA (Oct. 11, 2010), available at http://iranprimer.usip.org/sites/iranprimer.usip.org/files/Iran%20and%20the %20IAEA.pdf. http://iranprimer.usip.org/sites/iranprimer.usip.org/files/Containing%20Iran.pdf Nuclear complicationsU.S. complacency was shattered in 2002, with revelations about secret facilities that indicated Iran was making greater progress in acquiring a nuclear capability than previously believed. 8 Statement by South Africa's IAEA Governor, Mr. Abdul Samad Minty to the IAEA Board of Governors (Nov. 24, 2005), available at www.dfa.gov.za/docs/speeches/2005/mint1124.htm.
AnonymousApril 17, 2012 at 9:00 AMIt would seem the chickens of deceit and corruption are coming home to roost...CLUCKCLUCKCLUCKReplyDeletethe-anti-hegelian-dialect-blogApril 19, 2012 at 10:36 AMPart 1 Selling nuke information is bad… but there also seem to be a lot of speculation about South Africa and the nukes build there….South Africa, and Israel, built 10 nukes, not the widely believed 6. One was tested in the Indian Ocean by Israel and South Africa in September 1979 and spotted by US "Vela" satellites that identified the classic "double flash" of a nuclear weapons and was confirmed by acoustic sensors. The Carter administration covered this up as it was thought to be a danger to the Camp David peace accords that won President Carter a Nobel Peace Prize. This left 9 remaining nukes. Fearing control of nuclear weapons by Africans, the South African government agreed to ship the 9 weapons to the US for disposal. Records of the UNEver wondered what went missing on Prime Minister Thatcher’s Watch? International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors who visited Pelindaba and the state-owned Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR) Advena nuclear facility near Pretoria in 1990 and 1991 were tricked into believing that South Africa's nuclear weapons had all been dismantled by the outgoing apartheid regime. Both the US and UK Governments were very much aware of the existence of these weapons with Maggie Thatcher rubbing her hands together in preparation of receiving a significant contribution to party funds… David Cameron and his sidekicks also were very much part of these shady goings on!How did they get the weapons out of South Africa, how were they transported and where did they ended up. It was three armed – ready to use – nuclear bombs courtesy of the Israeli technicians that had worked on this project. who was involved, how the payments were made and how they eventually went missing.The plan was originally to re locate these weapons to some remote railway sidings and then to load them into 3 standard 20 foot ISO containers (one bomb per container) and export them with a false manifest showing them as metal cylinders. The main players in this were a British Company called Astra and a South African Company called ARMSCOR. At Government level it would be dealt with primarily by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) who would use MOD money. Part 2 to followReplyDeletethe-anti-hegelian-dialect-blogApril 19, 2012 at 11:03 AMPart 2 This alone gives some indication as to why this deal became so very special and confidential. One must also include the middle man in this entire deal who would bring all parties together and get the job done. To name names obviously the “Iron Lady” is right in there and also her son Mark Thatcher, then we have David Cameron and that illustrious man who accompanied him to South Africa with the initials KW. The middle man and notorious arms dealer was John Bredenkemp. We also have to add John Major into the story as he also became part of this shonky deal.In order to keep this out of Parliament and out of the public domain Maggie Thatcher was asked to sign off these weapons under a special Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) and was shown as metal cylinders and not nuclear bombs. This document was signed before she left office in late 1990.The next phase was that once the weapons had left South African soil then the British Government would reimburse ARMSCOR (The South African Arms Trading Company), Astra (The British arms company) and the middle man John Bredenkemp…compliments of the British Tax Payer.It should be noted that ARMSCOR has now split and the arms side has now become a company called Denel (Pty) Ltd…basically they both work together. ARMSCOR advertise themselves as “Gateway to Defence Solutions” and Denel has branched out into a diverse empire covering Aviation, Weapons and systems etc. So to recap we have 9 nuclear weapons in transit to Chicago, USA and 3 of those were to be used as a standby weapon for the Gulf War, These three were sent for storage to Oman where a Dr. Kelly would carry out an inspection and safety check and upon completion the money would be paid to all those involved.We must understand that this deal was all processed via the private sector which I find incredible to believe when one fully understands the implications of buying, selling and shipping ready to use nuclear weapons! What we see here is three South African nuclear weapons sold to "private investors"!.These containers were specially adapted to carry these highly mobile weapons from South Africa to a private storage facility in Oman for safekeeping. The containers had a special seal on the lock of the rear door of each container along with a temperature gauge in the front of the containers that was connected to the core of the bombs to indicate that the bomb was not overheating inside the containers.The nuclear smuggling operations involved top members of the British Conservative Party, including individuals close to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her son Mark and other members of the Labour Party. Both parties received an increase in party funds with Conservative taking a massive share. One has to keep in mind the fact that their presence in South Africa was totally in violation of the embargo and also in violation of Nuclear Explosions ActAs for John Bredenkemp one cannot even attempt to calculate how much entered his wallet but as one normally expect this money is very quickly converted in gold bullion amounting to many kilos. What happened to these weapons once they had been placed in storage in Oman and the British Taxpayer donated money for a very unprofessional operation that failed from the onset. Needless to say the nukes all went missing and one can clearly see that indirectly the taxpayer’s money ended up in the Party Politic Funds of both the Labour Party and Conservative Party.Part 3 to followReplyDeletethe-anti-hegelian-dialect-blogApril 19, 2012 at 11:06 AMYour HTML cannot be accepted: Must be at most 4,096 characters So here’s Part 3Many investigations have taken place since this event, all of which are interconnected. Jonathan Aitken a Tory Party Defence Minister, Gerald Bull a Canadian who worked with Saddam, Gerald James Chairman of Astra and others. It became apparent just how sensitive thinks had become when Alan Clark the DTI Minister became involved as did Sir Ken Warren who was Chairman of Trade and Industry. The spiders web certainly implicated Tony Blair with his connections with Bernie Eccelstone who had managed to pop one million pounds as a donation to the Labour Party which was disguised as coming from the tobacco industry when in actual fact it was clearly from the gun running episode.Tony Blair upon becoming Prime Minister in 1997 tried unsuccessfully to return the money to Bernie Ecclestone. This party donation was only a fraction of what the Tory Party received. All in all the tax payers money was fuelling the arms trade to both Iraq and Iran with the British Government at its heart. The story involves real missing nuclear weapons. That has been confirmed. Though the weapons may be "technically" missing, the massive undercurrent of secrecy and deception behind this global threat is pure fantasy, fantasy and nightmare. IIsrael's fantasy about the transfer of these weapons to Syria by Saddam during the 2003 US operation was meant to push for an invasion of Syria under the guise of "chasing WMD's."Israel snatched the 3 nukes, 18kt uranium 235 weapons, in order to manipulate the United States into supporting, what has become, decades of disastrous policies and to provide a rationale for making the U.S. "look the other way" when Israel is involved in unsavoury acts including routine "false flag" operations as with the murder of humanitarians en-route to Gaza, the world's largest "open air" prison. Everything is justified under the guise of deception, even the most outrageous operations can be justified in the search and recovery efforts for these imaginary "lost" nuclear weapons. Read more at http://petereyrepatch.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-and-uk-lost-three-nuclear-weapons_04.htmland http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/31/gordon-duff-israel-scams-u-s-gaza-convoy-carrying-stolen-nukes/@JazzieA rather lengthy comment but a bothersome problem in the time we are living in with no value to human lives.ReplyDeleteRepliesJazzieApril 19, 2012 at 1:49 PMthe-anti-hegelian-dialect-blog: Many thanks for your comments.An eye opener for sure.....DeleteReplyAdd commentLoad more...
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