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| − | Abdelnour is a regular speaker on TV'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Ziad Abdelnour|url = http://www.foxnews.com/archive/ziad-abdelnour/index.html |website=FoxNews. Retrieved April 17, 2012}}</ref>'''and prolific writer on wealth creation, physical commodities trading and Middle East geo-political analysis at industry conferences nationwide<ref name="Jones Forrest"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Ziad K. Abdelnour|url=https://freedomfest2015.sched.org/speaker/ziad_abdelnour.1tllvcz9|website=Freedom Fest Las Vegas Conference. Retrieved July 8, 2016.}}</ref><ref name=" Atlas Society">{{cite web|title=Ziad K. Abdelnour|url=http://atlassociety.org/objectivism/atlas-summit/atlas-summit-blog/3213-ziad-abdelnour-in-the-news|website=-The Atlas Society Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2012.}}</ref> | + | Abdelnour is a regular speaker on TV''' <ref>{{cite web|title=Ziad Abdelnour|url = http://www.foxnews.com/archive/ziad-abdelnour/index.html |website=FoxNews. Retrieved April 17, 2012}}</ref>'''and prolific writer on wealth creation, physical commodities trading and Middle East geo-political analysis at industry conferences nationwide<ref name="Jones Forrest"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Ziad K. Abdelnour|url=https://freedomfest2015.sched.org/speaker/ziad_abdelnour.1tllvcz9|website=Freedom Fest Las Vegas Conference. Retrieved July 8, 2016.}}</ref><ref name=" Atlas Society">{{cite web|title=Ziad K. Abdelnour|url=http://atlassociety.org/objectivism/atlas-summit/atlas-summit-blog/3213-ziad-abdelnour-in-the-news|website=-The Atlas Society Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2012.}}</ref> |
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In early May 2013, the [[SEC]] and Abdelnour settled a securities case which included a five-year sanction from the securities industry and a fine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Investment In Paranoid Fantasy |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110213035/http:/dealbreaker.com/2013/05/investment-in-paranoid-fantasy-of-massive-global-conspiracy-less-lucrative-than-promised/|website= - Dealbreaker. Archived on December 29, 2014.}}</ref> | In early May 2013, the [[SEC]] and Abdelnour settled a securities case which included a five-year sanction from the securities industry and a fine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Investment In Paranoid Fantasy |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110213035/http:/dealbreaker.com/2013/05/investment-in-paranoid-fantasy-of-massive-global-conspiracy-less-lucrative-than-promised/|website= - Dealbreaker. Archived on December 29, 2014.}}</ref> | ||
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|text=[[Iran]]? We will not let Iran become a nuclear power. We'll find a way, we'll find an excuse- to get rid of Iran. And I don't care what the excuse is. There is no room for rogue states in the world. Whether we lie about it, or invent something, or we don't... I don't care. The end justifies the means. What's right? Might is right, might is right. That's it. Might is right... | |text=[[Iran]]? We will not let Iran become a nuclear power. We'll find a way, we'll find an excuse- to get rid of Iran. And I don't care what the excuse is. There is no room for rogue states in the world. Whether we lie about it, or invent something, or we don't... I don't care. The end justifies the means. What's right? Might is right, might is right. That's it. Might is right... | ||
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|text=Iran's going to be finished and every single Arab regime that's like this will be finished. Because there is no room for us capitalists and multinationalists in the world to operate with regimes like this. Its all about money. And power. And wealth... and democracy has to be spread around the world. Those who want to espouse globalization are going to make a lot of money, be happy, their families will be happy. And those who aren't going to play this game are going to be crushed, whether they like it or not! This is how we rule. And this is how it's going to be as long as you have people who think like me. | |text=Iran's going to be finished and every single Arab regime that's like this will be finished. Because there is no room for us capitalists and multinationalists in the world to operate with regimes like this. Its all about money. And power. And wealth... and democracy has to be spread around the world. Those who want to espouse globalization are going to make a lot of money, be happy, their families will be happy. And those who aren't going to play this game are going to be crushed, whether they like it or not! This is how we rule. And this is how it's going to be as long as you have people who think like me. | ||
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|text=The end justifies the means. I don't care about how it's done. The important thing is that it is done. I don't rule out force. I'm not against force. If it's an option, it will be an option... I have — we have — absolutely no problem with heavy US involvement in [[Lebanon]]. On an economic level, military level, political level, security level... whatever it is. [[Israel]] is the 51st state of the [[United States]]. Let [[Lebanon]] be the 52nd state. And if the Arabs don't like it, tough luck. | |text=The end justifies the means. I don't care about how it's done. The important thing is that it is done. I don't rule out force. I'm not against force. If it's an option, it will be an option... I have — we have — absolutely no problem with heavy US involvement in [[Lebanon]]. On an economic level, military level, political level, security level... whatever it is. [[Israel]] is the 51st state of the [[United States]]. Let [[Lebanon]] be the 52nd state. And if the Arabs don't like it, tough luck. | ||
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Revision as of 12:15, 21 September 2016
 Ziad Abdelnour    (financier, businessman, fraudster) | |
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| Born | 1960-12-03 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Founder of | United States Committee for a Free Lebanon |
Ziad Abdelnour is a Lebanese Roman Catholic financier with close ties to the US Neocon network. In 2016, Richtopia ranked Abdelnour as one of The 500 Most Influential CEOs[1] He is the son of Lebanese industrialist and former MP Khalil Abdelnour (1992-2000) and the nephew of former Lebanese financier and MP Salem Abdelnour (1960-1964 and 1972-1992).
Contents
Career
Abdelnour is a regular speaker on TV [2]and prolific writer on wealth creation, physical commodities trading and Middle East geo-political analysis at industry conferences nationwide[3][4][5]
SEC fraud case settlement
In early May 2013, the SEC and Abdelnour settled a securities case which included a five-year sanction from the securities industry and a fine.[6]
Publications
He has contributed a number of articles to the Middle East Forum web site. [7] With Daniel Pipes he was co-Publisher of Middle East Intelligence Bulletin [8]. With Daniel Pipes, Abdelnour co-authored the report Ending Syria's occupation of Lebanon: The US Role.[9]
In 2011 he wrote Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics, arguing that governments should focus on wealth creation, not job creation.[3]
Quotes
In an interview with Trish Schuh in 2005, he said: [10]
“Iran? We will not let Iran become a nuclear power. We'll find a way, we'll find an excuse- to get rid of Iran. And I don't care what the excuse is. There is no room for rogue states in the world. Whether we lie about it, or invent something, or we don't... I don't care. The end justifies the means. What's right? Might is right, might is right. That's it. Might is right...”
Ziad Abdelnour (November 18, 2005) [10]
And:
“Iran's going to be finished and every single Arab regime that's like this will be finished. Because there is no room for us capitalists and multinationalists in the world to operate with regimes like this. Its all about money. And power. And wealth... and democracy has to be spread around the world. Those who want to espouse globalization are going to make a lot of money, be happy, their families will be happy. And those who aren't going to play this game are going to be crushed, whether they like it or not! This is how we rule. And this is how it's going to be as long as you have people who think like me.”
Ziad Abdelnour (November 18, 2005) [10]
On Israel's Invasion of Lebanon
Regarding the plans for regime change in Syria and Lebanon he added:
“The end justifies the means. I don't care about how it's done. The important thing is that it is done. I don't rule out force. I'm not against force. If it's an option, it will be an option... I have — we have — absolutely no problem with heavy US involvement in Lebanon. On an economic level, military level, political level, security level... whatever it is. Israel is the 51st state of the United States. Let Lebanon be the 52nd state. And if the Arabs don't like it, tough luck.”
Ziad Abdelnour (18 November 2005) [11]
“The Lebanese cannot have their cake and eat it, too...Let’s get rid of this cancer [Hezbollah]...Let’s finish the job."”
Ziad Abdelnour [12]
Affiliations
- Blackhawk Partners, LLC [13]
- Middle East Intelligence Bulletin - Co-Publisher (with Daniel Pipes)
- Financial Policy Council,Ziad Abdelnour Founder and Chairman [14]
See Also
- Document:US Planned Syrian Civilian Catastrophe Since 2007 - See Timeline Section 2005
References
- ↑ "The Most Influential CEOs in the World". Richtopia - Retrieved June 5, 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Ziad Abdelnour". FoxNews. Retrieved April 17, 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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- ↑ "Ziad K. Abdelnour". -The Atlas Society Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Investment In Paranoid Fantasy". - Dealbreaker. Archived on December 29, 2014.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Articles by Ziad Abdelnour - Middle East Forum - searched 4 September 2013
- ↑ Middle East Intelligence Bulletin - Web site Home page. 4 September 2013
- ↑ Daniel Pipes and Ziad Abdelnour, Ending Syria's occupation of Lebanon: The US Role, Lebanon Study Group Report (Middle East Forum, May 2000)
- ↑ a b c Mehlis's Murky Past; US and Isreali Proxies Pushing the Next Neo-Con War: Faking the Case Against Syria, Counterpunch, November 18, 2005 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/business/worldbusiness/01wall.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=middleeast&adxnnlx=1154455370-sCKn8yFUsT7Aa+FIOYZXGA New York Times 1 August 2006
- ↑ Blackhawk Partners - Web site
- ↑ Finance Policy Council - Web site
