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2016-10-31 -Lurid Crime Tales-

HRC's Two Official Favors To Morocco Resulted In $28 Million For the Foundation

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-31 05:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The story that simply won't go away, nor should it.

PAKISTAN MAROC PHOSPHORE (PMP)

PMP was created in 2004 and began its activities in 2008 on the Jorf Lasfar platform. Thus, PMP is a joint venture company held in equal parts between OCP and the Fauji Pakistani Group. PMP’s activity is mainly the production and the marketing of merchant phosphoric acid, with a fixed production capacity of 375 000 tons/year P2O5.

And much of it crossing the Pak boarder into Afghanistan for use in Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).

Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-31 05:36|| 2016-10-31 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Besoeker - I agree - this is a huge story. But what do you think the King got for his $28M? They were already pushing the precursors into Afghanistan. And strangely that flow of AN and CAN never really slowed down...

Posted by Tennessee 2016-10-31 09:56|| 2016-10-31 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if that cash is just a pass through (laundered) from a more problematic donor via the humble king?...

Posted by Tennessee 2016-10-31 10:10|| 2016-10-31 10:10|| Front Page Top

#4 But what do you think the King got for his $28M? They were already pushing the precursors into Afghanistan. And strangely that flow of AN and CAN never really slowed down...

Protection of African mineral deposits? Possible expansion of U.S. markets, import license, something involving a huge monetary return no doubt.

Moroccan fertiliser company Office Cherifien de Phosphate (OCP), the world's leading phosphate exporter, reported 2015 net profit up 57.8% year-on-year to 8.01 billion dirhams ($825.8-million) in March 2016, attributing the rise to higher output.

Follow the money.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-31 10:12|| 2016-10-31 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 In 1977 I was working on a study to extend the rail system in Morocco from Marrakesh to Laayoun, (or Al Aaiun), which used to be Spanish Sahara, and is now referred to as 'disputed territory'. The railroad was going to 'tie the country together', like the US transcontinental railroad in 1869, but it was also going to haul phosphate.

There must be a boatload of it there.

Global politics and phosphate. Why would Clinton be interested? Money?

Posted by Bobby 2016-10-31 13:15|| 2016-10-31 13:15|| Front Page Top

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