Iran to target Florida sites with Kamikaze drones off boats from Venezuela base as Tyndall AFB Panama City Fl bans boats within 500 feet of coastline

UPDATE; IRAN TERROR BOSS TERMINATED, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence chief Brig. Gen. Majid Khademi killed, he had helped advance terrorist attacks in Israel and abroad and attempts to target American individuals. Last night (Sunday), the Israeli Air Force, acting with precise IDF intelligence, conducted a strike in Tehran and eliminated Majid Khademi, the Head of Intelligence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), good shooting boys, LOL! On the same day, Tampa Florida CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper directed a strike on an IRGC headquarters in an underground facility near Tehran on Sunday, 4/05/2026, top level sources told Fox News.U.S. forces carried out the strike with B2 bombers, using the same bunker buster weapons used in Operation Midnight Hammer. The sources say the headquarters was "obliterated."

SNAKES IN THE BACKYARD GRASS; I personally have declared Moharebeh against Mojtaba Khamenei the Iran Supreme Leader and proud of "whoever" tipped of ICE Agents about Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and Sarina Hosseini anti America posts online while living it up in Los Angeles! Glad I worked for ICE Agents as a CI in a support of terrorism money laundering case in Sarasota Fl. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and Sarina Sadat Hosseini are the niece and grandniece of Qasem Soleimani the Iranian general killed in a 2020 US drone strike ordered by Trump and are facing deportation after U.S. Sec of State Marco Rubio revoked their green cards. Officials say Hamideh Soleimani Afshar openly supported Iran’s regime, praised attacks on Americans, and referred to the U.S. as the “Great Satan,” while living a lavish lifestyle in the United States. On April 3, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Hamideh Soleimani Afshar (identified as the niece of slain Iranian General Qasem Soleimani) and her daughter, Sarina Sadat Hosseini (identified as his grandniece), at their home in Tujunga, California, part of the Los Angeles area. WHAT IS Moharebeh (waging war against God) which is a capital offense in Iran, derived from Islamic law, which is actively used against political opponents, protesters, and those threatening the regime. This charge often applies to actions involving weapons to cause insecurity, treason, or "threats against the Supreme Leader", with executions for this crime occurring regularly.

Unauthorized drones detected over US Air Force base housing nuclear-capable B-52 bombers: military base Barksdale AFB in Louisiana confirmed the sightings and warned that flying a drone over a military installation is a federal criminal offense. They are not hobbyist drones. Reports indicate they entered and exited base perimeters in ways designed to avoid detection, as if testing response protocols. see more at Fox News... https://www.foxnews.com/us/unauthorized-drones-detected-over-u-s-air-force-base-housing-nuclear-capable-b-52-bombers-military

NYP April 2nd, 2026 Iran threatens ‘destructive’ attacks on US after Trump declares war an ‘overwhelming victory’. Ibrahim Zolfaqari a spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters, (military operational command), threatened on Thursday to launch crushing and destructive attacks on the US, death to America, after President Trump declared Operation Epic Fury an “overwhelming” victory in an address to the nation.The Iranian Tasnim News Agency quoted Ibrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, asserting that the information held by the "Zionist and American enemy" regarding the scale of Iran's military capabilities and equipment is "incomplete and inaccurate." Zolfaqari emphasized that the enemies possess no real understanding of Iran’s vast strategic potential, noting that strategic military production takes place in secret locations "about which the enemy knows nothing."

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Iran could have hit Washington, D.C., and other major U.S. cities like Tampa Fl where US Military CentCom is located with intermediate-range ballistic missiles through proxies in Venezuela if the Trump administration had not intervened in both countries (STILL ONGOING). U.S. officials and think tanks have previously warned that Iranian intermediate-range ballistic missiles or armed drones stationed in Venezuela could reach U.S. cities, including those in Florida. Miami Herald writes; Venezuela prepares for potential U.S. attack with armed drones designed by Iran. For those of you who are unaware, there a 5 strategic military bases located in the Florida Panhandle. Iran has established a significant military footprint in Venezuela, focusing on drone production. From the Pensacola Naval base to Eglin Air Force Base to Hurlburt Air Force Base, (both very near Fort Walton Beach Fl), to the Naval Station in Panama City Beach and to Tyndall Air Force Base which is 10 miles from Panama City Fl. All these military bases are near or on the Gulf shoreline and near heavily traveled tourist destinations, it is 150 miles from Pensacola to Tyndall AFB. 

On December 30, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting the Iran-Venezuela drone pipeline, designating Empresa Aeronáutica Nacional S.A. (EANSA) and nine other individuals and entities for their role in transferring combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities between Tehran and Caracas. This marked the first time that the United States Government has publicly acknowledged that Iran has been using Venezuela as a proxy to wage war against the U.S. in our own hemisphere. Iran Gen Shekarchi claims to target Florida tourist sites and military bases from Venezuela base with Kamikaze drones launched off Iranian boats in Gulf of America as Tyndall Air Force Base Panama City Fl bans boaters within 500 feet of coastline. *NOTE; US Concerned About Venezuela’s Drone Cooperation With Iran. "Iran has established a military and technological presence in Venezuela, focusing on drone development. The partnership includes a military weaponized drone manufacturing facility at El Libertador Air Base", among them are the ZAMORA V-1 (Shahed-131) Kamikaze drone, used for one-way attack missions. The ZAMORA V-1 (Shahed-131) Kamikaze drone can be launched from boat or ship with a one way range of about 550 miles.

Iran-designed combat drones are actively assembled and operated at the El Libertador Air Base in Palo Negro, Aragua State, Venezuela see map above. This facility, which serves as a major Venezuelan Air Force base near Maracay, acts as a primary hub for the Venezuelan-Iranian drone program, frequently supported by Venezuelan state-owned aviation company EANSA (Empresa Aeronáutica Nacional S.A.) in coordination with Iran's Qods Aviation Industries. Since 2006, Iran and Venezuela have coordinated Iran’s provision of Qods Aviation Industries’ (QAI) Mohajer-series UAVs for Venezuela, which are re-branded in Venezuela as ANSU-series UAVs. In October 2023, OFAC designated QAI pursuant to E.O. 13949 being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).EANSA is chaired by Venezuela-based Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez, see his photo.

I am originally from Panama City Fl, I did a lot of work as a vetted contractor on Tyndall AFB, I had full access, 24-7, to all areas even the flight line. Tyndall AFB has never done anything like this 500 buffer zone around the base, even during the Iraq War! UPDATE Mar 27, 2026, Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City Fl restricts all boating within 500 feet of their Gulf of Mexico coastline amid elevated threat from Iran, STAY BACK 500 FEET! Base security forces are actively monitoring the area. Iran's senior military spokesman, General Abolfazl Shekarchi, warned on March 20, 2026, that "parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations" worldwide will no longer be safe for Americans and Israelis, signaling a potential expansion of retaliatory attacks. This threat suggests a shift towards targeting civilian-heavy areas globally, just as spring break kicked off across the United States.

Iran Gen Shekarchi claims to target Florida tourist sites from Venezuela bases as Tyndall Air Force Base Panama City Fl restricts boaters from within 500 feet of Florida panhandle coastline near Tyndall Air Force base. Tyndall Air Force Base will activate a new maritime restricted area along its coastline starting March 27 to boost security in response to an elevated threat level, base officials said Friday. Prohibiting all unauthorized boating, anchoring, and swimming within 500 feet of the shore.

The restriction will extend 500 feet from the shoreline along Tyndall AFB installation’s 15 mile coast and will remain in place for the duration of the heightened security posture. The move follows directives from U.S. Northern Command, the base said in a statement. “The security of our personnel, their families, and the national security assets on Tyndall Air Force Base is one of my key responsibilities,” Col. Christian Bergtholdt, 325th Fighter Wing commander, said. “This restriction is a prudent and necessary step to address a valid security concern. I understand this will affect some members of our local community, and I appreciate their cooperation and understanding as we take these required measures to safeguard our personnel and mission.”

TERROR THREAT; MacDill Air Force Base CentCom in Tampa has been operating under FPCON Charlie—the second-highest military threat level—since at least Tuesday, March 17, 2026. The base was at Force Protection Condition Charlie (FPCON Charlie), indicating intelligence suggesting the possibility of a terrorist attack. MacDill Air Force Base CentCom Tampa Fl is center of U.S. military operations in Iran & Middle East.

March 21, 2026..Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles aimed at a joint US-UK military base 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean, but failed to hit its target, according to a new report. Iran Watch, part of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, found that some Iranian missiles can reach up to 2,500 miles, roughly the distance to Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is an atoll and part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The base houses American bombers, nuclear submarines and guided-missile destroyers.

Iran military spokesman Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi makes chilling threat to target tourist sites in Florida from Venezuela as spring break kicks off in US. What are the target cities in Florida? Panama City Beach, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale or Miami? Iran has established a significant military footprint in Venezuela, focusing on drone production and supplying fast-attack boats with anti-ship missiles rather than permanent, verified missile bases for long-range ballistic missiles. 

Reports suggest Iranian technicians work in Venezuela, and Iran has deployed CM-90 missiles there, utilizing Venezuela as a regional partner to project power near the U.S..US intelligence reports from 2011/2012 mentioned plans for a long-range rocket base on the Paraguaná Peninsula. Iran has supplied Venezuela with Peykaap III class fast attack craft equipped with anti-ship missiles to bolster its naval capabilities and counter U.S. influence, they need to get within 50 miles of the coast of Florida to be effective.

Iran has supplied its CM-90 anti-ship cruise missiles—an export variant of the Iranian Nasir missile—to the Venezuelan military, where they were officially unveiled and stationed at naval bases as of April 2024. The CM-90 is a short-range, 50 mile range, radar-guided missile designed for small vessels and coastal defense, significantly boosting Venezuela's maritime strike capabilities.


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ICE Agents Operation Green Quest 9/11 Terrorist Funding Investigation in Sarasota Fl That I Was Part of in 2002 Shut Down by FBI in June 2003.

FOLLOW THE MONEY; ICE Agents 'Operation Green Quest' 9/11 Terrorist Funding Investigation in Sarasota Fl that I was part of and Led by Michael Chertoff was Shut Down by the FBI in Tampa Because it Linked to Sept 11th 2001 hijackers that lived in Sarasota County Fl. The ICE Operation Green Quest investigation into terrorist funding in Sarasota Fl led by Michael Chertoff was getting results all during 2002 to 2003 but the FBI shut it down. In March 2003, Customs and Operation Green Quest were transferred to ICE, within the Department of Homeland Security. From July to October 2003, the FBI provided a list of individuals, businesses, and organizations to the vetting unit that it believed were related to pre-Agreement ICE Operation Green Quest investigations. Customs (ICE) expanded Operation Green Quest in January 2003 by doubling the personnel commitment to a total of approximately 300 agents and analysts nationwide to work solely on terrorist financing matters. A review of the list by the vetting unit and TFOS identified approximately 30 potential crossover subjects linked to terrorism.  

The FBI believed that these subjects had ties to terrorism or terrorist financing-and, accordingly, per the Agreement's collaborative procedures-any related ICE investigations should be transitioned to JTTFs. According to ICE officials, in late-October 2003, TFOS demonstrated that 10 of the approximately 30 subjects had a confirmed nexus to terrorism or terrorist financing, and ICE agreed to transition the related ICE investigations to JTTFs. As a result of conflicts between the FBI and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE, in May 2003 the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff signed an agreement concerning terrorist financing investigations. 

Operation Green Quest 9/11 Investigation in Sarasota Fl was disbanded in June 2003 it had commenced in October 2001, it lasted just 20 months, WHY? DHS acknowledged that the Department of Justice, through the FBI, was the lead agency in the fight against terrorist financing, and that any terrorist financing investigations would have to be conducted under the auspices of the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force. Secret ICE Operation Green Quest Investigation of 9/11 Support Network in 2002 shut down by FBI in June 2003. The FBI appears to have 'protected' the Saudi family in Prestancia Sarasota Fl. The ICE 2002 - 2003 Operation Green Quest Investigation of 9/11 Terrorist Support Network in Sarasota Fl, "follow the money," Saudi funded Ministry of Islamic Affairs linked to support of 9/11 terrorists. Wealthy Saudi Royals connected Esam Ghazzawi and his son Adel Ghazzawi and son-in-law Abdulaziz al-Hijji, who lived in Ghazzawi's Prestanci home in Sarasota, had been on the ICE terrorist funding watch list. Esam Ghazzawi's influence extends to his son. His 42-year-old son, Adel Ghazzawi (who also lived in the Sarasota Prestancia home), is a board member of the New York-based think tank 'EastWest Institute', which counts the likes of Michael Chertoff as a member of the Board of Directors, and director of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the Patriot Act. 

In 2011 Michael Chertoff, who led Operation Green Quest investigation, and Adel Ghazzawi, who linked to Sarasota house in Prestancia and Huffman Aviation in Venice, are Board Members of EastWest Institute New York. In the summer of 2001 Anoud al-Hijji’s 18-year-old brother, Salman Ghazzawi, also lived at the home in Prestancia. The fox, Michael Chertoff, was guarding the 9/11 hen house in Sarasota.

In October 2001, Michael Chertoff was appointed head of Operation Green Quest by Pres George Bush, a multi-agency initiative to target sources of funding for terrorist organizations, according to a U.S. Customs Service (later ICE) press release. Underground financial systems, illicit charities, and corrupt financial institutions are among the entities to be scrutinized as possible facilitators of terrorist funding. Chertoff told the Associated Press on Oct. 25, 2001 that, ‘The lifeblood of terrorism is money, and if we cut the money we cut the blood supply.’ Chertoff served in the capacity of Assistant Attorney General of the criminal division at the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003.

“They [The FBI] won’t share anything with us,’ said a Homeland Security official. ‘Then they go to the White House and they accuse us (ICE) of not sharing . . . If they can’t take it over, they want to kill it.’ The Treasury Department agencies participating in Operation Green Quest are the Customs Service (ICE), the Internal Revenue Service, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Secret Service. If nothing else, the battle over Green Quest illustrates the bureaucratic tensions that still plague the war on terror. The creation of the Homeland Security Department was supposed to put an end to such turf fights. The new department took over a diverse assortment of federal agencies that had various responsibilities for combating terrorism, including the Customs Service (ICE), the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Border Patrol.”

The FBI closely guards its files on Ghazzawi and has steadfastly refused to release even his name – except once in an apparent oversight while processing documents for release to Florida Bulldog. The documents were a copy of a letter and a list of phone numbers received by the FBI on July 23, 2002. Details about the letter and the list were blanked out, but the “title” of the file into which they were placed – Esam Ghazzawi – was not. When “big poppy” Esam Ghazzawi left the U.S. in 2001, Adel Ghazzawi apparently took over the family’s affairs in Sarasota. It was Adel, then 30 and an American citizen, who tried to get a Prestancia lien lifted so the house could be sold. The lien came after the series of brushes with Prestancia’s community association in Sarasota Fl, they all just slipped away right under the noses of the FBI. Saudi businessman Adel Ghazzawi appears on a leaked 2015 company information form for Reflections International. The company holds personal, commercial activities funds, the document says. The FBI had investigated his sister’s family for suspected ties to the 9/11 hijackers in Sarasota.

Adel Ghazzawi son of Esam Ghazzawi living in Prestanca home in Sarasota Fl during 1999 to early 2001. April 3rd 2002 FBI report indicates that at least two people linked to the al-Hijji house in Prestancia Sarasota Fl were taking flight lessons at Huffman Aviation with the 9/11 hijackers in the year 2000. Individuals tied to Huffman Flight School and 9/11 Hijackers by FBI linked to 4224 Escondito Circle Sarasota as family members appear to be Abdulaziz al-Hijji and Adel Ghazzawi son of Esam Ghazzawi. In the year 2000, Sarasota Saudi’s Abdulaziz al-Hijji then age 27 and his brother in law Adel Ghazzawi then age 30, were contemporaries of 9/11 Hijack Pilots Ziad Jarrah then age 25, Marwan Al-Shehhi then age 22, and Monamed Atta then age 32 who all appear to have taken Flight Training in Venice Fl at Hoffman Aviation at the same time, small world, eh? It appears that Adel Ghazzawi had been staying at 4224 Escondito Circle Sarasota, he also was linked to a address in nearby Longboat Key Fl. In the summer of 2001 Anoud al-Hijji’s 18-year-old brother, Salman Ghazzawi, also lived at the home in Prestancia. 

Interestingly the flying Imam Muneer Arafat at the Sarasota Mosque who has ties to al-Qaeda members before coming to Sarasota Fl in 2000 also had taken advanced flight lessons, small world, eh? Sarasota Fl was Terror Central from the summer of 2000 and into 2001. Imam Muneer Arafat was placed at the Sarasota Mosque (ISSB) in March 2000 by Musaed al-Jarrah, director of Islamic affairs at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC. Saudi businessman Adel Ghazzawi appears on a leaked 2015 company data form for Reflections International. The company holds personal, commercial activities funds, the document says.The FBI had investigated his sister’s family in Sarasota for suspected ties to the 9/11 hijackers. The 9/11 hijackers facilitator in San Diego CA during 2000 was Omar al-Bayoumi. Saudi spy Omar al-Bayoumi in 1993 was in Boca Raton Fl to study English, same place Al-Qaeda linked Imam Muneer Arafat shows up in 2003 at Mosque after being at Sarasota Fl Mosque for 3 years. Imam Muneer Arafat first shows up in Sarasota Fl in March 2000, just 4 months prior to Mohamed Atta and the other two 9/11 hijack pilots showing up in Sarasota County. Imam Muneer Arafats prior to coming to Sarasota was Al-Qaeda procurement agent Ziyad Khaleel's roommate who just happened to be linked to Omar al-Bayoumi, round and round we go, small world again, eh?

 

KSM denies that Saudis were chosen for the 9/11 plot to drive a wedge between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and stresses practical reasons for considering ethnic background when selecting operatives. He says that so many were Saudi because Saudis comprised the largest portion of the pool of recruits in the al Qaeda training camps. KSM estimates that in any given camp, 70 percent of the mujahideen were Saudi, 20 percent were Yemeni, and 10 percent were from elsewhere. Although Saudi and Yemeni trainees were most often willing to volunteer for suicide operations, prior to 9/11 it was easier for Saudi operatives to get into the United States. Like many other al Qaeda operatives, the Saudis who eventually became the muscle hijackers were targeted for recruitment outside Afghanistan- probably in Saudi Arabia itself. Al Qaeda recruiters, certain clerics, and-in a few cases-family members probably all played a role in spotting potential candidates. Several of the muscle hijackers seem to have been recruited through contacts at local universities and Imam's at Mosques.  

 

According to the head of one of the training camps in Afghanistan, some were chosen by unnamed Saudi sheikhs who had contacts with al Qaeda. Omari, for example, is believed to have been a student of a radical Saudi cleric named Sulayman al Alwan. His mosque, which is located in al Qassim Province, is known among more moderate clerics as a "terrorist factory." The province is at the very heart of the strict Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia. Saeed al Ghamdi and Mohand al Shehri also spent time in al Qassim, both breaking with their families. According to his father, Mohand al Shehri's frequent visits to this area resulted in his failing exams at his university in Riyadh. 

 

Saeed al Ghamdi transferred to a university in al Qassim, but he soon stopped talking to his family and dropped out of school without informing them. KSM claims that Bin Ladin could assess new trainees very quickly, in about ten minutes, and that many of the 9/11 hijackers were selected in this manner. Bin Ladin, assisted by Atef, personally chose all the future muscle hijackers for the planes operation, primarily between the summer of 2000 and April 2001. Upon choosing a trainee, Bin Ladin would ask him to swear loyalty for a suicide operation. After the selection and oath-swearing, the operative would be sent to KSM for training and the filming of a martyrdom video, a function KSM supervised as head of al Qaeda's media committee.  

 

As to targets on 9/11, Atta understood Bin Ladin's interest in striking the White House. Atta said he thought this target too difficult, but had tasked Hazmi and Hanjour to evaluate its feasibility and was awaiting their answer. Atta said that those two operatives had rented small aircraft and flown reconnaissance flights near the Pentagon. Atta explained that Hanjour was assigned to attack the Pentagon, Jarrah the Capitol, and that both Atta and Shehhi would hit the World Trade Center. If any pilot could not reach his intended target, he was to crash the plane. If Atta could not strike the World Trade Center, he planned to crash his aircraft directly into the streets of New York.

THE TIMES UK Sept 6, 2025. Revealed after 24 years, how UK was forced to free 9/11 ‘plotter’. Omar al-Bayoumi was arrested in Birmingham days after the 9/11 atrocity. But police were never given crucial evidence by the FBI. The declassified FBI Operation Encore materials portrayed Saudi spy Omar Bayoumi not as an innocent bystander but as someone deeply tied to Musaed al-Jarrah head of Saudi Religious Ministry (Imams) and possibly Saudi intelligence networks with Ziyad Khaleel in America. It references a 2017 assessment by the FBI’s Arabian Peninsula Squad, which had concluded Omar Bayoumi was a “co-optee” of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency, its secret service, he was a spy. It found the assistance given to 9/11 hijackers Hazmi and Mihdhar was consistent with a co-ordinated terrorist support operation, rather than a series of chance encounters, and involved individuals with official connections to Saudi Arabia.

Bill Warner Private Investigator Sarasota 941-926-1926 at wbipi@verizon.net