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by Mary Fanning and Alan Jones
INTRODUCTION
The next time you watch a freight train pass by a railroad crossing, or hear the evocative sounds
of the mournful horns of trains passing in the night or railroad crossing warning bells as flatbed
rail cars double-stacked with cargo containers roll by, or see a flatbed semi-truck hauling a cargo
container down the highway, keep in mind that President Barack Hussein Obama and his
administration awarded Saddam Husseinâs rogue nuclear mastermind access to Floridaâs Port
Canaveral cargo container terminal, a U.S. port of entry that gives Russia and states of its choice
unfettered access to the entire United States.
This paper will explore how several seemingly disparate factors have joined together in a
confluence of acute danger, creating a perfect storm that directly threatens United States (U.S.)
national security…