ABU DHABI SHIPBUILDING COMPLETES ITS FIRST U.S. NAVY SHIP REPAIR CONTRACT (UAE)

Northrop Grumman ^ | June 24, 1997 | Jerri Fuller Dickseski

[Echo Talon]

LOL!

[bd476]

Is the commentary worth the price of admission?

[nopardons]

You are a very BIG person, to admit your mistake! Sadly, few here will do as you have done...look at as many threads/facts as possible, with an open mind, and then be mature enough to not only change your mind when needed, but admit to it in public.

I give you a standing OVATION, much applause, and a lot of credit!

[bd476]

Hear hear! Good news! :-)

Seconding what nopardons said.

[cva66snipe]

OK now then. Anyone care to explain how the COLE bombers knew exactly where to hit the ship? One of the best Naval Training Schools to learn the general construction and workings of a Navy ship is in a Naval Shipyard. Some one messed up big time putting that yard there.

I suppose this is now all A OK because well after all gee wiz I mean Clinton done it too? If Clinton set the yard deal up or allowed it that is more than enough reason to question the policy IMO. On many Navy ships all decks below the main deck are classified. But the article doesn't mention that little detail. The biggest question I have is why are we still using it? What was bad policy under Clinton is still bad policy under Bush. Bad policy is bad policy.

[nopardons]

:-)

[Squint]

Having spent time onboard a ship having work done in the Dubai shipyards I can attest to the fact that the overwhelming majority of the workers are Filipino, Indian, and Pakistani and they do excellent work. The U.S. Navy has used Dubai, and now Abu Dhabi, shipyards for ship repairs since at least the 1980s with few problems.

[cva66snipe]

Or how about this? I hope it isn't true. Source:http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2003/june/06_20_3.html

UAE BUYS U.S. STAKE IN NAVAL CONTRACTOR Estimated time of article based on page info last modified Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:40:08 PM

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The United Arab Emirates has bought a U.S. stake in the leading naval contractor in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The Abu Dhabi government has bought the 30 percent stake held by Newport News Shipbuilding in the UAE's Abu Dhabi Ship Building, the largest naval manufacturer in Gulf Arab states. This raises Abu Dhabi's stake in the shipbuilder to 50 percent.

The UAE shipbuilder, traded on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, is also owned by the state-owned UAE Offsets Group. The UAE government created the Offsets Group in 1991 to provide for offset agreements as part of any weapons purchases from abroad.

Abu Dhabi Ship Building has been designated prime contractor in several leading contracts to the UAE navy. This includes the Al Baynounah project, meant to supply six naval craft in a deal worth nearly $600 million.

[momincombatboots]

Lowest bidder ping!

[Echo Talon]

lol

[Lurker]

Now that I know Clancy does a running commentary I will actually watch that DVD.

L

[Lurker]

Do me a favor, just don't let Dane know I said I was wrong.

L

[Darkwolf377]

Oh yeah. I rented the movie and thought it was as good as a Ben Affleck flick could be, which isn't saying much, and popped on the commentary track for the heck of it. I ended up listening to the whole thing, and bought a copy the next chance I got.

Buy a cheap used copy and enjoy.

[TPartyType]

Under the current state of unease, the only failsafe means of guaranteeing homeland security is to build holding facilities in remote locations in Alaska, New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, North Dakota, and West Texas. All persons of Arab decent, along with any person with known ties to any Arab, should be held until such time that the Islamofascists no longer pose a threat. If we don't, they're going to get us. (/bigotry)

[bd476]

Wait, a second, you say we have some Muslims living here? Arabs too?

Well, I'll be.

We should not allow any country with Arabs and Muslims living in it to have anything to do with our ports. That'll teach 'em. /sarcasm

[bd476]

Okay while I'm not a big fan of Affleck, I did enjoy "Boiler Room." Ribisi and Diesel were great and Ben wasn't too bad, either.

Thanks for the recommendation. I've put it on my list.

[cva66snipe]

Our leaders in DC helped create a lot of the scare going on now. If Joe Public wants to fly to L.A. he better be ready to have all he owns searched and searched again as well as his person. If an Arabic nation with not so distant terrorist ties wishes to do business in the USA our government says welcome come right on in glad to have you. What's wrong with this picture? They scream Homeland Security each and every single day with the color coded threat levels then think people will be glad to welcome in more potential national security problems?

Our national security is being sold down the river in the name of trade agreements and dolts who use the stock market reports as our nations guide to good government rather than the Constitution cheer it on. You want to find Chinese nationals working in the United States? Try Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nothing there to see folks move along.

If our leaders in DC want to talk trade and national security in the same context they need to clean their acts up and stop encouraging the outsourcing of our nation.

[LZ_Bayonet]

I traveled to Vietnam on what must have been the original USNS Gordon. And now it's replacement has undergone a rebuild? -oh oh, another one of those "age markers".

[joe fonebone]

UAE is a kingdom..........EVERTHING is owned by the king, thus, is owned by the govenment....including the shipyards, port business, local grocer, etc., etc...........

[confederacy of dunces]

"Thirding" what nopardons said.

Lurker, I admire your courage and integrity.

BD476, thanks for pinging me to these threads. It's encouraging to be presented with facts rather than hysteria.