Posted on 02/28/2006 1:44:53 PM PST by Paul Ross
H'mmm.
The UAE still rejects all cooperation with the U.S. in turning over Bin Laden's financial records.
Guess that isn't a red flag.
Must be some OTHER color.
I can think of 3,000 reasons why they shouldn't.
Take a ride to our border, Mr. President. How much proof does one man need, I wonder?
Take a ride to our border, Mr. President. How much proof does one man need, I wonder?
I think I have the hickups......sorry.
I'm curious if anyone has access to any archive footage of the people in the UEA streets on 9/11/01??
"...and we didn't see any red flags come up...
H'mmm.
The UAE still rejects all cooperation with the U.S. in turning over Bin Laden's financial records.
Guess that isn't a red flag.
Must be some OTHER color."
UAE still honors the Arab boycott of all Israeli-made products too....but nothing to worry about there either.
Sen Birch Byeh said "the Democrats need to vote themselves more power."
"Scotty, I need you to give me MORE POWER!"
Well there were reports of people dancing in the streets in THIS country after 9/11.
How many shipping container facilities do they have along the Texas/Mexico border?
President Bush has been adressing the Tex/Mex border situation consistently ever since he took office. More money, more manpower is being pored into it, but following the LAW, which Congress does control. They limited how much, how quickly, not the President.
Happy hour start early for you?
UAE works with Zim Co, which is an Israeli-owned company. Guess they don't boycott their products, huh?
John Kerry, Jimmy Carter.
The UAE was supporting OBL.
So was the United States.
After 9/11 and the USS Cole, the UAE provided us with info and helped us catch the conspirators.
Some of OBL's financial records that the UAE has, have nothing to do with terrorism, and the UAE has the right to protect them if they wish.
Dubai hosts one of our largest ME NAVAL ports, and is a major crux on the war on terrorism. Dubai is in the 'perfect' position for us to defend the straights of Hormuz.
We are already doing so (just MARCORP exercises, not the real thing. (I never lie))
"UAE works with Zim Co, which is an Israeli-owned company."
The only article stating this was posted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585841/posts
This posted article quotes a DP World representative, and then states:
"Dubai Ports World, the combined United Emirates (UAE) port management company for the Gulf, has stepped up its challenge to win the operating rights of six major ports in the US, by claiming it has strong business ties with Israeli shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd."
Other than DP World's self-proclamation here, I haven't been able to locate any independent sources for this. It wouldn't be really surprising if DP World was the freight handler for a Zim container ship somewhere (given the ubiquity of both), but I'm wondering whether you have a link to some other source that confirms this.
Uh, don't forget who else is lining up with the "deal."
Don't you get it yet my friend?
It is already a done deal. The investigations were done. Security was the topmost issue and Dubai offered support over and above our requests.
They are one of our allies. They were in Desert Storm as well as in Iraq.
The politicos are flapping their jaws due to upcoming elections, and both the DEM and REPUB officeholders that have high union support (donations) are the most vocal and anti-deal. Because Dubai mgmt is anti-union.
That is what the stink is really all about.
So, the UAE (and not necessarily Dubai individually) has a boycott against Israeli-made products. That does not mean they do not ship them all over the world. Just that they do not allow them for sale in their country.
How does that affect you or I?
How many products or nations products, do we boycott?
Really. And you know this how?
And in what way are these innocent financial records unrelated to terrorism, the tracking of Bin Laden's financial sources and outlays, or the tracking of Bin Laden himself?
I honestly never I thought I would see a post on FR coming to the defense of anyone hiding any information about Bin Laden (and coming darn close to apologetics for Bin Laden himself).
"Take a ride to our border, Mr. President. How much proof does one man need, I wonder?"
Indeed...indeed.
Our country is being invaded by criminal illegal aliens and the president still wants to go through with this Dubai deal. Unbelievable!
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