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Sunday LondonTimes BANNED In Dubai After Unflattering Portrayal Of Ruling Sheikh
The Business Insider ^ | 11/29/09 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 11/29/2009 4:13:57 PM PST by FromLori

Don't you dare show Shekih Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum drowning.

Foreign media better be on notice. Dubai's mess doesn't give you an excuse to take shots at the ruling family.

WSJ: The Sunday London Times newspaper was removed by authorities from shelves in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday amid intensive reporting of Dubai's debt problems, an executive at the paper said.

The National Media Council ordered the paper blocked by distributors without providing a reason, an executive at the paper in Dubai told Zawya Dow Jones.

The Sunday Times edition available in the U.A.E. on Nov. 29 featured a double-page spread graphic illustrating Dubai's ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum sinking in a sea of debt. The Times wasn't given a reason for the block, or a timeframe when it will be lifted, the executive said.

What was the problematic article? This one.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banned; dubai; londontimes; uae

1 posted on 11/29/2009 4:13:58 PM PST by FromLori
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To: FromLori
Infidels making fun of a great and favorite muslim ruler? That can not be allowed to stand.

Infidels dogs are only worth of lending (giving) money to the muslims and not to whine too much when they refuse to pay it back.

2 posted on 11/29/2009 4:19:44 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: FromLori
Here's the photo:


3 posted on 11/29/2009 4:23:21 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: FromLori

Just a few weeks ago I heard the sheikh on Emirates News (English news station from Dubai) talking about how the worst of the financial crisis was over and how Dubai’s economy was going to rebound, blah blah blah...

LOL


4 posted on 11/29/2009 4:26:52 PM PST by G8 Diplomat
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To: FromLori

Obummer is taking notes on how to silence the press.


5 posted on 11/29/2009 4:30:20 PM PST by ncfool (Obama Bare fisted Politican at home. Pantywaist VS. Real thugs abroad.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Thank you I suppose they will place a fatwa on them.

I don’t feel sorry for the bond holders that’s what they get for doing business with Islamist slave masters like him.

http://www.businessinsider.com/dubai-plans-appeal-to-bondholders-2009-11


6 posted on 11/29/2009 4:31:08 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori
Whadda buncha primative idiots -- ya mean if nobody discusses it, the debt problems no longer exist??

LOLOL

Silly weirdo potentates!!

7 posted on 11/29/2009 4:38:05 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: dynachrome

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Now I wonder what the idiots in Great Britain think about banning Michael Savage?


8 posted on 11/29/2009 4:48:46 PM PST by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: FromLori

The Kuwaitis have a lot of investment there.


9 posted on 11/29/2009 6:41:39 PM PST by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: raybbr; 09Patriot; abigail2; Avoiding_Sulla; BellStar; b4its2late; Blue Turtle; BootsOfEscaping; ...

“Now I wonder what the idiots in Great Britain think about banning Michael Savage?”

Raybbr makes a good point! Wonder if the London Times will whine?


10 posted on 11/29/2009 7:34:16 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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