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Dubai Ports World to divest itself of all American interests
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Posted on 03/09/2006 10:42:42 AM PST by navysealdad

Dubai Ports Worls to divest itself of all American interests


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy
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To: Euro-American Scum
I can't imagine why they were not invited to bid.

Do you have any evidence that Halliburton was "not invited to bid?"

81 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:14 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: livius
Dubai is going to look as if it had something to hide after all.

Or maybe they're just impatient, thin-skinned idiots who paid for and got some really lousy advice.

82 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:15 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Mikey_1962

From what I understand, they are the ONLY US company capable of doing it.


83 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:15 AM PST by Space Wrangler
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To: shuckmaster

"This proves that they were no friends"

So your idea of a friendship is that it is purely a one way street, that you can insult a friend, slander their reputation, and threaten their economic interests and they should just bend over and take it? So the UAE is suppose to buy Boeing's passenger jets and give the US Navy unlimited use of its ports and we pay that back by kicking them in the a** and if they don't say "Thank you sir, may I have another?" then they're not true friends? I would suggest sir that it is the US that is not a true friend. If your idea of friendship is to screw over a friend and then declare them disloyal when they don't just sit back and take it, then I am glad we're not friends.


84 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:19 AM PST by MikeA (Rigged polls are what the news media uses to measure impact of their falsified anti-Bush reporting)
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To: William Creel
Islam is terrorism.

And ignorance reigns supreme....

85 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:23 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (Olfrygt: the nagging fear of being unable to find beer while out of town.)
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To: roses of sharon

The Republicans and Democrats are rushing to the cameras to be the first to claim they're the ones that killed the deal.


86 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:35 AM PST by Wasanother (Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
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To: livius

What other country in the world can we trust?


87 posted on 03/09/2006 10:57:48 AM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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To: American Quilter
I would LOVE to see the Dems' faces if Halliburton bought the contracts at rock-bottom prices.

And then cue Upchuck Schumer's statement that he would rather have Haliburton run the ports than the UAE.

88 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:02 AM PST by Christian4Bush (I'd much rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy.)
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To: Cboldt
But they're basically sub-contracters, aren't they?
89 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:27 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: shuckmaster

Umm, if my "friends" were running around bad mouthing me to everyone, I'd probably bail on them too.


90 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:34 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (Olfrygt: the nagging fear of being unable to find beer while out of town.)
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To: dfwgator
>>>Now the ChiComs will get them instead.<<<

Thats not likely!

What is certain is that Dubai will close its Ports to US Navy ships - and we will loose the ability to control the Straights of Hormuz.

Just at a time when we are contemplating action against Iran. Killing the Dubai Ports deal is a strategic disaster.

91 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:42 AM PST by HardStarboard
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To: shuckmaster
"This proves that they were no friends of ours in the first place and congress has done the right thing (for a change)!!!

Beg to differ. The UAE has been one of the US's staunchest allies in the Persian Gulf, unafraid to support US requests. US Congressional action to do this is appalling.

The big commotion has been about security. This has nothing to do with Port Security. If security was the issue time to start background investigations on most East coast Cab Drivers and 7-11 owners/employees.

92 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:44 AM PST by Cliff Dweller (No such thing as a threat... just targets)
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To: OXENinFLA

You'd think capitalnews.org could at least figure out that DPW was not going to manage the PORTS.

That does it, I'm signing off all news for the forseeable future.


93 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:53 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: mewzilla
They're not worthless, but there's a reason no American firm bid on them.

That's what I've been wondering about since the beginning of this debate. What's the reason? U.S. taxes and regulations too prohibitive? Something else?

94 posted on 03/09/2006 10:58:53 AM PST by American Quilter
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To: jpl
Oh no, I don't know how our country is ever going to be able to survive without Dubai Ports World! I won't be able to sleep tonight!!

Tell it to the Fifth Fleet. [shaking head]

95 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:11 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Peach

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96 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:14 AM PST by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: bayourant; Dallas59
And we have actually convicted people that spyed on us for Israel. So I am sure folks would support [an Israeli company running the port]

Hey, Dallas59, what we really need is a bunch of armchair CEO's running around spouting off suggestions for implementing a business deal instead of listening to the market and the President that defeated John Kerry and Al Gore.

Armchair commentators must know WAY more about Business than the Market, and way more about National Security than the guy that gets daily briefings from the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. /sarc

97 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:25 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Interesting, how much investments does UAE have in this American company?


98 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:26 AM PST by Wasanother (Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
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To: navysealdad
I posted this when JimRob started a thread about the ports matter.

After a few days of fact finding and debate, do you now support or oppose the Dubai Ports deal? ^

Posted by mombonn to Jim Robinson
On News/Activism ^ 02/24/2006 6:27:15 PM EST · 309 of 541 ^

Initially, I was horrified. Then, I heard carterbilly supported it. That supported my initial reaction - if Jimmuh is in favor, I oppose it. However, I've listened to Rush, and Dan Abrams, and much of the debate on Fox; and am slowly warming to the idea that it's ok.

Listening to chuckie and shrillary shriek is also convincing me that this is nothing more than high-stakes politics in an election year.

BTW, if the UAE, and not us, were to call off the deal, that would be the best of all solutions.

I really hate politicians. They are only interested in their own survival.

99 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:32 AM PST by mombonn (¡Viva Bush/Cheney!)
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To: navysealdad

Dubai Ports World to Divest
U.S. Holdings, Warner Says

By GREG HITT
March 9, 2006 1:56 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Dubai-controlled company at the heart of the port-security controversy has decided to shed its U.S. holdings, Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner said on the floor of the Senate.

Sen. Warner (R., Va.) read what he said was a news release being issued by DP World.

Dubai Ports World closed this week on the $6.8 billion purchase of London-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., a deal that gave the control of commercial operations at five U.S. ports. The U.S. facilities represent only 10% of P&O's global footprint, but the deal has produced a firestorm of criticism on Capitol Hill.

DP World is controlled by the government of Dubai, one of seven Persian Gulf emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The White House considers the UAE a close ally in the war on terror, but critics on Capitol Hill have strongly questioned the wisdom of giving an Arab firm a role in management at U.S. ports, where security is already lax.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114191927165793742.html?mod=home_whats_news_us


100 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:33 AM PST by aculeus
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