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Here's some info on the author of this cracked article. He has also recently attacked the Pope for his remarks about islam and Muhammad (which were really part of an introduction to an address on faith and reason), and compared him unfavorably to the last Pope.

Reference link: http://www.gcmt2006.com/galadari

Mr. Mohammed A. R. Galadari

Mr. Galadari's is a powerful voice in the Middle East region, where he writes a daily Comment column in the Dubai-based Khaleej Times, the widely respected and the highest-circulated of the ABC-certified English language dailies throughout the Gulf.

His views on and analysis of regional and international affairs are widely discussed, highly appreciated and quickly responded to. These views-simple, straight and strong-are seen by many also as a barometer for the political temperature building up in the region, and, as such, they guide both regional and international policy-makers.

Mr. Galadari will speak at the conference at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, London, on money transfers with special emphasis on the Gulf sector.

This is a region where a fast-paced economic development process, driven by the oil boom, is being supported by large masses of migrant labour force, drawn heavily from Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, who send substantial part of their earnings back home every month.

As last heard, outward remittances from the Gulf is estimated to be of the order of $58 billion, or 24 percent of the $241.8 billion global remittance flow. In year 2004, of which figures are available, small remittances by migrant workers grossed $182 billion worldwide, and a substantial part of it being from the Gulf region.
Mr. Galadari had his education and grooming in the US and UK and is widely traveled. His frequent travels, cutting through continents, are a learning experience for him, that helps him shape his views on the state of the world today.

As Chairman of the Galadari Group, Mr. Galadari presides over a chain of companies, including the Khaleej Times, of which he is the publisher and Editor-in-Chief. Khaleej Times, launched in the late 1970s, is circulated in all the AGCC countries, and is also available on the newsstands in UK, India and Pakistan. It carries the slogan, "Truth Must Be Told" and prides itself of being bold in its coverage of local, regional and international affairs.

The Galadari Group's interests span, aside from publishing, areas like the hospitality industry, automobiles, heavy engineering, IT and computers, and travel industry, among others.