You are completely wrong about UAE being a "pro-terrorist" country. They are a country allied with us in the war on terror, and are the target of terrorist attacks because of their support for us.
Facts are useful. Try them. Here's more:
We aren't PAYING UAE anything. A company (DP World) owned by the UAE governemnt is PAYING stockholders of a company (O&P) 6.7 billion dollars for the company, after which they will own O&P which owns american companies which have leases on certain port facilities. At that time, some profits from operations will flow up to the DP World company, I presume enough to make it worth their 6.7 billion dollar investment.
And the leases have NOTHING to do with port security. The US companies handle port MANAGEMENT (like where do we store the containers, when are they loaded, when do the ships come and go, how do we fuel them, etc.).
Security is handled by government agencies, just like TSA handles security at airports (only hopefully better).
I don't think this has ANYTHING to do with Iran. Remember, the administration had nothing to do with this deal. This was a business transaction on the world marketplace between two foreign companies. We are only involved because the law requires the administration to make a security determination because of the leases held by subsidiaries of the company being sold.
Sure thing ace. And Pakistan is our "ally" who helps up "fight terrorism" too. Meanwhile, they are giving safe harbor to bin Laden and other al Quaeda leaders, burning down Western businesses and killing Christians.
Then there are our other islamic "allies" like Saudi Arabia and Turkey, who refused to lend us air bases from which to launch war against Iraq. All three of these islamic "allies" are presently rebelling in their streets, burning Western business establishments and embassies, and railing against America and the West with death threats.
You can add Jordan to that list of islamic "allies" who are protesting against the West and rioting.
UAE was suspected by the U.S. government of having ties to al Queada.
The UAE is pro-Palesinian, anti-Isreal.
The UAE officially supports the Taliban, whom we are at war against.
The UAE still has unresolved ties (funding) to the Iraqi insurgency
The UAE was the official operations center of the 9/11 terrorists. It is where they obtained their fake passports and laundered money.
A list of financial companies named by the Bush administration as financiers of Al-Qaeda, reveals involvement of prominent Arab individuals from several countries in the Middle East. One example of such company is the Al Taqwa bank. Among the bank's shareholders are members of the prominent Khalifeh family of the UAE, the UAE's grand mufti and his family members, members of the Kuwaiti royal family, members of the Bin Laden family, a prominent leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group and several members of Hamas.
The Italian anti-terrorist agency claimed that Al Taqwa handled financing for a number of Arab and Islamic political and militant groups, including groups such as Hamas, the PLO, the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and the Egyptian Gama'a al-Islamiya, as well as former Afghan mujahedin in bin Laden's camps.
So take the facts and please use them to enlighten yourself a little bit, maybe you'll rid yourself of the penquin symdrome and stop following others off the cliff.