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Michael Jackson checks in at the Burj Al Arab
Khaleej Times ^ | August 21, 2005

Posted on 08/22/2005 12:51:02 PM PDT by Shermy

DUBAI — Michael Jackson was here yesterday for a lunch at the Burj Al Arab along with a Bahraini delegation.

Security was tight at the Burj where he stayed in the Royal suite with a retinue of his own personal bodyguards at hand, and a ring of the local police securing the outer perimeter of the hotel. Media was denied access to the VIP guest and it was not known whether Jackson stayed the night at the hotel, or had left for destinations unknown sometime during the evening.

The pop star has been reported to be in Bahrain ever since he arrived alone in the kingdom aboard a private jet earlier last month after being acquitted of child molestation charges in the US.

It is believed that Jackson owns a property in the Kingdom. He was reported to have been 'staying with a Bahraini VIP', a member of the royal family of Bahrain, whose guest he was.

And quite in keeping with his lifestyle in the US, the self-confessed 'King of Pop' had been staying out of sight ever since arriving in Bahrain, which gave Jackson the 'privacy' that he craves for. More so after the high-profile child molestation case that threatened to send him to jail for a long spell. State-run television and radio in Bahrain had made no mention of Jackson's presence in the kingdom, and fans, even if they craved for a sight of the 'moon-walking' pop star, couldn't get a glimpse of him because there was just no way to know where exactly he was holed up.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andstayout; bahrain; jacko; pervert
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To: Shermy

Country must have no age of consent laws.


21 posted on 08/22/2005 12:59:29 PM PDT by conservativewasp (Liberals lie for sport and hate their country.)
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To: quark
""Hello, room service? Could you send up two 12's, a 10, and some Jesus juice?"

.....errr...make that some Mohammed juice....

22 posted on 08/22/2005 1:01:33 PM PDT by texianyankee
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What's a 'nice' boy like you,

Doing in a place like this?
23 posted on 08/22/2005 1:01:33 PM PDT by evets (God bless president Bush!)
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To: AppyPappy
He's hoping no one will look at his face....
24 posted on 08/22/2005 1:02:33 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Shermy

Looks like a big sinking boat, stern first.


25 posted on 08/22/2005 1:03:02 PM PDT by holyscroller (A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him to the left)
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To: Shermy
Gorgeous building...

Never mind that the literal translation of "Burj Al Arab" is "Building of the Arabs."

Now, hopefully, MJ can stay there, and out of our collective hair...

26 posted on 08/22/2005 1:04:03 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Shermy

Wow, $1,000 a night for their cheapest room. Counting Whacko probably got the best and had his little entourage stay there, he probably paid over $20K for a night. I thought he was supposed to be near bankruptcy.


27 posted on 08/22/2005 1:04:04 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: GatorGirl

Thanks - what a view they have!


28 posted on 08/22/2005 1:04:08 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
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To: Shermy
He must have heard what ol' Mohammed had said.....

A goat for use, a woman for pleasure, but a boy for ecstasy.

Maybe ol' MJ's been reading the Hadiths.....

29 posted on 08/22/2005 1:05:23 PM PDT by Bombardier ("Religion of Peace" my butt.....sell that snakeoil to someone who'll buy it!)
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To: cicero's_son

I find the interior extremely vulgar, though. They have a different sense of taste in the Middle East...


30 posted on 08/22/2005 1:07:23 PM PDT by HostileTerritory
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To: Shermy

keep her/him there


31 posted on 08/22/2005 1:08:37 PM PDT by Khashayar (No Banana Allowed!)
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To: GatorGirl
I thought he was nearly bankrupt

Nah - he still has a five and two tens.
32 posted on 08/22/2005 1:11:56 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Proud member of the 21st century Christian Crusaders)
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To: Shermy

I wonder how good the security is in Bahrain? I think that the "King of Pop" would be a terrorist target.


33 posted on 08/22/2005 1:11:58 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: Bombardier

Mmmmmm-K I'll bite. You're joking right?


34 posted on 08/22/2005 1:21:22 PM PDT by loreldan (Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
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To: Shermy

A muslim country?


35 posted on 08/22/2005 1:23:17 PM PDT by Fawn (Being a FREE COUNTRY doesn't mean EVERYTHING'S FOR FREE!!!!!!!)
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To: Fawn

"A muslim country?"

Little kingdoms on the Persian Gulf. Reportedly cosmopolitan.

Like everyone, probably want to get their hands on the Beatles catalog.


36 posted on 08/22/2005 1:25:32 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy
Looks like a nice enough little place.

With your chauffeur driven Rolls Royce, discreet in-suite check in, private reception desk on every floor and a brigade of highly trained butlers who provide around-the-clock attention, you can be assured of a highly personalised service throughout your stay.

I'd end up gorging on those little baggies of chocolate pretzels they have in the mini-bars...

37 posted on 08/22/2005 1:35:48 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Shermy

"...because there was just no way to know where exactly he was holed up."

Seems to me the writer for the Kaleej Times is on to Jackson.


38 posted on 08/22/2005 1:36:49 PM PDT by miele man
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To: repinwi
So now he's going abroad for children because the U.S is on to him here.

I'm sure self-exiled Roman Polanski (sp?) could show him around.

39 posted on 08/22/2005 1:43:54 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Shermy

Dubai is the only place in the mideast that I willingly visit on business.


40 posted on 08/22/2005 2:00:19 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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