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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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Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai.
1 posted on 08/22/2005 12:51:02 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy

For a amn who digs little boys, he's in the right part of the world. Maybe he'll convert and stay over there.


2 posted on 08/22/2005 12:52:05 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Shermy

That hotel is awesome. Samantha Brown featured it once on The Travel Channel.


3 posted on 08/22/2005 12:52:53 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Shermy

So now he's going abroad for children because the U.S is on to him here.


5 posted on 08/22/2005 12:53:34 PM PDT by repinwi
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To: Rummyfan

Sounds like a plan.


6 posted on 08/22/2005 12:54:00 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Shermy

Please - STAY THERE !!


7 posted on 08/22/2005 12:54:31 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Rummyfan

I hope he never returns.


8 posted on 08/22/2005 12:55:15 PM PDT by bmwcyle (We broke Pink's code and found a terrorist message.)
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To: Shermy

It's bent.


9 posted on 08/22/2005 12:56:08 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Shermy

Rumor is that he is traveling with a boytoy.


10 posted on 08/22/2005 12:56:19 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Shermy; Tax-chick

I thought he was nearly bankrupt. That is quite a hotel!

Tax-Chick--ping to the neighboring hotel to the Wild Wadi Water Park! Wonder if Jacko will be taking a dip!?


11 posted on 08/22/2005 12:57:08 PM PDT by GatorGirl (God Bless Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: Rummyfan

Supposedly he converted last time he was in trouble, or was it early on this last time, I can't keep it straight. Might have been while Mesereaux was his leewyeh.


12 posted on 08/22/2005 12:57:21 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Cecily
"Hello, room service? Could you send up two 12's, a 10, and some Jesus juice?"
13 posted on 08/22/2005 12:57:23 PM PDT by quark
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So now he's going abroad for children because the U.S is on to him here.

BEcause what happens there, stays there.

14 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:00 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Cecily

Yes it is. One of the most beautiful buildings in the world, imo.


15 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:12 PM PDT by cicero's_son
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To: Shermy

Did he bring his own little boys or will he be ordering out?


16 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:35 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: Rummyfan

He's already converted...........


17 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? GOOOOGLE your own name. Want to have fun? GOOOOGLE your neighbor's......)
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To: quark

Wonder where Michael, Paris, and Blanket are.


18 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:52 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Shermy

"It is believed that Jackson owns a property in the Kingdom. "

Wait a minute!

Weren't we told by the LSM that Jackson was nearly 'BROKE' because of his trial?

I wonder what other 'goodies' he has put away!

(Other than his yearly subscription to BOYS LIFE!)


19 posted on 08/22/2005 12:58:55 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: quark

no Jesus, no peace......


20 posted on 08/22/2005 12:59:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? GOOOOGLE your own name. Want to have fun? GOOOOGLE your neighbor's......)
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