Did P&O use ports for political purposes?
P&O is not owned by the state of Great Britain. DPW is partly owned by the state of Dubai and is a front:
"I work as a corporate lawyer at a large law firm that has a speciality in Islamic finance. The real reason Dubai Ports World is undergoing the transaction is because of an Islamic finance vehicle called the sukuk. The sukuk is essentially a commerical paper type of Islamic financle vehicle--it is essentially a "fake" bond to work around the Muslim prohibition on interest."