[finnman69]

for the nervous nellies

[areafiftyone]

Good Find!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Won't help.

[eyespysomething]

Wow, you mean they'll actually check the containers BEFORE the come to the US?

We can't allow them to do that, we can't trust them. They're an a-rab country full of terrorists and will see the nuke but let it go anyway.

Someone call Hillary and Schumer and ask them what we should do!!

[clawrence3]

It's ALL an elaborate cover-story many years in the making to gain access to the Port of Baltimore!

[Siena Dreaming]

How can it be? The UAE doesn't care about securing their facilities in order to make money.

Every single individual in the UAE lives only for one purpose...manipulate President Bush and Rummy so they can sneak a nuke into the Port of NY.

[michigander]

CRS Report for Congress, The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy May 9, 2005 (.pdf file)

[finnman69]

FYI

Sen Charles Schumer and Sen Dianne Feinstein were co-sponsors of a bill to created the Container Security Initiative. UAE was the first Middle Eastern nation to join CSI.

Now Schumer is attacking a deal where the port player is playing by the rules he sponsored.

[TheCrusader]

Whew! Thanks for posting this. This public relations ploy is so soothing to my concerns about Arab muslims controlling our port terminals. Now we can trust Russia and communist China too, because they've taken measures against terrorism.

[fooman]

It is a interesting debate...


Washington, D.C. — The 35th Container Security Initiative (CSI) port becomes operational today at the port of Dubai as announced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner and Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, United Arab Emirates (UAE). CSI is the only multinational program in place in the world today that is protecting global trade lanes from being exploited and disrupted by international terrorists.

The United Arab Emirates became the first Middle Eastern country to join CSI when the declaration of principles was signed in Dubai on December 12, 2004. A CBP deployment team will work closely with the UAE government personnel to target high-risk cargo containers destined for the United States. Dubai Customs Administration officials are responsible for screening any container identified jointly with CBP officers as a potential terrorist risk.

[Lady In Blue]

Bump for a later read. Thanks.

[finnman69]

satellite photo of the Port of Dubai

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.772864,102.480469&hl=en&q=dubai+uae&ll=24.519092,54.386616&spn=0.037718,0.050039&t=h