Port Problems Said To Dwarf New Fears

LOL! Hardly.

Your the one talking about blowing people out of the water.

You're the one who wants something done to the vessel before the fact, not me.

one terminal out of eight leased from the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority

Even more amazing, Fox said today that in NYC it's TWO (2) terminals out of 182! One hundred and eighty-two!

I'm done with you, put your head back in the sand with the other big birds.

Avoiding foreign entanglements is no longer possible in the real world. Back when national capitals were days, weeks or even months away from each other countries could avoid talking to each other and go about their business privately and quietly. Now that no part of the civilized world is more than 24 hours from any other part that's not an option. The planet became much smaller in the 20th century and thanks to that all nations are entangled with all other nations whether they want to be or not.

LOL! And put yours back where you've been keeping it. I bet that keeps your ears warm as well.

The people that oppose the ports deal aren't concerned with the number of terminals UAE would operate, they are concerned that they will operate any at all.

Can you link any posts you've made about the UAE's container program since December 13, 2004?

Since you're all torqued out about how bad it would be to have these people in OUR ports -- under OUR security -- surely you were up in arms and posting thread after thread for the last 15 months about the UAE's work in the OWN port, right?

Flashback - December 13, 2004: Dubai, U.A.E., Joins U.S. Container Security Initiative (State Dept.)
US Department of State ^ | December 13. 2004

Posted on 02/21/2006 5:43:48 PM EST by new yorker 77

Becomes first Mideast port to participate in U.S. program

The United Arab Emirates has joined the U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI) to help secure maritime cargo shipments against the threat of terrorism.

In a December 12 news release, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) said the agreement will enable all cargo destined for the United States through the port of Dubai to be prescreened.

CBP will station a small team of officers at Dubai ports to identify sea containers destined for the United States; Dubai customs officials will be responsible for screening containers identified as potential terrorist risks, the U.S. agency said.

Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation is the sixth-largest port operator in the world and the first in the Middle East to join the CSI, according to the news release.

To date, governments representing 21 countries around the world have signed up to the CSI program, launched by the United States following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Following is the text of the news release:

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security

First Middle Eastern Port Formally Commits to Target, Pre-Screen and Secure Cargo Destined for the U.S.

12/12/2004

Dubai, UAE -- Today Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Container Security Initiative [CSI] making it the first Middle Eastern port to participate. CBP Commissioner Robert C. Bonner and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, signed a declaration of principles to acknowledge the agreement that will enable all cargo destined for the U.S. through the port of Dubai to be targeted and pre-screened.

"The threat of terrorism is real and, it's a global threat. Dubai Customs recognizes the absolute importance of protecting cargo against the terrorist threat. I applaud their bold action of assuming a leadership role in the Middle East," said Commissioner Bonner.

CBP will deploy a small team of officers to the port of Dubai, the 6th largest port operator in the world whose mission will be to target sea containers destined for the United States. Dubai Customs officials, working with CBP officers, will be responsible for screening any containers identified as a potential terrorist threat.

The primary purpose of CSI is to help protect the global trading system and the trade routes between CSI ports and the United States. By collaborating with foreign customs administrations, CBP is working towards a safer, more secure world trading system.

Under CSI, CBP has entered into bi-lateral partnerships with other governments to identify high-risk cargo containers and to pre-screen them before they are loaded on vessels destined for the United States. Today, governments representing 21 countries have signed up to implement CSI.

"I congratulate the Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation on this historic event. They are now partnering with the United States and are a leader in protecting the global trading system," said Ambassador to the UAE [United Arab Emirates] Michele Sison.

CSI did not exist before 9/ll. It was proposed by Commissioner Bonner and launched in January 2002. CSI has been accepted globally as a bold and revolutionary initiative to secure maritime cargo shipments against the terrorist threat. This initiative will continue to expand to strategic locations around the world.

The World Customs Organization (WCO), the European Union (EU), and the G8 [Group of Eight major industrialized economies] support CSI expansion and have adopted resolutions implementing CSI security measures introduced at ports throughout the world.

The 32 operational ports in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America include: Halifax, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Le Havre, France; Bremerhaven and Hamburg, Germany; Antwerp and Zeebrugge, Belgium; Singapore; Yokohama, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe, Japan; Hong Kong; Goteborg, Sweden; Felixstowe, Liverpool, Southampton, Thamesport, and Tilbury, United Kingdom; Genoa, La Spezia, Naples, and Gioia Tauro, Italy; Busan, Korea; Durban, South Africa; Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Piraeus, Greece; Algeciras, Spain; and Laem Chabang, Thailand.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the protection of our nation's borders. CBP unified Customs, Immigration, and Agriculture Inspectors and the Border Patrol into one border agency for the United States.

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)

You are so enraged now that I'm certain you've voiced concern before.

Got any links to your rage and/or suspicion before this week?

Didn't Diane Feinstein and her husband have something to do with those COSCO ports?

You are so enraged now that I'm certain you've voiced concern before.

Got any links to your rage and/or suspicion before this week?

Hmmm...poster is enraged this week, therefore it follows that poster was enraged even before learning about the issue. I'm not sure I agree with that reasoning. Like almost everyone else debating this issue, I had not heard about it until this week. Does that satisfy your question as to why I haven't been posting about it until now?

therefore it follows that poster was enraged even before learning about the issue.

Thank you for confirming what I already guessed; you're only enraged because it suits you now.

Thank you for confirming what I already guessed; you're only enraged because it suits you now.

That's a fairly weak attempt to misrepresent what I was saying. Anybody can go back and read my post to see what I said, so who are you trying to impress with your obvious distortion?

I told you explicitly that I was not aware of this issue until this week. Yet you go right on and imply that I've known about it for years and am just acting angry about it now.

No, I don't. For the reasons that CobaltBlue specified.