Posted on 02/26/2006 7:13:19 PM PST by Andy from Beaverton
That is to say the Saudis "control" these ports as much as the UAEs Dubai Ports World ever will.
But its funny that our one party media hasnt mentioned this Saudi-owned company, NSCSA, or its operation in even more ports than the UAE will have a berth.
Maybe the press dont know about them, as the companys only been around since 1979. And of course the longshoremens and DNCs press releases, which they regurgitate verbatim, havent mentioned them:
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia
Owners
Government of Saudi Arabia, Saudi individuals and establishments
Head Office Riyadh, KSA
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) was established in 1979 to meet the transportation needs of Importers and Exporters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East.
And look at the ports where they control berths:
Marine Terminals
Baltimore, MD
Halifax, Canada
Newport News, VA
Houston, TX
New Orleans, LA
St. John, Canada
Houston, Texas
Savannah, GA
Wilmington, NC
Port Newark, NJ
Brooklyn, NY
Wheres the outrage?
The first story out identified TERMINALS as PORTS. I suppose to a degree a single terminal is a port, but this very much distorts the issue.
I'm sure the Dems will assume the ownership only occured under Republican Presidents.
Does it distort the issue?
It seems that the issue, other than Dim opportunism, is whether or not the US is more likely to be hit via a weapon particularly a WMD weapon either in a container or that comes into the US via a container.
Now can a terminal owned by a Saudi Company receive a container as easily as a group of terminals, ie a port, can receive a container? I don't know the industry, but I would think so.
It certainly does seem like the MSM calls Uncle Howie after breakfast to get their stories for the day.
Did you ever see a follow up article on how we detected the radiation?
Presumably we use the same techniques with everything, and it doesn't matter whether its in the bottom of the hold, or on the top rack.
So is the hysteria from ignorance or bias?
Note: they came in to operation under CLINTON. Where was the co-pres then?
nope this happened in 1997
From Political Aurora:
...the fact remains that it is very easy to sneak men and material through the ports. The Coast Guard and CBP do the best they can, and they've certainly made light years of progress since 9/11, but the gateways to the sea are still America's Achilles heel when it comes to homeland security.
Ergo, prior to 9/11. Gotta make that crystal clear for some. ; )
Not prior to the first WTC attack
with your thinging 9/11 could have been worse a nuke smuggled onto one of these Saudi terminals.
If you follow the links on the Saudi Shipping Company's web site, you'll find a list of NSCSA "Marine Terminals."
But when you clink on those terminals you'll find that differnet companies - like P&O and DPW - actually operate the terminals.
http://www.nscsaamerica.com/marine_term.htm#New%20Jersey
The list of Marine Terminals apparently refers to ports merely used by NSCSA - not owned and operated by them.
I have zero idea about other ports but 100% of the containers that leave the Port of Houston go through radiation detectors. What happens before that has not been publicized so I will not pass any info on.
"Did you ever see a follow up article on how we detected the radiation?"
My hunch is that such information would have the highest security rating there is. Knowledge of how the detectors work could help circumvent them.
If I was designing the system, I'd build a gamma ray detector. Gamma rays are very very hard to completely block. (I'd try for neutrinos if the tech existed -- maybe the DOD has it. The advantage there: Neutrinos shoot throught the entire planet without stopping. They are IMPOSSIBLE to block in any significant manner. Unfortunately, they are also VERY hard to detect.)
so they just have ships that could have nukes on them, ok whats the difference? LOL
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