Dubai threat to hit back

thehillnews ^ | March 09, 2006 | Roxana Tiron

[bayourant]

Dubai is threatening retaliation against American strategic and commercial interests if Washington blocks its $6.8 billion takeover of operations at several U.S. ports.

As the House Appropriations Committee yesterday marked up legislation to kill Dubai Ports World’s acquisition of Britain’s Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation (P&O), the emirate let it be known that it is preparing to hit back hard if necessary.

A source close to the deal said members of Dubai’s royal

[bayourant]

Great. Just Great. Now I am sure that Freepers are going to SEE!!!! I told you there not our friends. But what do expect. They are mad because there being viewed as a bunch of terrorist. There an international player in trade

[RolandBurnam]

threatening us? screw them!

[cripplecreek]

Threats from an "ally" LOL

[JPJones]

sell US dollars.

[hershey]

Life goes on.

[rodguy911]

This could be a disaster we need their intel, ports etc.

[Cboldt]

Duplicate - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593184/posts

[mikeus_maximus]

Game on.

[My2Cents]

Precisely. And it took six posts to this thread before someone mentioned it. I'm so furious with boneheaded "conservatives" on this issue I could spit.

[RolandBurnam]

it is such a disaster that the jihadis wont get port access. too bad they wont be able to smuggle a dirty bomb here now.

[cotton1706]

We are a free people. We can do what we want. Let the consequences be what they will.

[Echo Talon]

Treat an ally like like an enemy and thats what you get.

[afnamvet]

Breaking News Alert on FNC : DPW to sell U. S. piece of port deal to another investor.

No link yet.

[zarf]

Too bad we may lose our bases on the Starit of Hormuz.

Congressional idiots.

Then they'll bitch about why we can't strike against Iran.

[be-baw]

Gee, no involvement in U.S. port operations by the former (?) Osama-suckin fair-weather friends.

Too bad, so sad.

[Mayflower Sister]

Or treat an enemy like an ally and this is what you get.

They are not our friend.

[DonaldC]

Osama is saddened.

[rhombus]

I'm so furious with boneheaded "conservatives" on this issue I could spit.

Well hold your saliva, it's a long way until 2008 and the "boneheadeed conservatives" are already threatening to put a Dem in the White House if they don't get a nomination they like.

[mlc9852]

Why do you call people names just because they don't agree with you? If you consider those who are against this deal to be boneheads, then I guess I am one also. I couldn't be happier!

[RBLHeels]

Both sides, and most Freepers, are so shortsighted on this issue it makes me sick. The UAE is vitally important to us, not because they want to operate a few terminals at 6 ports, but because they provide us access to ports, bases, airstrips, etc. Our military uses their ports and airstrips. We use them in the ongoing fight against terrorists. The mere fact that the UAE is an arab country, or that 2 of the 9/11 highjackers were from UAE, does not make everyone, or DPW, a bunch of terrorists. If so, we could say the same about Britain - shoe bomber was from there, many radical muslims live there, etc.