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Dubai threatened over cooperation with West
AP ^ | March 16 2006 | SALLY BUZBEE

Posted on 03/16/2006 1:46:07 PM PST by jmc1969

The threat, contained in a letter dated 2002 and newly declassified by the U.S. military, shows the intimidation Arab countries face if they cooperate with the West. The letter came the same year the Emirates turned over to the United States a suspected mastermind of the deadly bombing of the USS Cole.

The UAE has kept making arrests, including the detention and handover to Pakistan in 2004 of a Pakistani suspect who allegedly trained thousands of al-Qaida fighters.

However, the issue of whether the country does enough to fight terrorism was at the center of a dispute in the United States over a Dubai company's plans — since abandoned — to run U.S. ports.

The group that issued the 2002 threat, calling itself "Qaida al-Jihad," or the Qaida (Base) of Holy War, also said in its letter that it had infiltrated the UAE's "security, censorship and monetary agencies, along with other agencies that should not be mentioned."

"You are an easier target than (the Americans); your homeland is exposed to us," the letter said. "There are many vital interests that will hurt you if we decided to harm them, especially since you rely on shameless tourism in your economic income."

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: dubai; prewardocs; uae
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To: trek
  1. MSM broadcasts lies to public, "Bush Selling US Ports to Arabs".
  2. The public, who never read past a headline, get all up in arms about the lie.
  3. Congressmen and Media people who want to pander to the public to gain more popularity jump out there ("They want something done, this is something, so if I do this they will love me!")
  4. The R party looses the selling point of being the only ones who will stop the Ds when they do this kind of thing.

Blocking this deal was not 'conservative'.

It was a private business deal, and blocking it required the use of govt power to stop the deal when no evidence of risk existed.

That's a clearly liberal position -- govt telling business what to do based on fear and "feelings".

21 posted on 03/16/2006 2:33:13 PM PST by Dominic Harr
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To: thoughtomator
Sure are a lot people paying a lot of attention to polling data that never used to.

Is the poll broken down by Emirate? What were the results for Dubai?

22 posted on 03/16/2006 2:33:20 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: thoughtomator
What percentage of UAE citizens support Osama?

Just the ones that have contracts with 500 American companies and buy Boeing and Lockheed aircraft.

23 posted on 03/16/2006 2:33:27 PM PST by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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To: Peach

6 pair total? Not bad at all! That will leave you plenty of room for new acquistions!


24 posted on 03/16/2006 2:35:41 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: Peach
"UAE threatened by Arabs for their cooperation with the west."

It's info that's come too little too late.

This Administration doesn't know the meaning of the word "timing."

The American people (especially conservatives) need INFO before we side with an issue (case and point: Harriet Miers.)

Had the Bush Administration began making it's case for the Dubai Deal months ago, just MAYBE it wouldn't have turned into a debacle.

25 posted on 03/16/2006 2:37:27 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: trek
"... making it even more clear what an ass Savage has been on the Ports issue."

What issue has Savage not been an ass on? In fact, he can take either side of an issue or have no side at all, and he's still an ass.

26 posted on 03/16/2006 2:40:40 PM PST by Ditto
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To: F16Fighter

Yup. Yup. Yup.

We need someone from FR in the WH managing their PR campaign.


27 posted on 03/16/2006 2:44:57 PM PST by Peach
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To: trek



AAA---AAA-CHE--mark levin-- WWWWW

uhh, sorry, i`m developing an allergy.


28 posted on 03/16/2006 2:51:34 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

http://www.bsos.umd.edu/SADAT/pub/Arab%20Attitudes%20Towards%20Political%20and%20Social%20Issues,%20Foreign%20Policy%20and%20the%20Media.htm


29 posted on 03/16/2006 2:53:35 PM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody would have cared if the UAE wanted to buy Macy's...)
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To: vpintheak


How about screw you and your pathetic ignorance?


30 posted on 03/16/2006 2:57:03 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: onyx

But who'd carry the mail? :)


31 posted on 03/16/2006 3:01:07 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: trek
This has the ring of truth to it making it even more clear what an ass Savage has been on the Ports terminals issue.
32 posted on 03/16/2006 3:01:31 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: jmc1969

Some people that are mad at Bush because we haven't nuked Mecca yet don't want to hear that we really do have some Arab friends risking their lives to preserve the alliance between our two countries. It goes in one ear, out the other. Forbid they should get over their prejudices and irrational fears to see the truth.


33 posted on 03/16/2006 3:28:56 PM PST by Soul Seeker (House Republicans Send a message: All Arabs are Genetically pre-disposed to terrorism)
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To: Peach; Chena; Valin; M. Thatcher; DocRock; Calpernia; Madame Dufarge; Txsleuth; SwatTeam; ...
Thanks Peach!

Dubai threatened over cooperation with West

Release of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added to or removed from the ping list, please Freepmail me.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents

34 posted on 03/16/2006 3:43:41 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: Cannoneer No. 4


LOL and go postal?


35 posted on 03/16/2006 3:46:50 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: Peach

I hope 1 pair of sandals are a dressy pair for one nice dinner out!

Of course, those could be another pair you buy!

I now return this thread to its original purpose.


36 posted on 03/16/2006 3:48:02 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: eyespysomething

ROFL.

We're eating out every night. We'll have breakfast in and play it by ear with lunch.

Back to regular programming :-)


37 posted on 03/16/2006 3:50:31 PM PST by Peach
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To: jmc1969

Would they really admit they had infiltrated if they hadn't?


38 posted on 03/16/2006 3:57:59 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: F16Fighter

"Had the Bush Administration began making it's case for the Dubai Deal months ago, just MAYBE it wouldn't have turned into a debacle."

True - its hard to address these things when the 24/7 news cycle means issues escalate in hours not weeks now. I wouldn't want to be the president under any circumstances. That said, maybe there needs to be a White House media "SWAT team" that monitors and researches responses to these problems for the president's office quickly.

The Republicans did take the issue away from the Democrats; while understandable in the heat of the moment, my fear is we will live to regret it.

PANIC: ITS NOT JUST FOR LIBERALS ANY LONGER...


39 posted on 03/16/2006 3:59:17 PM PST by Amalie (FREEDOM had NEVER been another word for nothing left to lose...)
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To: jmc1969

Yup, those goes to prove the UAE is an Al Qaeda stooge state. Oh wait, it actually proves the opposite. Nevermind.


40 posted on 03/16/2006 4:12:10 PM PST by MikeA (Remember: In the 2008 elections we won't beat a superstar with a dimbulb)
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