Torture Tape Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh

ABC ^ | April 22, 2009 | VIC WALTER, REHAB EL-BURI, ANGELA HILL and BRIAN ROSS

[a fool in paradise]

Surely a man who did SO much to sanctify and fund abortion deserves to be cut some slack... < /sarc >

[SolidWood]

The Sheikh in question. Creeeeeepy.

[ELS]

bump for later

[The Electrician]

"The incidents depicted in the video tapes were not part of a pattern of behavior," the Interior Ministry's statement declared.

No harm, no foul...

[SunkenCiv]

Obama bin Bowin’ screwed up *again*?!? Gosh, it’s almost as if his complete lack of experience, Moslem upbringing, race-norming, Affirmative Action, Arab string-pulling to get him into Harvard, and never having had to hold a job has somehow made it difficult for him to function in the most challenging and complicated position of peacetime authority ever devised.

Obama Triggers Firestorm In CIA Tactics Case
Reuters | April 22, 2009
Posted on 04/22/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT by reaganaut1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235449/posts

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

UGH....

Posted this on Obama latest:

Obama Damages National Security by “Muddled” “Confused” Policy

[OafOfOffice]

These people were going to control our ports. There is not a more loyal friend to UAE than Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton Advised UAE on Ports Deal
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060302_clinton_advised_ports/

Bill Clinton Legitimizing the Anti-Semitic U.A.E.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/3/23/164234.shtml?s=al&promo_code=3026-1

scrubbed article;

Clinton ‘unaware’ of Bill’s Dubai ties.” ... “[New York Democrat] Hillary Clinton, a leading opponent of DP World’s takeover of some US port operations, was this week forced to admit that she did not know her husband had advised Dubai leaders on how to handle the growing dispute.” ... “But former President Bill Clinton’s ties to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates should not have come as a surprise to his New York senator wife.” ... “Mrs Clinton’s own senatorial financial disclosure forms reveal that her husband earned $450,000 giving speeches in Dubai in 2002.” ... “Officials from the UAE also donated between $500,000 and $1m to fund Mr Clinton’s presidential library in Arkansas.”

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2007/clinton-speeches/list/

Bill Clinton earned $31 million in speaking fees between 2001 and 2005, as disclosed in his wife’s Senate ethics reports. This page lists information about each speech and the amount the former president earned.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-82209611.html

At the Science, Technology and Arts Royal Summit 2002 (STARS) held recently in Dubai, under the patronage of General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defense Minister, former U.S. President Bill Clinton expressed the need for a global economic and technological alliance against evils, which he said served as a ground for terrorism and destruction.

http://emirateseconomist.blogspot.com/2009/03/bill-clinton-walks-away-from-20-million.html

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Bill Clinton walks away from $20 million
Or at least it used to be $20 million. The Wall Street Journal thinks it’s because the money is tied to Sheik Maktoum, and Clinton’s wife is now Secretary of State.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/4/141014.shtml?s=lh

Clinton on Dubai Payroll

Former President Bill Clinton is up to his eyeballs in dealings with Dubai, his former top political adviser has revealed.

“Bill Clinton is a senior adviser - a paid adviser - to a company called Yucaipa which recently set up a relationship with a group called the Yucaipa Investment group to set up a new company called DIGL,”

“DIGL Inc. is in charge of managing the investments of the crown prince of Dubai throughout the world. Bill Clinton is paid by Yucaipa a percentage of the profits it makes, and Yucaipa said its profits have exceeded 40 percent in recent years.

[Purrcival]

At least he didn’t make the guy wear panties on his head, or talk to a woman. /sarc (but is the /sarc tag REALLY necessary here?)

[ponder life]

The UAE is a tiny country of 4+ million people with most of the population non-citizens (900,000 UAE citizens, the rest foreign labor). The UAE for all their wealth, depends highly on the rest of the world, from building their cities to maintaining a supply line to the country to relying on foreign banks to hold their wealth.

We should have no problem freezing the necessary assets after the lawsuit by Nabulsi. This is a disgusting and draconian display of abuse of power.