[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Thanks for the link. I like Mansoor. I am even more impressed with him now.

Mansoor Ijaz is founder and chairman of The Crescent Partnerships, a family of New York investment partnerships between Ijaz, Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson (USAF Ret), former director of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, and Turkey's Global Group, a major Abu Dhabi investment group and the heir of a prominent European shipping family. Former CIA Director, Amb. James Woolsey, serves as vice chairman of Crescent's Board of Governors.

Let's just say I figured he had connections like this ;-)

[tubavil]

Before you make up your minds, be sure you view ijaz's outburst on FNC.

[Maeve]

My aunt who lived on Galveston Island has been convinced that Texas City, Texas will be a terrorist target -- the potential devastation could destroy Galveston and the southeastern Houston metro area, not to mention causing problems for the Port of Houston and access to the Houston Ship Channel. Texas City is a petro-chemical refining nightmare of a city, looking a bit like Hell at night, belching fire and smoke.