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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Singapore company that is in Seattle is
government owned also...that's not a good reason. </FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<A title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=joanopyr@moscow.com
href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Lies, Ports,
and Saudi Arabia Yet Again!</DIV>
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<DIV>DC, Joan et. al.</DIV>
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<DIV>Most US ports are run by foreign based private sector businesses at this
time, but the turnover of port operations to the UAE involves a foreign
government owned company, not a private corporation, operating critical
US ports. This raises different concerns, given the UAE's conduct and
connections in the Islamic world. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dubai Ports World is acquiring London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Co., a company that operates the port of Miami (yes, the "limeys"
already operate some US ports), which in effect means that this very active US
port is already associated with this state owned UAE company, and this fact is
being fought in court now. Excerpt below from this link/article, that
explains the objections to the UAE takeover: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_049154722.html">http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_049154722.html</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A company at the Port of Miami has sued to block the takeover of shipping
operations there by the UAE owned business. It is the first American courtroom
effort to capsize the sale.<BR><BR>The Miami company, a subsidiary of Eller
& Company Inc., presently is a business partner with London-based
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which Dubai Ports World
purchased last week. In a lawsuit in Florida circuit court, the Miami
subsidiary said that under the sale it will become an "involuntary partner"
with Dubai's government and it may seek more than $10 million in damages.
<BR><BR>The Miami subsidiary, Continental Stevedoring & Terminals Inc.,
said the sale to Dubai was prohibited under its partnership agreement with the
British firm and "may endanger the national security of the United States." It
asked a judge to block the takeover and said it does not believe the company,
Florida or the U.S. government can ensure Dubai Ports World's compliance with
American security rules.</DIV>
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<DIV>Although the UAE has troubling links to terrorism and terrorists,
the fact that two UAE nationals were among the 19 9/11 hijackers
is overshadowed by the Saudi 9/11 connections, with 15 of the 9/11
hijackers of Saudi nationality, and the ominous funding trail for the
9/11 attacks that flowed from within the Saudi borders: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Fifteen of the hijackers were from <A title="Saudi Arabia"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</A>, two were
from the <A title="United Arab Emirates"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab
Emirates</A>, and one each came from <A title=Egypt
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt">Egypt</A> and <A title=Lebanon
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon">Lebanon</A>. </DIV>
<DIV>----------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The lack of a full well publicized government investigation into Saudi
terrorist links to 9/11 and other terrorist activities, and the influence of
the 100s of billions of Saudi US investments and US reliance on
Saudi fossil fuels, on the US economy and government, is far more of a
critical issue than the UAE terrorist connections, though I agree it
is good that port security and the terrorist links of so called Middle East
"allies" is now more on the media and congressional radar. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>One critical question is how the sad state of US port security has gone
so long without public demands for improvement, while we invade other nations
spending hundreds of billions ostensibly to keep the US safe from
terrorism? The lack of necessary improvements in US port security in
recent years raises serious questions regarding the truth behind the agenda of
the "War on Terror" and the functioning of the Homeland Security Dept. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>More info on the UAE below:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.thinkprogress.org/2006/02/17/ports-uae/">http://www.thinkprogress.org/2006/02/17/ports-uae/</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>
<P>Some <A
href="http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/Dubai_Ports_letter.pdf"><FONT
color=#dd0011>facts about the UAE</FONT></A>:</P>
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<P> The UAE was <STRONG>one of three countries in the world to recognize
the Taliban</STRONG> as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.</P>
<P> The UAE has been a <STRONG>key transfer point for illegal shipments of
nuclear components</STRONG> to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.</P>
<P> According to the FBI, <STRONG>money was transferred to the 9/11
hijackers through the UAE banking system</STRONG>.</P>
<P> After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was
<STRONG>not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden's bank
accounts</STRONG>.</P>
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<P>Ted Moffett</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/24/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Joan
Opyr</B> <<A href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">joanopyr@moscow.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Area
Man Dan asks:<BR><BR>"Where was all the bruhaha when the ports were taken
over by a British<BR>conglomerate? I seem to recall them invading us almost
200 years ago, <BR>about 30 years after we kicked them out of the
country."<BR><BR>If this were 200 years ago (and assuming we'd all been
transported back in<BR>time with our iPods and such), I suppose we wouldn't
have entrusted any of <BR>our ports to the British, them being anti-American
limeys and all. But,<BR>it's 2006, and George W. Bush (not King George III)
announced some four<BR>plus years ago that we would have no truck with
terrorists or the<BR>countries that harbor, fund, and sponsor
terrorists.<BR><BR>The United Arab Emirates harbored and sponsored Mohammed
Atta, the<BR>purported organizer of the September 11th attacks, and
Zacharias Al<BR>Moussaui. The United Arab Emirates was the last country in
the world to <BR>allow flights into and out of Afghanistan after the rest of
the world<BR>(including Saudi Arabia) had finally agreed to isolate the
Taliban. Last<BR>but not least, why couldn't the Clinton
Administration "take out" Osama <BR>bin Laden in late 1999 when U. S.
intelligence finally pinpointed his<BR>location inside Afghanistan? Because
they would have taken out half of the<BR>royal family of the UAE in the
process; it would seem that their royal <BR>highnesses, the dictators of the
UAE, were frequent and welcome guests of<BR>Osama bin Laden.<BR><BR>This
port deal stinks to high heaven. And what's the whiffiest bit?
The<BR>Carlyle Group's involvement. Here's a piece of trivia for you --
where was <BR>George H. W. Bush on September 11th, 2001? Meeting with the
Carlyle Group,<BR>which at that time included Osama bin Laden's
brother.<BR><BR>Show me the money!<BR><BR>Joan "Grassy Knoll" Opyr/Auntie
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