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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates
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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (49518)12/17/2001 1:18:34 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (3) of 54805
 
<OT> conversation with Arab friend (in Dubai, UAE)
Amer is a smart guy working for internet commerce SW firm
he is half Greek, half Palestinian, late 30's
lived half his life in WashingtonDC, other half in Arab world
met him in Florida last year, bright funny great guy
now living in Dubai with apartment overlooking Persian Gulf
temperatures never vary from 70-80 degrees yearround, he claims

he thinks the entire Al Qaeda organization is "burger meat"
that they will not mount ANY more serious terrorist acts
that they are leaderless and without a military anymore
that they will not attack any oil supertankers
that they will not bomb anything else in the USA
that their sleeper cells will shrivel up, aimless
that their money will dry up, as will all direction

he is an odd duck, but very well connected
he chases daughters of Saudi princes
his father lives in Riyadh and is connected
he prefers Irish stewardesses (many stories)
he is not accepted fully by Arabs
he practices Greek Orthodox religion, not Islam
his brother gets beaten by Israelis in WestBank, Palestine
plenty of harrowing stories about life on WestBank

interesting that Americans are still reeling and fearful of future attacks
the anthrax cases only kept our levels of fear high
are we unjustifiably fearful still ???

/ jim
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