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To: goldworldnet who wrote (59121)2/22/2006 11:13:59 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Respond to of 362769
 
The UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug producing countries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering...
cia.gov

And as Sen. Menendez' pointed out on Keith Olbermann, the UAE supported the Taliban and have been implicated as a major financial source for the 9/11 attackers as well as a transshipment point for nuclear armaments (and be sure to watch this video):
http//www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x476018

Less than 5% of shipping containers (Sen. Menendez accidentally said it backwards) are inspected by the US inspectors
boston.com