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To: Elroy who wrote (276398)	2/24/2006 10:53:01 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572468

The UAE wholly owns the company. The UAE supported the Taliban in Afghanistan. The UAE was a hub AQ Khan used to proliferate nuclear weapon technology around the world. The UAE provided two of the 9/11 terrorists and some of it's support and funding. The Chinese, Singaporeans, Japanese and Danes aren't known for suicide bombing and fanaticism, at least lately (Japanese). Arabs ARE! No sale for me. All we have to do is give the sale the thumbs down, and we should. Sell the ports to some OTHER company. The most likely "delivery system" for a crude Islamic nuke device is a shipping container. This could be the enabling first step..

To: Elroy who wrote (276398)	2/24/2006 1:17:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572468

Elroy, Those of us who are not knowledgeable about exactly what goes on in "port operations" are blowing hot air. Well said. I don't know what goes on, either, but from my point of view, I wonder why we're still only inspecting 5% of all the shipping crates coming through our ports. Is 100% inspection even practical? If not, then what's the difference, and why would the UAE supposedly make our ports even "less secure"? On the other hand, if 100% inspection is indeed practical and possible, then why aren't we there yet, even before the UAE takes over port operations? Either way, the real issues are being missed, and the UAE has little to do with them. Tenchusatsu