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To: kumar who wrote (225759)	3/31/2007 2:48:33 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

More turmoil in the Middle East! Dubai ushers in new horse racing era By M Satya Narayan, Staff Reporter gulfnews.com Dubai: The future of horse racing in Dubai was unveiled yesterday with pomp and ceremony on the Beach Arena at Mina Salaam, Madinat Jumeirah. And it looked radiant. In two and a half years time Dubai will have a state-of-the-art horse racing city called Meydan inclusive of luxury hotels and a sky-bubble restaurant, entertainment clubs, a concourse plaza, iconic towers and a boat-house. The timing could not have been better, with Dubai set to host the $6 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horserace at Nad Al Sheba today. Some of the world’s best thoroughbreds will be vying for prize money totalling a staggering $21 million. More than 50,000 racegoers are expected to watch the seven races, with the first race starting at 5pm. Meydan horse city will also include a dirt and turf race track, new stables and training tracks, receiving barns and a Godolphin gallery and museum. Details of the project were unveiled in a presentation for His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Also present was Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group. A senior Emirates Racing Authority official said the project’s deadline is October 2009.

To: kumar who wrote (225759)	3/31/2007 11:48:52 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

I'm not a legal person, but it is my understanding that the Geneva Convention applies to POWS between countries in a declared state of War. There is no declared state of war against Iran by the UK. No, that's not true, kumar. The Fourth Convention specifically states that a state of war does not have to be in effect. The Fourth Convention also includes rebels who are non state actors, but specifically excludes those who wear no uniform and hide among civilians, such as saboteurs. According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, if you catch a a saboteur behind the lines, he has no protection; you can question him, and you can shoot him. The US explanation for Al Qaeda is that they are classed as saboteurs: "illegal combatants" in the words of the Pentagon.