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"Dubai or Dubayy ... refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirate's main city, sometimes called 'Dubai City' to distinguish it from the emirate. ..." |
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Arianna Huffington, Racial Profiler: She jumps on the Dubai-bashing bandwagon, by Justin Raimondo, 24 Feb 2006
"With a per capita income of over $20,000, and corporate offices of Ford, Johnson & Johnson, MSD, FedEx, ExxonMobil, CMS Energy, Microsoft ... ensconced in its gleaming ultra-modern skyscrapers, Dubai is the logistical hub of just about every sort of human activity in that part of the globe. It is the Manhattan of the Arab world ..." |
Dubya and Dubai, by J. Neil Schulman, Rational Review, 22 Feb 2006
Related Topic: George W. Bush
"... overall, its clear to me that (a) the $7 billion dollar deal to the benefit of the government of Dubai is the typical sort of baksheesh that the United States makes to foreign governments we need as strategic allies, and (b) it's part of a long-term intelligence initiative." |
Hating Arabs: Arab-haters target Dubai port company, by Justin Raimondo, 22 Feb 2006
"Dubai is a city of over one million, a major financial and industrial center, and an increasingly popular international tourist attraction. ... Culturally, Dubai is the freest country in the Arab world. ... Dubai is the major financial nexus of the Arab world ... The architecture of Dubai is a vision of futurity ..." |
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Saying Good-Bye to Dubai: Bidding Adieu to Globalization?, by Leon Hadar, 18 Mar 2006
Related Topic: Transportation
"Considering that Dubai is an model of American-style capitalism in the Middle East and a reliable trade and military partner of the US, Bobbitt would have found it difficult to conceive a scenario in which a company from Dubai would become the target of a nationalist campaign that in the name of national security was setting to close the American market to foreign trade and investment. " |
The Port Security Controversy, by Ron Paul, Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk, 27 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Reserved Powers
"The Dubai company, DP World, is owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates. It is in essence an agent of a foreign government, which raises questions: Does DP World truly operate like any corporation, answering to a board of directors, serving shareholders, and working to boost profitability? Or does it serve the foreign policy and economic goals of the United Arab Emirates?" |
Ports and Political Hypocrisy, by Xon Hostetter, 25 Feb 2006
Related Topics: United Arab Emirates
"... the bottom line is this: Dubai Ports, whatever its precise composition with respect to the Dubai government, is a competitive port-operating corporation. From our perspective as those whose ports are being managed, we should be glad to see such an efficient company with such vast resources taking an interest in running our ports." |
The Dubai Ports Issue Is Really Wal-Mart and Toyota All Over Again, by William Marina, 23 Feb 2006
Related Topics: Private Property
"A coalition of Democrats ... joined Republican Senate leader ... as well as Christian conservatives ... see Dubai's acquisition of P&O's port concessions as a threat to American security. ... Bush's 'War on Terror' having cried 'wolf' everywhere, including Saddam's Iraq, is now having the issue come back to 'bite the President in the rear.'" |
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