IndieG

Hi,

Just read this article .....any comments?

http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Sto...F-0B3F78259B2E



Anya

CasaNova

"It suits Tehran, which has previously sponsored terrorism in Saudi Arabia, to have a gateway into the Arab Gulf. To some extent the mini-state is under its protection. This could, however, attract the attention of Sunni al-Qaeda extremists fighting pro-Iranian Shias in Iraq. "


Lol... what a stupid article!

UAE is a Sunni Country and its under no agreement with Iran as a matter of fact it has an Issue with Iran over Abu musab Islands.




UAE is under protection (some what) of Sultanate of Oman!


and Mr Writer forgot to mention the arrest of 300 Omani's who were caught with heavy arms.... this was in the news!


My Comment:

his article is nothing more than a FAIRY TALE.

CasaNova

Also Iran has no conflicts with Saudia!


If there is any country that is Sponsoring Terorrism or agaitating terorrism! - Than its USA.


In any country or region around the globle, if we found problems and thats is where we find Uncle Sam! I wonder why?

shiva

Very well respected security co. report on UAE.

nb these guys now guard all british embassies worldwide

United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Country Overview

Risk Ratings
Travel:- Low
Terrorism:- Medium
Security:- Low
Political:- Low


United Arab Emirates (UAE)
City Headlines
Dubai
28 Nov 2005 Minor aftershocks felt on 28 November following earthquake in neighbouring Iran


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TA5

Because the biggest target is always the easiest.

shiva

especially when you cant hit a barn door with a banjo!

TA5

Maybe we should try aiming for civilian towers in the middle of a major city with human pilots at the helm.

shiva

now thats just a purile and facile response, i'm sure you could do better than that.

and any way its a bad idea, you'd miss!

barsha barbie

so why dont' they target russia or china... bigger, better, richer?

TA5

because the russians and chinese wouldn't bother trying to target anybody good or bad they'd be perfectly happy to nuke the entire race and religion

secretdubai

Well actually it's more about Iran having a "gateway" to the "west" - Dubai is seen as a sort of way to view the west for those that can't get visas beyond the region: ie, the vast majority of Iranian intelligence workers.

Eeyore

Not to worry, Tom! In terms of civilian body count, the USA has more than got its own back for 9/11. Estimates of the number of Iraqi civilians killed since the invasion began vary between 27,000-30,000, and since the situation in Iraq shows no signs of improving, those estimates are bound to rise.

Something else that's risen is the cost of the invasion to the USA. It was originally sold to the American people as a short war followed by reconstruction that would cost a bargain $1.7 billion, tops (this was when Bush, Cheney and Rove were listening to Ahmed Chalabi because he was telling them what they wanted to hear). The current cost of the invasion is $202 billion.

But I digress. What were we talking about again?

TA5

Well, the differences are.

1) You are still missing the point in that we aren't 'targeting' civilians. Collateral damage is very different from flying hijacked planes into buildings full of civilians.

2) So, we can afford it, you see, it pays to be #1.

Singlemom

What difference does it make? People are dying..as if the US didn't know it was going to happen?? At least they don't hide behind lies and futile excuses..

MJC

But Tom, the US can't afford it!