Again we show how the current right has changed over the past couple of years, embracing the crazy conspiracy theories that come out of their base and hope to turn that into political capital. This time it involves the Ground Zero mosque: Tuesday, Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called Imam Feisal Abdul […]
I really don’t know what to take away from this: The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait’s daily Al-Seyassah reported Thursday. Quoting “highly informed” sources, the daily said Washington has asked Saudi Arabia for 120 billion dollars, the […]
Well ABC News is reporting on an interesting development in the Dubai ports deal: The White House asked Dubai Ports World, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates, to give up its management stake in U.S. ports, to save President Bush from the politically difficult position of vetoing a key piece of legislation to […]
The Washington Post now has the story up regarding Dubai’s pull out: The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests. The announcement appears to head off a major confrontation that was brewing between Congress and […]
Dubai has quit its bid for the ports deal. The following is appearing on CNN’s home page: Dubai Ports World has agreed to turn over all of its operations at U.S. ports to a United States entity, said Sen. John Warner, reading a statement from DP World. He said the reason is “to preserve” the […]
By a vote of 62-2, the House Appropriations Committee approved the amendment to stop the state-owned United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World from managing terminals at the American ports.
From the Washington Post Sunday, March 5, 2006; A04 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: Gen. Peter Pace , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. David Johnson , director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and former Federal Emergency Management Agency director […]
The saga continues. ABC News are reporting that Eller & Co of Miami USA have won the right to to take the case of the sale of P&O to a Dubai company to the British Court of Appeal. This has meant the sale has had to be put on hold: LONDON Mar 3, 2006 (AP)— A […]
Guto Harri the BBC North America Business correspondent has reported on security concerns that have been raised in the USA over the takeover of another British company by a Dubai government owned company: Security concerns have been prompted in the US by the takeover of a second British firm by a Dubai-based company. The Doncasters […]
Now Bush didn’t know about the port deal? President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday. Defending the deal anew, the administration also […]