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Real Torture in the UAE

Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:46 pm PDT

This is what real torture looks like, as a member of the United Arab Emirates royal family is caught on tape: ABC News Exclusive: Torture Tape Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh. [Video]

Torture, UAE, United Arab Emirates

Dubai's Plans in the US

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 7:52 pm PDT

A Dubai-based sister company of DP World, who tried to buy a controlling interest in America’s seaports, has now purchased 1,300 acres of land in South Carolina, to be developed into a logistics center and business park. ORANGEBURG, SC (AP) - A Dubai-based company looking to build a logistics center ...

LGF, Dubai, Qatar, UAE, Antisemitism

Pigophobia in the UAE

Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 7:44 pm PDT

Fear of pork grips the United Arab Emirates: People fume as shops sell toy that hurts religious feelings. It’s a porcine conspiracy, and the ummah simply won’t stand for it. Ras Al Khaimah: Scores of Emiratis are angry that a toy that offends Islamic sentiments is being sold in local malls. People have ...

LGF, UAE, Islam, Pigs, Pigophobia

LGF Exclusive: Rare Camel Jockey Photos

Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 9:48 pm PDT

An LGF reader forwarded these photographs after reading our post about the suit against the Governor of Dubai for enslaving thousands of children as jockeys for camel races. I visited the Middle East multiple times in the 90’s on business. These are pictures I took when our host took us ...

UAE, Camel Jockeys, Child Slavery

Governor of Dubai Sued for Enslaving 30,000 Children

Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 5:18 pm PDT

Our friends in the Emirates: Sheikh accused over camel boys. A legal case has been filed in a US district court alleging that the governor of Dubai and his brother enslaved about 30,000 children over the past 30 years for use as camel jockeys. The claim, which is based on international laws ...

UAE, Camel Jockeys, Child Slavery

Mumbai Train Bombings Blamed on ISI

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:31 am PDT

India’s intelligence services are pointing the finger of blame for the Mumbai train atrocities at Pakistan’s infamous Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI): Pak’s ISI masterminded 11/7, says intelligence. Forty-eight hours after bombs ripped through Mumbai, the needle pointed to Pakistan. Intelligence agencies on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the “mastermind” ...

Mumbai, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, RoP, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan

Mumbai Train Bombers Funded by Saudi Arabia and UAE

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 5:08 pm PDT

The Times of India quotes a “former activist” of the Students Islamic Movement of India, who reveals that the Kashmiri terror gang Lashkar-e-Toiba is receiving funds for jihad from our friends in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Attacks retaliation for Gujarat riots? The Lashkar-e-Taiba, intelligence reports suggest, has recruited ...

Mumbai, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, RoP, Saudi Arabia, UAE

UAE Will Fund Hamas

Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 9:57 am PST

Our friends in the United Arab Emirates have assured Khaled Meshaal that their oil money will keep flowing to Hamas: Hamas assured of continued UAE aid for Palestinians. DUBAI (AFP) - The militant group Hamas said it was assured that the United Arab Emirates would continue to provide financial aid to ...

UAE, Hamas, Palestinian, Terrorism

Hamas Will Keep On Killing

Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 8:15 am PST

The leader of Hamas is visiting our friends in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, and he says Hamas is going to keep on slaughtering Jews: Hamas leader says won’t renounce ‘armed resistance’. ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group ...

Hamas, Terrorism, Israel, Palestinian, UAE

Dubai Backs Down?

Thu, Mar 9, 2006 at 2:05 pm PST

The news today is that Dubai Ports World is backing out of the deal: Dubai Port Company to Divest Itself of American Holdings. 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 ...

Dubai Ports, UAE, Ports Deal, DP World, homeland security, Politics

House Panel Votes to Block Dubai Ports Deal

Wed, Mar 8, 2006 at 6:04 pm PST

Republicans in the House just voted not to let Democrats get to the right of them: GOP House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal. (Hat tip: dustyroadguy.) WASHINGTON - In a congressional election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm ...

Dubai Ports, UAE, Ports Deal, DP World, homeland security, Politics

Dubai Ports Deal Misperceptions and Mysteries

Tue, Mar 7, 2006 at 5:04 pm PST

At National Review, Barbara Lerner has another disquieting fact to throw into the mix, in the Dubai Ports deal controversy: Misperceptions & Mysteries. We should reject the Dubai Ports deal, not just because it is risky to have a hostile country managing critical parts of our infrastructure, but because the claim ...

UAE, Dubai, Ports, Politics, homeland security