During the 9/11 "investigation,...

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...as I recall, the UAE forbid the 9/11 Commission from looking into how terrorist money is funneled through that country's banking system.

Anyone have some good links to these stories.
I am going to Google it right now.

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1. Well not "right now"...

...I am late for work damn it!!!

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2. you might find what your looking for here

http://www.madcowprod.com/11122004issue.html

[rman]

3. Sure looks like UAE's king is good buddies with the neocons

even though Powell features in there somehow, this doesn't bode well. Especially because of connections to OBL.

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http://www.madcowprod.com/11122004issue.html
Mohammed bin Zayid, the UAE's Crown Prince and Chief of Staff, is tied to al-Qaeda yet regularly meets with Bush Administration Officials to discuss the prevention of terrorism.
November 25, 2004 - Venice, FL
by Grant Noah

The United Arab Emirates, one of the U.S. government’s closest allies in the War on Terror, has a new King and Crown Prince. Earlier this month the UAE’s long-time ruler passed away at the age of 86.

Reuters, November 2, 2004:

“The president of OPEC member the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, has died… The UAE holds 98 billion barrels of oil reserves, close to nine percent of the world's total”…

“Last year he paved the way for a smooth transfer of power after his death, appointing his son Sheikh Mohammed as deputy crown prince of Abu Dhabi which puts him second in line to rule Abu Dhabi after the succession of his brother Sheikh Khalifa.”
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=614031§ion=news

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So these agents report that they followed bin Laden to this camp and the CIA puts a satellite up and takes some pictures. Then they see a C-130 transport plane. They trace the plane to the United Arab Emirates…
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/03/03/coll/index_np.html

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4. Good question

I'm out of here for the day, too, but want to kick this query until it is satisfactorily resolved

[rman]

5. here's something from another DU thread

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists ..."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2475354


We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,"
~ GW Bushie boy declared on 9/11/01.

Two days later, Paul Wolfowitz argued that the war would focus on "ending states who sponsor terrorism."

And as Wolfowitz deputy, Doug Feith, later told the New Yorker, "the principal strategic thoughts underlying our strategy in the war on terrorism is the importance of the connection between terrorist organizations and their state sponsors."

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Some facts about the UAE:

– The UAE was one of three countries in the world to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

– The UAE has been a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.

– According to the FBI, money was transferred to the 9/11 hijackers through the UAE banking system.

– After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden’s bank accounts.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/17/ports-uae