Could this UAE deal have something to do with Iran?

[cal04]

they seem awful close to Iran

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Yes. The Straights of Hormuz are really narrow.

Something is probably going on there.

[enid602]

2. DP Ports

The whole idea is to ensure that Iranian oil has a way to get out while we bomb the hell out of them, ensuring that it won't just go to the Chinese, while the Chinese finance our war on Iran. Got it? Makes perfect sense to me.

[Acebass]

3. Ties to Snow and...

The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European and Latin American operations and who was tapped by Bush last month to head the U.S. Maritime Administration.


The political fallout over the deal only grows.
"It's particularly troubling that the United States would turn over its port security not only to a foreign company, but a state-owned one," said western New York's Rep. Tom Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee. Reynolds is responsible for helping Republicans keep their majority in the House.


http://politicalswitchboard.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=7894&view=findpost&p=46485

[HereSince1628]

4. U Want Tinfoil? Could this deal be tied to a future LIHOP?

Why let a foreign government/royal family with direct connections to bin Laden control paperwork that enables merchant seamen to get off their ship and enter major US cities?

No obvious security risk there, nope, move along nothin to see here.