The UAE - Halliburton connection/"Trading With The Enemy"

[demgurl]

I have been doing a bit of research and it would appear that an offshoot of Halliburton resides in Dubai. It would also appear that Cheney had dealings with Dubai when he was with Halliburton. I have no doubt that * would get something from this deal but I believe that Cheney may be the driving force behind all of this.

http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2004/0412/086_2.html

Trading With The Enemy
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Halliburton, for example, manages to do business with Iran obliquely. Its Dubai-based affiliate, Halliburton Products & Services Ltd., allegedly has no Americans on staff; the Houston oil services company claims it has no direct ownership of the operation. Nevertheless, FORBES has obtained documents showing how Kala Ltd., the British arm of the National Iranian Oil Co., solicited at least 17 separate bids from the affiliate during 1997 and 1998 (when Vice President Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive). A few bids include handwritten notes that say "FOB Dubai Airport" or "FOB Dubai port"--meaning that the U.A.E. was just a way station between Halliburton and Tehran. Halliburton would not comment on the bids. In any event, earlier this year the Treasury Department reopened a 2001 inquiry into Halliburton's Iran operations and its Dubai-based partner.
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Dubai, for its part, is happy to wink and look the other way. Last month the emirate's de facto ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, met with Juster about the possibility of putting export controls on the books. The process would take at least five years and "would require drafting laws and regulations, establishing a licensing and enforcement process and training personnel," says Juster.
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So what's Uncle Sam's excuse when it comes to cracking down on nuclear proliferation? Can't we persuade the United Arab Emirates to police their middlemen? Apparently much of it comes down to docking privileges for U.S. forces and American arms sales ($8.1 billion from 1995 to 2002) to the U.A.E. Forcing the issue "would be incredibly stupid," says a source at the U.S. Embassy in the U.A.E. "This is the one friend we have in the Gulf, except Kuwait."
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[RazzleDazzle]

1. Good work. Bush's DADDY gets something from the deal too

the connection to it all - Carlyle Group involved in port security deal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2471320#2471323
also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x473813
and: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x474295
Link: http://www.bridgedeck.org/mmp_news_archive/2002/mmp_news021219.html
and: http://www.nsnet.com/archive-1-2005-02.html
and: http://www.informare.it/news/review/2003/b030303.asp

[demgurl]

2. Wow, Razzle.

Thanks for all the hard work and the links. You rock!