U.S. Alarmed as Some Exports Veer Off Course(United Arab Emirates)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Times

Roadside bombings of American troops in Iraq were occurring with unnerving regularity when military investigators made a disturbing discovery: American-made computer circuits sold to a trading company in the United Arab Emirates had turned up in the bomb detonators.

That finding set off a clash with Washington last year when the Bush administration cited the diversion of the computer circuits to Iran, and eventually Iraq, as proof that the United Arab Emirates were failing to prevent American technology from slipping into the wrong hands. Administration officials said aircraft parts, specialized metals and gas detectors that have a potential military use had also moved through Dubai, one of the emirates, to Iran, Syria or Pakistan.

The diplomatic face-off, which drew little public attention, prompted the United States to threaten tough new controls on exports to the United Arab Emirates, an ally. The nation had invested billions to become a global trading hub and had begun a campaign to burnish its image in the United States after the uproar in 2006 over a proposal to allow a Dubai company manage some American port terminals.

The administration backed down only after the emirates promised to pass their own export control law. But it is unclear that much has changed nearly a year after the confrontation.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/washington/02UAE.html?hp

[MidwestTransplant]

1. But Bush was ready to let them run our ports.

[LakeSamish706]

2. So now the question, did those shipments go astray by accident or on propose? n/t

[BeHereNow]

3. AND let us not forget the UAE 9-11 connection and Halliburton moving there...

USA Today 2004

"Bin Laden's operatives still using freewheeling Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —
Osama bin Laden's operatives still use this freewheeling city
as a logistical hub three years after more than half the
Sept. 11 hijackers flew directly from Dubai to the United States
in the final preparatory stages for the attack."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-09-02-terror-dubai_x.htm

Much more at link....

BHN

[AzDar]

4. K & R....

( Scary and important)

:kick:

[peacetalksforall]

5. Are they sure it isn't a Cheney KBR company set up in Dubai that is

'losing' the parts? For a profit, of course. If Khan dealt with nuclear stuff, who is the contact for triggers?

[Supersedeas]

6. first Iran and now the US behind the Iraqi insurgency -- parts is parts

[BeHereNow]

7. Kick, because it MATTERS

bhn