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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Dubai Ports World Enforces Boycott on Israeli Goods and Services Today
UAE government maintains agency "Office for the Boycott of Israel"


Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Port Security (2/28/2006)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- today made the comment during the Senate Commerce committee Hearing on Port Security. He stated that he is hearing some rumblings from his colleagues that denying the deal to the UAE company Dubai Port World could be construed as being racist and using racial profiling. Senator Lautenberg made the statement that during Gulf War I he was to travel to the U.S. Airbase in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Government refused the senator based on the fact that he had a Jewish stamp in his passport. (The UAE has policies just the same as Saudi Arabia.) The senator filed complaint with the State Department. The senators comment was made to illustrate that those trying to protect UAE Dubai Port World are in absolutely no position to play the race card or even protest any degree of racial profiling.


Senator Barbara Boxer - today made the comment that DPW has no women in its upper management. She also made the comment that on the DPW website they were bragging about former DPW executive, Dave Sanborn, being appointed to the position of the U.S. Maritime Administrator.

UAE maintains a government agency called the Office for the Boycott of Israel. The agency is in charge of enforcing a boycott of Israeli goods and services. Dubai Ports World enforces the boycott of Israeli goods and services.

Do we really want a UAE owned company such as Dubai Ports World to have ownership of our ports and knowledge of our security procedures? I think not!

GEORGE BUSH WAKE UP AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!

I would encourage everyone to check your C-Span listings to see when Port Security hearings will be conducted and broadcast.