United States Gives Control Ports to Arab Company Dubai Ports

[Human]

Any more strong support by the democrats such as we have all witnessed with the ports deal WILL make our country "The United States" seem like the biggest bunch of Racists, and Intellectual Hypocrites in the World.

 

 

 

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washingt...the_dubai_plan/

 

Dean trumpets Democrats for derailing the Dubai plan

By Donna Cassata, Associated Press | March 12, 2006

 

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Democratic National Committee yesterday accused Republicans of having a ''pre-9/11 mind-set" on ensuring safety at US ports.

 

In his party's weekly radio address, Howard Dean trumpeted the Democrats' success in helping to derail a plan for a Dubai-owned company to manage some operations at six US ports.

 

Bush strongly backed the deal involving the United Arab Emirates-based company, but many lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, opposed having a foreign government oversee operations at ports vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

 

DP World said Thursday it would transfer terminal operations at six ports to a US entity, sparing Bush a veto showdown with GOP lawmakers.

 

However, the Financial Times of London reported Friday that DP World is considering retaining a 49 percent interest in the port operations. A DP World spokesman could not confirm the report.

 

''America had a great victory this week in the war on terror," Dean said in the radio address. ''Key Democratic senators and representatives forced President Bush to give up the idea that six major American ports should be run by a foreign country."

 

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[Luke_Wilbur]

Dubai Ports World has ended the weeks-long impasse between Republican leaders and the opposition over its proposed takeover of P & O. It ceded control of five US port terminals in order to satisfy some congressmen who feared the deal would give it strategic control over its ports.

 

In a press release DPW said it was willing to divest fully its acquired US port operations to a “United States entity” to preserve its friendly relations with the US government.

 

The decision for full divestiture was made by the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.