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CNN's Lou Dobbs on Bush Family Dealings with UAE;
http://usliberals.about.com/b/a/246671.htm

President Bush's family and members of the Bush
administration have long-standing business
connections with the United Arab Emirates,
and those connections are raising new concerns
and questions tonight in some quarters about why
the president is defying his very own party leadership
and his party in defending the Dubai port deal.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT:
"The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is a major investor in
The Carlyle Group, the private equity investment firm
where President Bush's father once served as senior adviser
and is a who's who of former high-level government officials.
Just last year, Dubai International Capital,
a government-backed buyout firm, invested in an
$8 billion Carlyle fund.

Another family connection, the president's brother,
Neil Bush, has reportedly received funding for his
educational software company from the UAE investors.
A call to his company was not returned.

Then there is the cabinet connection. Treasury Secretary
John Snow was chairman of railroad company CSX.
After he left the company for the White House,
CSX sold its international port operations to
Dubai Ports World for more than a billion dollars.

Another administration connection, President Bush
chose a Dubai Ports World executive to head the
U.S. Maritime Administration. David Sanborn,
the former director of Dubai Ports' European and
Latin American operations, he was tapped just
last month to lead the agency that oversees
U.S. port operations."


After testy Senate Armed Forces Committee briefings
today with a Treasury Department underling and
the press, on the deal to cede US port control to
the United Arab Emirates, C-SPAN hosted a call-in
program for Americans to comment on the briefings.

As is normal for C-SPAN call-in programs,
separate phone numbers were provided for Republicans,
Democrats and Independents. I was astonished during
the 30 minutes I listened to the callers....

About 80% were Republicans, and every last one of
them was fighting angry at the Bush Admnistration.
One Republican senior threatened to switch to the
Democratic Party for the first time in his life.
Another conservative shouted that the Bush family
cares only about money, and not national security.
Every single caller, regardless of partisan affiliation,
expressed fury at the deal and at George Bush.
Many were livid with all Republicans..
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Halliburton Business in Iran - Global Overview
http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/2004/report.jsp

Principal activity in Iran occurs through the operations of
Halliburton Products & Services, Limited, a Cayman Islands
company, headquartered in Dubai, U.A.E.

Carlyle, KKR buyout funds secure Dubai's support

con_type=1&d_str=20051118

United Arab Emirates donated at least $1 million to Bush library
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4546121

Something smells fishy here....no...it actually stinks to high heaven.