Look at the hypocracy of UAE sending money to USA.

[North brother]

WASHINGTON - The United Arab Emirates gave the Bush administration $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina weeks before a state-owned company there sought U.S. approval for its ports deal.

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The White House said Thursday the $100 million for storm victims demonstrates the relationship between the two governments caught in a firestorm over the potential security risks of state-owned Dubai Ports World running significant operations at six major U.S. ports.

The administration said the request for U.S. approval of the $6.8 billion ports deal and the UAE contribution were not related.

"There was no connection between the two events," said Adam Ereli, the deputy State Department spokesman.

The U.S. government the money it received from the United Arab Emirates was nearly four times as much as it received from all other countries combined. Other nations, including some in the Middle East, also pledged large contributions but have not yet sent the money.

The money from the UAE was previously described by the State Department only as a "very large" contribution. The White House said so far it has received $126 million in international donations, including the UAE money.

Robert Kimmitt, deputy secretary at the Treasury Department, told senators Thursday that Dubai Ports World first approached U.S. officials Oct. 17 to discuss a proposed purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which runs significant operations at six large U.S. ports.

Kimmitt said the company informally approached Treasury officials to discuss preliminary stages of the purchase. A formal review of the proposed sale started on Dec. 16, Kimmitt told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The United Arab Emirates sent its $100 million Katrina donation on Sept. 21 using an electronic transfer to an account at the State Department, the White House said. Two-thirds of the money was given to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help coordinate aid to 100,000 families. The rest was sent to the Education Department to help rebuild storm-damaged schools and universities near New Orleans.

The United Arab Emirates has long-standing ties to the Bush family. Records show the UAE and one of its sheikhs contributed at least $1 million before 1995 to the Bush Library Foundation, which established the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. The executive chairman of Dubai Ports World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, is not listed among donors.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/ ... index.html


They send $100 000 000 to the katrina victims and what do they send to the starvation victims in somalia. I actually wanna know also how much the saudi authorities have sent, muslim relief has sent £40000 so far manshallah to each country somalia kenya ethiopia burundi and tanzania.

[LionHeart-112]

Well both muslim and non-muslims need and deserve our help. I know it's hypocritical not to help your starving muslim brethren and send money to people in the richest nation in the world, but there are lots of people who can use that money in new orleans.

[North brother]

Yea i know but who needs our hlp more, it not like they are starving.

[BARIIS&BASTOO_BOY]

marduuf suk your modda

[Gacalisa]

BBB, the USA has been funding UAE, how do you thing they succeeded so fast, and if the UAE didnt give money to them, how would the UAE survive in the future, btw all the amazing construction in UAE is made by the west

[B-MAX]

[quote="Gacalisa"]BBB, the USA has been funding UAE, how do you thing they succeeded so fast, [/quote]

Their success came from Oil dollars and good investment in the Country.
Uncle Sam is bankrupt. The USA national debt is beyond Jupiter.


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and if the UAE didnt give money to them, how would the UAE survive in the future, [/quote]





[quote] btw all the amazing construction in UAE is made by the west[/quote]


The Construction companies didn't build those SkyScrapers for FREE,but the money to build them came from UAE.

[Gacalisa]

in what ever form the money was spendt or produce, the west's hand was in there some where.

[gurey25]

[quote="Gacalisa"]BBB, the USA has been funding UAE, how do you thing they succeeded so fast, and if the UAE didnt give money to them, how would the UAE survive in the future, btw all the amazing construction in UAE is made by the west[/quote]

The US has little to do with the success of the UAE.
it comes from good management of thier resources.

and only a minority of those construction companies are american,
they get stiff competition from, european, japanese,korean firms.
infact allot of them are local.