I'm mostly interested in Dubai because it lives its fantasies and makes them real. Dubai has a history going back to the Jemdet Nasr c 2600 BC as the home of some of the worlds richest pirates. Their contributions to civilization may have included the Indo European language as according to Sargon, their trade connected the ships of Meluhha, Makkan, and Dilmun with the quays of Agade.
In modern times, aside from building the largest casino in Vegas, they have invited into Dubai the worlds most preminent architects, engineers and project managers to engage in building a city like the world has never seen complete with an underwater hotel called the Hydropolis, buildings shaped like sails, manmade islands shaped like palm trees. In 2007 Haliburton, KBR, Blackwater were among the many mercenaries and no bid contractors that moved their corporate headquarters to Dubai
Meanwhile the real businesses of their Thieves Guild, their drug trade, arms trade and white slavery rackets which furnish the gulfs brothels with HIV positive child prostitutes to service oil rich Saudis and Blackwater (XE's) special operations forces, and their exploitation of the Oil and Gas which lie southeast of Saudi Arabias now exhausted Ghawar field, continue to prosper.
The security company Idarat Maritime, which specialises in maritime protection, is working with leading Lloyd's underwriters to formulate safeguards for shippers. Christopher Ledger, a former Royal Marine officer and a director of the firm, said: "There is evidence that syndicates based in the Gulf – some in Dubai – play a significant role in the piracy which is taking place off the African coast. There are huge amounts of money involved and this gives the syndicates access to increasingly sophisticated means of moving money as well as access to modern technology in carrying out the hijackings. This is an international problem and the shipping companies need to ensure that their crews learn how to deal with it."
Investigators have discovered that the pirate gangs are exploiting information available to the shipping industry to plan their attacks. Front organisations are believed to have signed up to the Lloyd's List ship movement database, and sources such as Jane's Intelligence, to ascertain protective measures being undertaken by the shippers. In addition they have bought equipment to monitor radio traffic.
In addition to business as usual Dubai has apparently added a new
Assassins Guild.
LAHORE: Members of an elite division of Blackwater (Xe Services) are conducting a secret programme from Karachi in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigative report by US-based newspaper The Nation has revealed.
Citing a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus, the paper said the covert forward operating base, run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), is assisted by Blackwater operatives in gathering intelligence and help run a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes.
Blackwater is Recruiting Agents Agents Fluent In Urdu & Punjabi For Pakistan
Report Suggests Pakistani Envoy In Washington Has Issued 360 Visas To Americans In One Month Without Consulting Islamabad
Link To Article : http://www.ahmedquraishi.com/...
Blackwater USA is looking for mercenaries fluent in Urdu, Pakistan's national language, and Punjabi, the language spoken by natives of Pakistan's largest populated province. The US military already deploys officers and commando units manned by people fluent in Pashto, spoken in most of western Pakistan and southern Afghanistan. Keeping in view the denials of the US embassy in Islamabad and the expanding American presence on Pakistani soil, these recruitments are obviously not meant for running call centers. Since Washington has unilaterally decided that Pakistan is now a 'war theater' after Iraq and Afghanistan, it is only natural that American terrorism will also be unleashed in Pakistan. Blackwater is in Pakistan.
The source, which The Nation said has worked on covert US military programmes for years, including in Afghanistan and Pakistan, had direct knowledge of Blackwater’s involvement