UAE Touts Helping U.S. Coalition Forces... USAID at Same Time Building Gas Pipeline Benefiting UAE
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| The United Arab Emirates embassy in the U.S. a little while ago bragged in a tweet that "UAE participated with US in 5 coalition actions in 20 years: Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Bosnia-Kosovo, Gulf War." U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor in response poses the question, "Does that possibly explain why the U.S. Agency for International Development is planning to build a 47 km. pipeline extension in the former Soviet republic of Georgia -- a project whose goal is to promote the UAE-owned Poti Free Industrial Zone near the Black Sea?" Just a thought. Related: "U.S.-Financed Pipeline Benefiting UAE Royal Family Moves... |
U.S.-Financed Pipeline Benefiting UAE Royal Family Moves Forward
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| The U.S is moving forward with plans to help finance a gas pipeline-extension benefiting United Arab Emirate royals. As U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor reported late last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to provide an unspecified level of financial support to build the 47 kilometer natural-gas pipeline in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The agency claims that the Kutaisi-Abasha project, as it is known, will provide “energy security” in the region. The endeavor as originally described was to promote the development of the Poti Free Industrial Zone on the Black Sea coast, “and secure power... |
Two Men Given Six Months Jail for Kissing in Public
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| European and Asian deny charge but witness said he saw them kissing on the mouthAn appeals court in Abu Dhabi upheld a previous court verdict and sentenced a European and an Asian man to six months in prison and ordered their deportation after they were convicted of kissing each other on the mouth in a public place, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The court supported the previous sentence after a witness confirmed again that he saw them hugging and kissing each other on the mouth in a street in Abu Dhabi, the Arabic language daily Alittihad said. The two unnamed... |
Airbus completes qualification of Mirage 2000 and F-16 for UAE in flight refuelling
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Airbus completes qualification of Mirage 2000 and F-16 for UAE in flight refuelling Posted 26 March 2012 · Add Comment Airbus Military has successfully completed receiver qualification of the two primary aircraft-types that the UAE Air Force will refuel from the three A330 MRTT multi role tanker transports that it currently has on order. In an extensive series of flight tests in Abu Dhabi, the compatibility of the new generation A330 MRTT with UAE Air Force Mirage 2000 and F-16 Block 60 fighters was fully demonstrated. Operating from Al Dhafra airbase, the aircraft performed air-to-air refuelling at speeds throughout the... |
British business pins Gulf hopes on mega fighter jet deal
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| British business pins Gulf hopes on mega fighter jet deal Wednesday, 21 March 2012 By Carina Kamel Al Arabiya / London As the British defence sector prepares to submit what could be one of the most significant deals in defence contracting with the UAE Air force, the British government is stepping up efforts to court its Gulf partners. Al Arabiya was granted exclusive access to a private meeting of more than 50 British CEOs and executives from leading companies, including defence contracting giant BAE Systems, where the UK’s Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Stephen Green, made the... |
Cold Case: Emirati Woman’s Killer Caught 10 Years After Murder
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Comoros man confesses to murder but says he did not intend to kill herA Comoros man who murdered an Emirati woman reputed for her benevolence got away with it for nearly 10 years before he was caught by Dubai’s police, the emirate’s deputy police chief said. Major General Khamis MatarAl Mazinah said the 51-year-old man murdered the woman, in her 50s, in 2002 after she caught him trying to rob her safe at her house in Satwa area. Investigation into the murder failed to produce results during that time but Dubai’s police did not give up efforts to unravel the... |
Hate Messages in UAE Mosque Toilets (Racist Comments, Vulgar Rawings, Messages Supporting Terrorism)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Racist comments, vulgar drawings, messages supporting terrorism deface mosque washroomsMosque washrooms in Dubai and Sharjah are being defaced by racist slurs, vulgar remarks and hate messages, a random XPRESS survey revealed. The offensive posts — mostly too graphic to be shown or talked about here — were found scribbled behind toilet doors in restrooms attached to mosques. XPRESS visited several restrooms at mosques in Dubai, including those in Deira, Bur Dubai, Karama, Mankhool, Satwa and Al Safa, and also mosques in Rolla and Abu Shagara in Sharjah. On an average, only four out of around 15 were found to be... |
Abu Dhabi plans to build stealth ships
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Abu Dhabi plans to build stealth ships Haseeb Haider 7 March 2012 ABU DHABI - A new joint venture shipyard in Abu Dhabi will construct stealth vessels and in the future plans to build upgraded marine engines in collaboration with Italy’s Fincantieri, which builds naval and merchant ships. Etihad Ship Building (ESB), in a joint venture deal with Abu Dhabi’s Al Fattan Ship Industries, weapons suppliers Melara Middle East of Dubai and Italy’s Fincantieri, will construct, refit and carry out maintenance of stealth vessels for the UAE Navy and regional navies. Initially, the joint venture shipyard will install the Rolled... |
US Treasury Department cuts Iran's cash pipeline,sources say
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| The U.S. Treasury Department disrupted a Dubai-based banking operation that Washington believes had become Tehran's primary conduit for evading international sanctions and processing its oil sales, according to people briefed on the operation. The effort was particularly sensitive because the targeted institution in the United Arab Emirates is partly owned by the local government of Dubai, a close U.S. ally. The chairman of the bank, called the Noor Islamic Bank, is the son of Dubai's ruler. |
Warships made in Abu Dhabi to be sold abroad
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Warships made in Abu Dhabi to be sold abroad Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) is in advanced talks to secure orders for its new Baynunah class of multipurpose missile corvettes from other regional navies. "The Baynunah class is a unique and very sophisticated warship and it has attracted the attention of a number of navies in the region and around the world," Mohamed Salem Al Junaibi, the ADSB chief executive, said after the launch of the Mezyad, the fourth ship in the class at ADSB's yard yesterday. He declined to name the interested navies, but it is already known that... |
IRAN RAISES TEMPERATURE AT CRITICAL STRAIT
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| The oil minister of the United Arab Emirates has announced that a new oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz is nearly complete. The Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline project would ship crude from the UAE’s main oil producing region to the port of Fujairah on the country’s eastern coast, bypassing the vital Strait. The timing of the announcement could not be more prescient; Iranian officials have recently made their most threatening remarks to date about “closing” the Strait of Hormuz as fresh U.S. and international sanctions have put the regime on the defensive. In recent weeks alone, the head... |
U.S. in $3.5 billion arms sale to UAE amid Iran tensions
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran. The deal, signed on December 25 and announced on Friday night by the U.S. Defense Department, "is an important step in improving the region's security through a regional missile defense architecture," Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement. The U.S. Congress had been notified of the proposed sale in September 2008 by former President George W. Bush's administration. At that time, the system built by... |
#DXB11: Certain victory for Rafale turns uncertain
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| #DXB11: Certain victory for Rafale turns uncertain So much for the rampant rumours (well, rampant throughout France anyway) that the UAE's long-delayed fighter contract was a done-deal for the Rafale. Everything we know about the United Arab Emirates fighter modernisation plans have turned upside down within the first 24h of the Dubai Air Show. Quick summary: Dassault Rafale still in, Saab Gripen still out, Eurofighter Typhoon made a surprise entrance, Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 60 is now lurking and Boeing throws F-15 Silent Eagle into the mix. And the UAE Air Force, meanwhile, confirmed it wants to buy a "next... |
Fast-growing airline Emirates orders 50 more Boeing 777s in record $18 billion deal
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's fast-growing airline Emirates kicked off the Middle East's biggest airshow Sunday with a huge order for 50 Boeing 777s, marking the U.S. aircraft maker's biggest-ever single order in dollar terms. |
DUBAI: UAE issues shock Eurofighter Typhoon request
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| DUBAI: UAE issues shock Eurofighter Typhoon request By: Craig Hoyle Dubai France’s long-running campaign to sell up to 60 Dassault Rafales to the United Arab Emirates faces a shock last-minute challenge, with the Eurofighter consortium having been asked to submit a proposal based on its Typhoon combat aircraft. News of the development broke on the eve of the Dubai air show, where both types are scheduled to take part in the daily flying display. Sources have confirmed that the UK provided a formal briefing about the Typhoon to UAE officials on 17 October, after being asked to explore how it... |
U.S. may sell precision-guided bombs to UAE-source
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| U.S. may sell precision-guided bombs to UAE-source 1:32am EST WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government may soon announce plans for a large sale of precision-guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates, a source familiar with the arms sales plans said late on Thursday, as tensions mounted with Iran over its nuclear program. The Pentagon is considering a significant sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions made by Boeing Co , adding to other recent arms deals with the UAE. These include the sale of 500 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles about which U.S. lawmakers were notified in September. The sale of... |
French Push Hard to Clinch Jet Deal with UAE
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| French Push Hard to Clinch Jet Deal with UAE Written by Arieh O’Sullivan First foreign sale for French jet may go to Arab nation Fresh from battle experience over Libya, a French Rafale jet is heading to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to strut its stuff amid a heavy pitch to finally clinch a deal for the first foreign sale of the fighter aircraft. The sleek Rafale, built by Dassault Aviation, is expected to fly at the biennial Dubai Air Show, a five-day jamboree of top aviation, defense and aerospace executives, which begins on Sunday. French officials have recently hinted... |
#DXB11: Dubai Air Show's biggest non-story is ... the F-35
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| #DXB11: Dubai Air Show's biggest non-story is ... the F-35 The Lockheed Martin F-35 is the story that won't happen at the Dubai Air Show, which opens Sunday, and we're not entirely sure why. There is of course no shortage of big headlines at what is now the world's third-largest aerospace event and rising quickly. It's possible the United Arab Emirates will finally sign a check to buy some number of Dassault Rafales, although the total could be fewer than the stated requirement of 60. We may also hear more about the UAE's postponed deals for large airborne early warning... |
IN FOCUS: Middle East defence market keeps growing
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| IN FOCUS: Middle East defence market keeps growing By: Stephen Trimble Washington DC A news conference by the elusive ministry of defence of the United Arab Emirates was announced unexpectedly on 18 November 2009. The Dubai air show was all but over, but now the MoD would meet with the press on the afternoon of 19 November. Until that moment it had appeared the air show - the most important aerospace industry event in the Middle East every other year - was a bust in terms of achieving clarity on several major defence orders. Entering the event, industry officials wondered... |
UAE's faithful say 'luxury' Haj is unholy
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| s Haj tour operators compete to provide the greatest luxury, pilgrims say packages costing more than Dh100,000 detract from what should be a religious experience. Even an "ordinary" Haj package can cost between Dh39,000 and Dh45,000, including airfare and accommodation. But the tour operators say they are only providing what customers want - and some want luxury. "A number of pilgrims want to stay near the holy places like the Kaaba, and hotels in the neighbourhood are more expensive," said Shaban Abdul Maqsood, who works at a tour company he declined to name. "We offer a 'five-star' Haj and have... |
Korea awaits new partner for $5 bil. fighter program
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Korea awaits new partner for $5 bil. fighter program By Lee Tae-hoon The door is open for another country or foreign firm to participate in Seoul’s initiative to develop a new combat aircraft with a budget of $5 billion, defense officials here said. “Many countries, including the United Arab Emirates, have shown interest in investing in the project,” Noh Dae-rae, head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration Commissioner, said Tuesday. “We are planning to allow another country with the most attractive offer to join the KF-X program.” The KF-X program refers to the multirole fighter development program that Seoul has... |
Three Middle East nations considering F-16 orders
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Three Middle East nations considering F-16 orders Posted Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2011 By Bob Cox rcox@star-telegram.com Prospects may be improving for Lockheed Martin to soon book more orders for Fort Worth-built F-16 fighter jets. Iraq's on-again, off-again plans for buying F-16s may be back on again. In addition, Oman and the United Arab Emirates are reportedly again talking to the U.S. government and Lockheed about F-16s after they could not agree on terms for buying French fighter jets. Lockheed officials confirmed reports that they had been in contact with the three Middle East nations about F-16 sales, but they declined... |
Will Lockheed's Rival Crash and Burn?
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| Will Lockheed's Rival Crash and Burn? By Rich Smith Investors know the saying: "Bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered." If you stumble onto a "good thing," don't get greedy -- take a fair profit. France's Dassault would be wise to heed that lesson. Yesterday, DefenseNews.com reported that Dassault has run into trouble in negotiations to sell the United Arab Emirates a fleet of Rafale fighter jets. The UAE wanted to purchase several dozen of the jets to replace its 63 French Mirage fighters. But a deal that was supposed to cost somewhere between $2.5 billion and... |
The GCC is expanding its army, but for what?
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| A proposal to boost the Peninsula Shield, the Gulf Cooperation Council's combined military force, has been approved by its six member states, and could increase to include 100,000 troops before the end of the year... The Peninsula Shield currently consists of about 40,000 troops and has its permanent base in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The proposed expansion would be a huge boost from the previous force's incarnation, whose numbers fluctuated between 5-10,000 troops during its existence. Its permanent military base could also be moved to Bahrain... Back in March, when the protest movement in Bahrain was gaining the same kind... |
International procurement network members indicted for supplying Iran with US military...
Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:25:05 PM
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| NOTE The following text is a quote: JUNE 23, 2011 MACON, GA International procurement network members indicted for supplying Iran with US military aircraft components MACON, Ga. - Seven individuals and five corporate entities based in the United States, France, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Iran have been indicted in the Middle District of Georgia for their alleged roles with illegally exporting military components for fighter jets and attack helicopters from the United States to Iran. One defendant and his company were sentenced on Wednesday, with the individual receiving nearly five years in prison. Another defendant and his company... |
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