A Tangled Web of Zirconium
According to the New York Times, the US is 'alarmed' about Dubai.
Dubai is considered a very good friend of the US, with a strange, complex web of interconnections between the two economies, and can consequently buy all but the most sensitive items (such as ports) from the US. Countries considered potential enemies of the US are banned from purchasing a long, almost exhaustive list of items from the US, and, in many cases, from nations that have signed trading agreements with the US.
So Dubai is doing what it has always done well, acting as a middle-person in complex multi-national trade arrangements.
The US, having just discovered this, is now 'alarmed.'
Dubai responded with a front page story of a man arrested for trying to trade in zirconium, a substance used (according to Wikipedia) for jewellery, surgical instruments, and nuclear devices, thereby showing that Dubai will not allow any dangerous, unauthorized transactions.
But the New York Times says that the US military has found many unexploded IEDs containing US parts, and thinks Dubai may be responsible.
My own opinion is that, if Dubai is selling defective detonators to the terrorists, the US should be grateful that the terrorists wasted a lot of their time assembling IEDs that had no chance of working.
Dubai is considered a very good friend of the US, with a strange, complex web of interconnections between the two economies, and can consequently buy all but the most sensitive items (such as ports) from the US. Countries considered potential enemies of the US are banned from purchasing a long, almost exhaustive list of items from the US, and, in many cases, from nations that have signed trading agreements with the US.
So Dubai is doing what it has always done well, acting as a middle-person in complex multi-national trade arrangements.
The US, having just discovered this, is now 'alarmed.'
Dubai responded with a front page story of a man arrested for trying to trade in zirconium, a substance used (according to Wikipedia) for jewellery, surgical instruments, and nuclear devices, thereby showing that Dubai will not allow any dangerous, unauthorized transactions.
But the New York Times says that the US military has found many unexploded IEDs containing US parts, and thinks Dubai may be responsible.
My own opinion is that, if Dubai is selling defective detonators to the terrorists, the US should be grateful that the terrorists wasted a lot of their time assembling IEDs that had no chance of working.
posted by Dubai@Random at 9:38 pm
2 Comments:
That's a healthy way of putting the issue into perspective!
they're rationing food in usa!
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