Duplicitous Dubai is wonderful, just ask the Mossad

Here is my comment: It is always fascinating to watch the European Jews now in Palestine in action. Here is a perfect example. The author is moaning and groaning because as an 'Israeli' he is not able to buy Arab land in Dubai but that won't stop him since Dubai allows them to buy under the various European or American passports these people are known to carry. But he should be in no position to complain because his 'state' won't allow Arabs to buy land that was theirs in the first place,but forcefully stolen from them. Here is my comment posted at Haaretz following the article:

This article sounds like a case of sour grapes. The writer of the article seems to be so bitter because UAE (the `A` stands for `Arab`) did not lay its red carpets for the so-called `israelis` who are directly responsible for why the Arab world is so-soaked in Arab blood. But his logic is so twisted that it is a pity he was not able to see his own flaws. For example:

"until Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated by a group that utilized not only disguises, but also the cover provided by Dubai to anyone who wants it"

But even the Wall Street Journal had an article that told of how the so-called `israelis` were caught by surprise because they did not expect the level of sophistication of the Dubai police. Why did the Dubai police break the case if they were the ones who `provided` access to the `israelis'. Does not make sense. When it does not make sense, you know how the expression goes: it ain`t true!

Last update - 13:11 26/02/2010

By Zvi Bar'el

It's no surprise Dubai was the site of a hit on Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh by a troupe of disguised assassins. After all, Dubai itself is a two-faced entity, disguising itself again and again while providing cover for spies.

The emirate is considered one of the wealthiest places in the world, but apparently some of its abundant business enterprises were not in such good shape, as seen when the giant semi-government corporation Dubai World collapsed.

In 2006 the local newspaper Khaleej Times boasted that Dubai had the highest per capita income in the world, though the hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and the Philippines employed there earn less than $140 a month.

Dubai is also considered the most "Western" of the Gulf states - in other words, the most Americanized. But it is there that thousands of Iranian companies operate, exploiting the freedom to conduct business in order to construct commercial "annexes" for the Iranian regime and thus circumvent international sanctions. Iran also received Pakistani nuclear instruction via Dubai, after A.Q. Khan, the father of the Pakistani nuclear program, established a company to "disseminate information" in Dubai.

But Dubai has several masks. It helps Iran, but behind its back it provides the United States with an opportunity to gather intelligence about that country. The U.S. Consulate in Dubai also operates as a station for gathering information and enlisting agents. A few years ago the U.S. State Department wanted to close the consulate, but the CIA succeeded in convincing it to leave it open and even to boost the number of employees so that it could handle the hundreds and perhaps thousands of Iranians who come to request visas.

It's not only the U.S. intelligence services that love Dubai: The tremendous scope of commerce and the large number of companies and foreign agencies there are an excellent cover and an appropriate disguise for any city of spies.

Dubai has now replaced 20th-century Istanbul, Nicosia, Casablanca and Berlin as a hotbed of spying activity. Russians exchange information with Pakistanis, Afghans and Chechens trade tactics, members of Hezbollah convert illegal money and diamonds in bank transactions "for widows and orphans," and all while enjoying car races and performances by international artists.

Dubai is proud of the fact that it is one of the safest cities in the world. It was, at least until Israeli businessman Elhanan Tennenbaum was kidnapped there, or until a famous Lebanese singer, Suzanne Tamim, was murdered there by a senior security guard working for Egypt's most important businessman, Hisham Talaat Moustafa (who is now appealing the death sentence imposed for the murder). Or until Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated by a group that utilized not only disguises, but also the cover provided by Dubai to anyone who wants it: of living it up in a city of entertainment and big money, of tennis tournaments and freedom. This is a place that is still committed to the Arab boycott of Israel, but has no problem hosting an Israeli tennis player.

A few weeks ago I contacted a Dubai real estate agent to discuss the market there, in the wake of the crisis in the emirate. I asked the agent whether he has any problem selling apartments to Israeli citizens. "You know what our situation is. But we have no problem selling to you if you come with a foreign passport," he replied without hesitation. But on another occasion, when I asked whether a scientific convention in the city was open to Israelis, they told me: "We have no business with Israel. You cannot participate."

Dubai is a city-state that is not only its own disguise, but also that of neighboring and distant Arab countries. Male and female Saudis, who at home observe religious strictures very strictly, travel on weekends to Dubai in order to enjoy the nightclubs and the alcohol. Iranians of both sexes sail along its coasts without headscarves and without the supervision of the morality police, and political exiles find a refuge there from governments that are seeking revenge.

Dubai is a wonderful place. It has no substitute. Ask the Mossad, the CIA or the British Secret Intelligence Service.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1152409.html