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Ya'Allah....let's learn Arabic

kolanuraven

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Well, GW is now planning to turn over several military production plants over to Dubai.

What's this guys love affair with Dubai?

" shokran"...can only use the phoenetic since Ranchers doesn't have Arabic script!!
 

kolanuraven

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Bush was expected on Friday to approve Dubai's $1.24 billion takeover of Doncasters, a British engineering company with U.S. plants that supply the Pentagon, an administration official said.

"It's in the pipeline to be approved," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Bush was expected to attach conditions to the deal to keep military technology in the United States, the official said.

Bush's expected decision followed a congressional uproar over security fears that scuttled another Dubai state-owned company's plan to acquire operations at major U.S. ports.

The administration has attempted to head off that kind of criticism this time by consulting members of the U.S. Congress about the transaction, with Pentagon and Treasury officials having briefed members recently.

Still, there was likely to be some concern from lawmakers, and it was unclear whether the conditions Bush was expected to attach would quiet Democratic critics.

Among Doncasters' units is a plant in Georgia that is the sole supplier of turbine fan parts for U.S. Abrams battle tanks. The interagency Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States sent its confidential recommendation on the Dubai takeover of Doncasters to Bush on April 13.

Dubai Ports World opted last month to transfer terminal operations at the six U.S. ports in question to a U.S. entity after a bipartisan furor over security fears.

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kolanuraven

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Ah....the " u" instead of the "o"....I was wondering which was better to use for the phonetic.

It's been a few yrs since I was in the Middle East!
 
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