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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Easy Way Out on Ports Deal

Needless to say, the infamous Ports Deal is unpopular. Here is an easy way out: The holding company that owns Dubai Ports World, the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, is the same company that enforces the boycott against Israel. US law prohibits firms from cooperating with Arab governments to boycott Israel.

On an unrelated note, Hillary Clinton slammed her husband's deal to turn over port operations at the Panama Canal to Chinese firms. (She didn't mention him by name, so maybe she forgot he was the President that ok'd the deal.)