California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counte...

US Customs and Border Patrol"California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counterfeit Imported Merchandise (Tuesday, May 20, 2008) contacts for this news releaseOakland, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of...

City said to be terrorist breeding ground

"TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world's most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say. In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their...

Cyprus again a sanctuary as thousands flee war-torn Lebanon

"As Israeli gunships and aircraft pounded Beirut's airport and seaport along with major highways out of the Lebanese capital, the Cyprus government pledged to provide every assistance to foreign and Lebanese...

Circle Line Tours - Full Island Cruise

Ever wonder why the city is called the big apple? Well, I learned the answer to that question and many more interesting facts about the city I've lived in for 10 years now all from a wonderful three-hour cruise of...

House panel rejects deal with Dubai ports company

"One of the most vulnerable situations facing America is our ports of entry" said Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.

port attacked by Al Qaeda last year

The area of the port near the warehouses was sealed off by security forces.

Judge to hear New York and New Jersey port lawsuit

The lawsuit focuses on a 30-year-lease signed in the year 2000.

Florida port plan to block security risk vendors & operators

A majority of both Democrats and Republicans have agreed to give the state a say over who operates ports in Florida.

Congress poised to scuttle UAE deal for ports

No government should be allowed to control U.S. ports.

House panel votes to kill ports deal

The House committee action was the first move by Congress to address widespread anger in both parties on the ports deal.

United Arab Emirates had ties to Saddam

Twenty UAE firms are suspected of having acted as intermediaries for companies in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The UAE was a transit area for Iraq's prohibited goods, such as rocket fuel ingredients.

individuals with ties to terrorist groups have arrived in UAE within the last...

Just think what could happen in any of these other ports. The techniques required to smuggle nuclear material are no different from those required to smuggle cigarettes

GOP Fears Race With Democrats Over Ports

If Republicans only make a statement, without interfering with the DP World takeover, Democrats will campaign on the issue of national security.

as recently as last year UAE violated the anti-boycott law

UAE demanded that American companies prove that goods entering their territory were not of Israeli origin.

National Defense Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2006

This is a bill being submitted by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.  If this bill becomes law, only American companies will be allowed to run U.S. ports.

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