Let's pick up a #fuckery thread from yesterday. The guy on the right: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Saqr al Nahyan, was the UAE ambassador to the U.S. from 1989 to 1992, and was described by the U.N. as a business associate of (Victor) Bout." https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/
Yes Abdallah and Bout literally ran weapons to the taliban regime out of Sharjah. Abdallah owned Dolphin wiht cranked up arms smuggling to 707 level. Bout made the planes run on time as Air Cess http://www.ruudleeuw.com/air_cess_inf.htm
This massive proliferation of weapons by the UAE and KSA to salafist groups is not a mistake. It appears to be a consistent and predictable outcome of their expanisionist foreign policy masked as expanding anti-terrorism bases. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/middleeast/yemen-lost-us-arms/
Why is is Abdullah's bankrolling of Victor Bout relevant today. a) He is working hard to get Bout out of jail to work for Golden Group (the UAE weapons company) b) the UAE via proxies like Prince are looking to exploit UAE-controlled CSLs across Africa. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-us-militarys-best-kept-secret/
We all remember when Trump invited Taliban Gitmo detainees aka the Beach Talibs to come hang out. Maybe they can explain why the UAE provided them weapons right up until 9/11 via Abdallah's Dolphin and Bout? https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/165/29634.html
Not just weapons the UAE is flowing into dirty wars, they also hire expertise (like the failed Prince Libya project and Dahlan's mercenary killers in Yemen) and allow the flow of funds to these groups and regions. While insisting they are innocent. 2002: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-worldtrade-emirates-lat-story.html
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