Arab Protection Of U.S. Ports

Many are voicing concern over Bush’s recent approval of a deal allowing a company based in the United Arab Emirates, who had ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers, to monitor security of select U.S. ports. What do you think?

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  “Why not? Some of those al-Qaeda people have probably done much more research on our ports than anybody else.”

  Julia Saraidaridis –
  Systems Analyst

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  “Great. We'll be the laughingstock of the Muslim world once they get word of how many tons of flax we import each year.”

  Blake Greenberg –
  Teaching Assistant

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  “I think that we should have a little faith in these people. I mean, they were gracious enough to take Michael Jackson off our hands.”

  P.R. Williams –
  Dental Hygienist