Newt Gingrich faces questions about consulting job and support for biofuels

By John Aloysius Farrell

Gingrich takes consulting fee from ethanol while getting big fossil fuel donations

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… Iowa. “I would rather have the next building boom in Des Moines than in Dubai,” he told the crowd. He criticized the “big city attacks” and “big …"

Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. helped midwife a terrorist

By Ahmed Rashid

A history of U.S. involvement in Central Asia, leading to the rise of Muslim radicals in 43 countries.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… ew pick-up trucks arrived in Kandahar for the Taliban, still bearing their Dubai license plates. The Saudis also gave cash for the Taliban’s cheque book …"

Wages of war

By Ahmed Rashid

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 5, 1999 — Two decades of fighting have destroyed Afghanistan's normal economy. In its place has grown a criminal ec

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… rds have begun flying in consumer items from the Persian Gulf free port of Dubai and sending opium out on the return flights, UN officials say. The Taliban …"

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Fixing the fixers

By Murali Krishnan

NEW DELHI, India, November 13, 2000 — This article was originally published in the Nov. 13, 2000 edition of Outlook India. It is reproduced

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… r of underworld don Dawood. Azhar himself admitted that Abu Salem, another Dubai-based underworld mobster, had contacted him on several occasions. “We ar …"

Afghanistan: Inside the Taliban

LAHORE, Pakistan, October 18, 2001 — UNITED STATES and British forces that launched their assault on Afghanistan this week can expect tough

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… ures with the Taliban, which included the smuggling of consumer goods from Dubai and Pakistan and drugs trafficking from Afghanistan.He has built undergrou …"

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… ayed’s company is registered in Liberia, but its operations office is in Dubai.The United Nations gave Flying Dolphin permission in October 2000 to opera …"

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Arrested Italian cell sheds light on Bin Laden's European network

By Leo Sisti and Maud S. Beelman

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2001 — On a cold winter night last January, on the outskirts of Milan, Italian anti-terrorist police intercepted a fr

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… .m. on December 3, 2000, Kammoun made about 30 calls to Tunisia, Pakistan, Dubai, Italy, Germany, including to the leader of the German terrorist cell raid …"

Despite allegations, no prosecutions for war zone sex trafficking

By Nick Schwellenbach and Carol D. Leonnig

Eight years ago, President George W. Bush issued a stern policy on sex trafficking in war zones — a policy that remains on the books to this

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… ed from their home nations with promises of well-paying beautician jobs in Dubai,” says an Army memo summarizing the allegations, “but were instead for …"

War contracting commission cites Center article on trafficking

By Nick Schwellenbach

During a hearing on the oversight of subcontractors in war zones, the Wartime Contracting Commission on Monday cited the Center for Public I

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubai":

"… ractor, gave Indian men plane tickets that identified their destination as Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but promptly flew them to Iraq instead. Another gro …"

The field marshal

By Alain Lallemand

Arms middleman Jacques Monsieur did business with little secrecy

Excerpts from this story referencing "TotalFinaElf":

"… ed petroleum company that, until its merger with TotalFina in 2000 to form TotalFinaElf, was the sixth largest oil producer in the world. Though he had aroused th …"

"… countries.Jacques de Naurois, the director for institutional relations for TotalFinaElf, said, "Whatever the French foreign policy towards Africa was, Elf Aquitai …"

"… reen light from Elf Aquitaine: "This has been confirmed by Elf themselves."TotalFinaElf's de Naurois said Elf had no relationship with Monsieur. "Elf Aquitaine wa …"

"… t also became a partner in the financial decision-making of those leaders (TotalFinaElf's de Naurois denied Sigolet's characterization). Sigolet also helped arran …"

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