UAE Co. Poised to Oversee Six U.S. Ports

Feb 15, 2006 12:53

UAE Co. Poised to Oversee Six U.S. Ports
By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A company in the United Arab Emirates is poised to take over significant operations at six American ports as part of a corporate sale, leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism.

The Bush administration considers the UAE an important ally in the fight against terrorism since the suicide hijackings and is not objecting to Dubai Ports World's purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

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