check out this picture of dubai, see how your oil money is being spent..

[922Wine]

They weren't even questioned about the attack and BIN LADEN's father was in attendance..

Isn't it a bit difficult to question a a guy about an attack that took place in 2001...when he died in 1967?

You realize you're Peter Griffin come to life, right? Except he's a MENSA member compared to you.

I think you should probably stop responding to this mess you started. Let the thread die because all you're doing when you respond is reminding everyone about our failures in education.

[Ving]

Briton jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe


By BETH HALE


Last updated at 10:23 08 February


A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison.


Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through the United Arab Emirates on his way back to England when he was stopped as he walked through Dubai's main airport.


A search by customs officials uncovered a speck of cannabis weighing just 0.003g - so small it would be invisible to the naked eye and weighing less than a grain of sugar - on the tread of one of his shoes.


Dubai International Airport is a major hub for the Middle East and thousands of Britons pass through it every year to holiday in the glamorous beach and shopping haven.


But many of those tourists and business travellers are likely to be unaware of the strict zero-tolerance drugs policy in the UAE.


One man has even been jailed for possession of three poppy seeds left over from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow Airport. Painkiller codeine is also banned.


If suspicious of a traveller, customs officials can use high-tech equipment to uncover even the slightest trace of drugs.


Mr Brown was detained and arrested in September last year and has been held in a cell with three other men in the city prison ever since.


This week the youth worker, who has two young children and a partner at home in Smethwick, West Midlands, was sentenced to four years in prison.


A 25-year-old Briton who was found with a similar speck in one pocket as he arrived on holiday has been awaiting sentence since November.


Meanwhile a Big Brother TV executive has so far been held without charge for five days after being arrested for possessing the health supplement melatonin.


The authorities claim to have discovered 0.01g of hashish in his luggage.


Last night Mr Brown's brother Lee said his case "defied belief".


"For that sort of amount common sense should prevail, from where it was found it was obviously something that had been crushed on the floor - it could have come from anywhere."


Rastafarian Mr Brown had been returning from a short trip to Ethiopia, where one of his children lives and where he owns property.


He was travelling with his partner Imani, who was also stopped and detained for more than a week.


Normally he flew direct to and from the UK, but decided to stop off in Dubai.


"He was incensed when he called me," said driving instructor Lee, 57. "It would be funny if the circumstances weren't so unpleasant.


"Bugs are crawling out of his mattress when he's sleeping. His family are frantic with worry and can't call him."


Last night campaign group Fair Trials International advised visitors to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to "take extreme caution".


Chief Executive Catherine Wolthuizen said: "We have seen a steep increase in such cases over the last 18 months.


"Customs authorities are using highly sensitive new equipment to conduct extremely thorough searches on travellers and if they find any amount - no matter how minute - it will be enough to attract a mandatory four-year prison sentence."


Mrs Wolthuizen added: "We even have reports of the imprisonment of a Swiss man for 'possession' of three poppy seeds on his clothing after he ate a bread roll at Heathrow.




Held: A campaign is underway to secure the release of Cat Le-Huy from a Dubai jail


"What many travellers may not realise is that they can be deemed to be in possession of such banned substances if they can be detected in their urine or bloodstream, or even in tiny, trace amounts on their person."


Only two months after Mr Brown was stopped economics graduate Robert Dalton was detained in almost identical circumstances.


Mr Dalton, from Gravesend, on Kent was with two friends when he was stopped and asked to empty his pockets.


Officials found 0.03g of cannabis in a small amount of fluff. He is currently on trial and if convicted, is likely receive a four-year prison sentence.


Last night his brother Peter, 26, told how it took 24 hours to find out why he had been stopped.


"As we understand, the amount of cannabis was barely visible to the human eye and was at the bottom of the pocket of an old pair of jeans.


"He's not a drug user, but he goes clubbing and the speck was so small."


Last week Cat Le-Huy, a London-based German national, was arrested on arrival at the airport.


Mr Le-Huy, 31, head of technology with Big Brother production company Endemol, was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs after customs officers found melatonin, a health supplement used for jet lag available over the counter both in Dubai and in the US.


Authorities also claim they discovered fragments in one of his bags which they believe to be hashish. Fair Trials International said the amount was 0.01g.


Find this story at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-512815/Briton-jailed-years-Dubai-customs-cannabis-weighing-grain-sugar-shoe.html
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd

[922Wine]

Briton jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe


By BETH HALE


Last updated at 10:23 08 February


A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison.


Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through the United Arab Emirates on his way back to England when he was stopped as he walked through Dubai's main airport.


A search by customs officials uncovered a speck of cannabis weighing just 0.003g - so small it would be invisible to the naked eye and weighing less than a grain of sugar - on the tread of one of his shoes.


Dubai International Airport is a major hub for the Middle East and thousands of Britons pass through it every year to holiday in the glamorous beach and shopping haven.


But many of those tourists and business travellers are likely to be unaware of the strict zero-tolerance drugs policy in the UAE.


One man has even been jailed for possession of three poppy seeds left over from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow Airport. Painkiller codeine is also banned.


If suspicious of a traveller, customs officials can use high-tech equipment to uncover even the slightest trace of drugs.


Mr Brown was detained and arrested in September last year and has been held in a cell with three other men in the city prison ever since.


This week the youth worker, who has two young children and a partner at home in Smethwick, West Midlands, was sentenced to four years in prison.


A 25-year-old Briton who was found with a similar speck in one pocket as he arrived on holiday has been awaiting sentence since November.


Meanwhile a Big Brother TV executive has so far been held without charge for five days after being arrested for possessing the health supplement melatonin.


The authorities claim to have discovered 0.01g of hashish in his luggage.


Last night Mr Brown's brother Lee said his case "defied belief".


"For that sort of amount common sense should prevail, from where it was found it was obviously something that had been crushed on the floor - it could have come from anywhere."


Rastafarian Mr Brown had been returning from a short trip to Ethiopia, where one of his children lives and where he owns property.


He was travelling with his partner Imani, who was also stopped and detained for more than a week.


Normally he flew direct to and from the UK, but decided to stop off in Dubai.


"He was incensed when he called me," said driving instructor Lee, 57. "It would be funny if the circumstances weren't so unpleasant.


"Bugs are crawling out of his mattress when he's sleeping. His family are frantic with worry and can't call him."


Last night campaign group Fair Trials International advised visitors to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to "take extreme caution".


Chief Executive Catherine Wolthuizen said: "We have seen a steep increase in such cases over the last 18 months.


"Customs authorities are using highly sensitive new equipment to conduct extremely thorough searches on travellers and if they find any amount - no matter how minute - it will be enough to attract a mandatory four-year prison sentence."


Mrs Wolthuizen added: "We even have reports of the imprisonment of a Swiss man for 'possession' of three poppy seeds on his clothing after he ate a bread roll at Heathrow.




Held: A campaign is underway to secure the release of Cat Le-Huy from a Dubai jail


"What many travellers may not realise is that they can be deemed to be in possession of such banned substances if they can be detected in their urine or bloodstream, or even in tiny, trace amounts on their person."


Only two months after Mr Brown was stopped economics graduate Robert Dalton was detained in almost identical circumstances.


Mr Dalton, from Gravesend, on Kent was with two friends when he was stopped and asked to empty his pockets.


Officials found 0.03g of cannabis in a small amount of fluff. He is currently on trial and if convicted, is likely receive a four-year prison sentence.


Last night his brother Peter, 26, told how it took 24 hours to find out why he had been stopped.


"As we understand, the amount of cannabis was barely visible to the human eye and was at the bottom of the pocket of an old pair of jeans.


"He's not a drug user, but he goes clubbing and the speck was so small."


Last week Cat Le-Huy, a London-based German national, was arrested on arrival at the airport.


Mr Le-Huy, 31, head of technology with Big Brother production company Endemol, was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs after customs officers found melatonin, a health supplement used for jet lag available over the counter both in Dubai and in the US.


Authorities also claim they discovered fragments in one of his bags which they believe to be hashish. Fair Trials International said the amount was 0.01g.


Find this story at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-512815/Briton-jailed-years-Dubai-customs-cannabis-weighing-grain-sugar-shoe.html
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd

So..... don't go to Dubai with "cannabis."

Singapore fines and/or canes you for not flushing a public toilet. Chewing gum is against the law, as is walking around your own home naked if someone outside sees you.

It's not up to anyone to determine the laws of other countries. Hell, there are parts of this country I wouldn't want to go to, and you know what? I don't.

[FishySausage]

So..... don't go to Dubai with "cannabis."

Singapore fines and/or canes you for not flushing a public toilet. Chewing gum is against the law, as is walking around your own home naked if someone outside sees you.

It's not up to anyone to determine the laws of other countries. Hell, there are parts of this country I wouldn't want to go to, and you know what? I don't.

None of those ppl went to Dubai with "cannabis".
There was a microscopic fleck under the guys shoe!
That being said, I would never go there

[sfgirl]

"one does not buy a single camel, a herd is more economical."

He kinda looks like Ringo.

[sfgirl]

[922Wine]

None of those ppl went to Dubai with "cannabis".
There was a microscopic fleck under the guys shoe!
That being said, I would never go there

You do understand the guy was released, right?

It's the Daily Mail, so of course they're looking to get people into a state of faux outrage.

I've known people who have done business over there - it's easy to find a good time and the arm of the law is exaggerated by tabloids looking for a story.

[FishySausage]

You do understand the guy was released, right?

It's the Daily Mail, so of course they're looking to get people into a state of faux outrage.

I've known people who have done business over there - it's easy to find a good time and the arm of the law is exaggerated by tabloids looking for a story.

Released after how long?

[922Wine]

Released after how long?

Sentenced to four years on February 19th. Released February 26th.

It's obviously all ridiculous that he was held at all, but like I said, the media loves to get people all hysterical over stories like this as though there are thousands of tourists just being held for preposterous reasons. I found numerous stories about the sentence itself and only a couple about the release, because it's a game for the media.

[Ving]

So..... don't go to Dubai with "cannabis."

Singapore fines and/or canes you for not flushing a public toilet. Chewing gum is against the law, as is walking around your own home naked if someone outside sees you.

It's not up to anyone to determine the laws of other countries. Hell, there are parts of this country I wouldn't want to go to, and you know what? I don't.

Yeah you're right, it's too bad your wisdom couldn't be used to help Hitler. How arrogant of us to stop him from exterminating people.

[922Wine]

Yeah you're right, it's too bad your wisdom couldn't be used to help Hitler. How arrogant of us to stop him from exterminating people.

Oh I love the smell of a disingenuous and/or hyperbolic argument dripping with sarcasm. Talk about a red herring.

Yes, clearly I view a law about gum chewing and genocide as one and the same.

If you're so concerned about humanity, you don't have to look back that far. There are thousands and thousands of people being killed in the Congo. Do you plan on doing anything about that or are we "so arrogant as to stop them from exterminating people" and only feign concern about genocide when it's to make a ridiculous point?

[Ving]

Oh I love the smell of a disingenuous and/or hyperbolic argument dripping with sarcasm. Talk about a red herring.

Yes, clearly I view a law about gum chewing and genocide as one and the same.

If you're so concerned about humanity, you don't have to look back that far. There are thousands and thousands of people being killed in the Congo. Do you plan on doing anything about that or are we "so arrogant as to stop them from exterminating people" and only feign concern about genocide when it's to make a ridiculous point?

No, you said we have no business telling any country what their laws should be, you said this completely unqualified. So fuck the enslaved workers in Dubai right?

[922Wine]

No, you said we have no business telling any country what their laws should be, you said this completely unqualified. So fuck the enslaved workers in Dubai right?

The US is in no position to judge when it comes to slave labor, that's for damn sure. Some of you people throw a fit about the UN when it calls out the US' behavior, yet you want to do it to other countries, and for something we ourselves do or support or made money off of? People don't become billionaires being altruistic. Cheney/Halliburton had their money in Dubai. Many large US corporations have their money going through Dubai, so should we boycott them?

This isn't about laws being right or wrong, it's a matter of cleaning your own house first. Just because I said it's none of our business, doesn't mean I support the laws. I didn't say people don't have the right to boycott a country, I'm saying don't be disingenuous in your reasoning when the hypocrisy is blatant. And you throw in the Holocaust as though you've made a point? Genocide doesn't fall under "law," it falls under g e n o c i d e. If you see me supporting Sudan or Rwanda or Congo, then you can call me out using the Holocaust.

We have sweatshops in THIS country, much of our merchandise is made in sweatshops around the world and we have illegal immigrants picking our produce and working in slaughterhouses under deplorable conditions. So do you make sure everything you buy was not produced by people treated badly?

I stand by what I stated about laws. There are tons of laws I do not support, but we can't go around the world starting wars over other countries' laws when we have our own problems. If you want to boycott Dubai over slave labor -knowing full-well you turn a blind eye to it elsewhere- that's fine, but don't feign outrage over slave labor in one country knowing we support it, too.

[Kilroy]

Isn't it a bit difficult to question a a guy about an attack that took place in 2001...when he died in 1967?

You realize you're Peter Griffin come to life, right? Except he's a MENSA member compared to you.

I think you should probably stop responding to this mess you started. Let the thread die because all you're doing when you respond is reminding everyone about our failures in education.

[BrulesRules]

This is a long read, but worth it:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...i-1664368.html

Good read, thanks

[Ving]

The US is in no position to judge when it comes to slave labor, that's for damn sure. Some of you people throw a fit about the UN when it calls out the US' behavior, yet you want to do it to other countries, and for something we ourselves do or support or made money off of? People don't become billionaires being altruistic. Cheney/Halliburton had their money in Dubai. Many large US corporations have their money going through Dubai, so should we boycott them?

This isn't about laws being right or wrong, it's a matter of cleaning your own house first. Just because I said it's none of our business, doesn't mean I support the laws. I didn't say people don't have the right to boycott a country, I'm saying don't be disingenuous in your reasoning when the hypocrisy is blatant. And you throw in the Holocaust as though you've made a point? Genocide doesn't fall under "law," it falls under g e n o c i d e. If you see me supporting Sudan or Rwanda or Congo, then you can call me out using the Holocaust.

We have sweatshops in THIS country, much of our merchandise is made in sweatshops around the world and we have illegal immigrants picking our produce and working in slaughterhouses under deplorable conditions. So do you make sure everything you buy was not produced by people treated badly?

I stand by what I stated about laws. There are tons of laws I do not support, but we can't go around the world starting wars over other countries' laws when we have our own problems. If you want to boycott Dubai over slave labor -knowing full-well you turn a blind eye to it elsewhere- that's fine, but don't feign outrage over slave labor in one country knowing we support it, too.

Read this article and show me the USA hypocrisy. I don't know how you could compare our sweat shops to the slave labor described here - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...i-1664368.html The workers in Dubai would think they died and went to heaven if they were suddenly working a sweat shop here. There is no hypocrisy

People don't become billionaires being altruistic.

That's total bullshit. Costco pays their workers $20 / hour and full benefits, Wallmart pays minimum wage and shit for benefits. Both founders are billionaires. I don't give one penny of my business to that scumbag Walton family.

[somedude61]

Don't worry, in less than 50 years that place will be a desert again... when the oil runs out.

Exactly. In the near future we will be energy independent and so will Chine and Russia. Only poor countries will need oil from the middle east. And so the amount of money to the oil shieks will slowly dry up. And when it does Dubai and all the other areas like it will turn into desert.