This is NOT new - it's from a letter dated 2002 that has been recently declassified by the US, along with many other documents that will trickle out in the coming weeks. In it, Al Qaeda threatens Arab countries, the UAE and their port city Dubai that if they are friends with the US, they may be targeted by terrorists.
There's also a document that supposedly came from Iraq during Saddam Hussein's regime; they were investigating whether or not 3,000 Iraqis and Saudis had gone to Afghanistan to fight US troops after 9/11. The Pentagon says this document proves there was Al Qaeda in Iraq before we invaded.
Interesting read. The reason for declassification now? Only to serve the purposes of Bushco.
Officials in the UAE have long feared they would be a target of al-Qaida, especially as cities like Dubai have boomed and drawn large numbers of European and Asian tourists.
The Emirates also allows the United States to base U.S. Air Force spy planes and refueling flights on its territory and allows U.S. warships to visit — things that have brought al-Qaida's wrath on other countries, notably Saudi Arabia.
Others believe al-Qaida would be loathe to strike at Dubai because the terror group is thought to use the Emirates' banks to funnel money. Dubai is the Mideast's chief banking center and the site of its busiest airport.
The letter addressed that, saying "our policies are not to operate in your homeland and/or tamper with your security because we are occupied with others, which we consider are enemies of this nation. If you compel us to do so, we are prepared to postpone our program for a short period and allocate time for you."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3728458.html
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