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| UAE Arrests Asian on Spying Charges | |
| 2014-06-04 | |
[AnNahar] Emirati authorities have tossed in the slammerYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! an Asian resident suspected of spying for a foreign country by providing sensitive military information deemed threatening to the UAE, state news agency WAM reported Tuesday.
The suspect is accused of "spying for a foreign country in order to damage the political and military status of the United Arab Emirates," WAM quoted Prosecutor General Ahmad al-Danhani as saying. He had allegedly been "exploiting his job at one of the country's ports and was seeking to illegally obtain military information considered among the national security secrets" of the UAE. Based on findings of the state security service, the suspect was asked to gather "information and documents on sensitive military installations" by people working for a foreign country aiming to obtain these secrets. The man has been referred to the public prosecution and is under arrest as the investigation continues, Danhani said, without giving more details. Last September, an Emirati court placed in durance vile Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! a Pak man for three years for spying for an unnamed foreign country. And in January 2013, an Emirati married to an Iranian woman was sentenced to seven years for spying. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Squinty, thank you for so generously explaining. This richness of knowledge is one of the things I treasure about Rantburg. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-04 23:14 |
| #1 TW, Back in 2010, Oman busted a UAE spy ring, probably with the aim of understanding the close Oman-Iran relationship. Likely Iran was returning the favor. China has pivoted to Iran in the middle east. Another fringe benefit of champ's failed Syrian strategy. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-04 18:02 |