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Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reforms
2007-08-07
New York Times, so salt and/or spin to taste.
They ought to be afraid. They have more foreign workers then they have native citizens. A fair number of those workers are non-Muslims. Not that I'd ever start something, but if the Hindooos ever got the idea how much power they had there ...
Posted by:Seafarious

#1  I have always been surprised that the UAE did not workout a seconding deal with the UK about the Gurkhas in the 1980s or 90s, when the Brits reduced the number of Gurkha units. A British-officered Gurkha Battalion or two would really stiffen and improve the UAE's own military, and reduce the threat of outsiders trying to intervene.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2007-08-07 02:32  

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