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viking-warrior

Hey there, just stumbled across this ... know how it is - spare time after the pub ! I worked for the same overall organisation as Herve ... I can confirm this much, they will use any means possible to make sure that you leave with less than you arrived, that includes false accusations, fabrication ...

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JGE - delayed, no, say it ain't so. They did not even know who was going to be handing out the kickbacks 12 months ago, so how did anyone think that they would be delivering on time. If you are an investor (sorry) try asking if the deposits are held on escrow, or if they are used to bail out other p...

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@Rudeboy - so now a gov.employee finds it acceptable to call someone a terrorist ? Amazing, I suppose given enough time and enough money you would manage to rewrite history to the extent that the universe would rotate with Dubai as its axis. If Herve's story is such cak and founded in so much humdru...

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@Redkite Too much RedBull eh! You jump from assumption to assertion at the drop of a hat and arrive at your own derived facts. Fabulous. Everyone is entitled to their past and if government work was part of it then that is the end of it, even the little people have to sign non disclosure agreements....

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And this is the product of the "local" breeding program? Dumb as a bag of hammers, sharp as a cue ball, talks the big talk but runs to daddy or the police the minute someone stands up to him. The fact that you "never heard of someone" - is a testimony to your ignorance and your g...

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M'Lud the defence can not add anything as the accused has more than adequately advertised his own stupidity and clear lack of understanding of the subject in hand as he wanders through the maze of life convinced of his own adequacy and ability to decipher the signs that the world throws at him. To a...

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@RedKite How to answer that .... I am happy for you that you are Welsh, no really I don't even smile when Anne Robinson take the pees, but deduce that you have some issues and have drawn some kind of parallel with Dubai, perhaps you even spent time there and have pleasant memories, I am cool with th...

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@Bora Bora Hi, my understanding from a number of former colleagues who were there is that there was nothing random about their arrest and subsequent incarceration. At this point in time there are no formal charges, no detail to be revealed. The rumour is that a sum in the region of AED 1.2 - 2.0 Bil...

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@ evening RK Racism against the Welsh? Oh come on, not one of the Welshmen I know could even utter that phrase without cracking up! Be honest you lost the plot and went way, way off track. Spent the day catching up on a few of the threads on this forum. What happened? You started out with impeccable...

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@Robbie Well reasoned and in theory, true, but have you considered build quality, utilities such as sewage and electric, infrastructure. PJ will never come back to AED2Mill for a 4 bed villa nor will it be worth it, where it to be available at that price. Personal issues with the country aside, I ha...

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@Del The problem is that it is in your face in Dubai 24/7. Such practices exist in many places to varying degrees, but given that Dubai is so small and holds itself up to be a paragon of moral and religious values it is initially a shock that all of the above are practically on open display. Nowhere...

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Thanks for the positive response. I honestly thought everyone knew of the issues around the planning and the expansion and ultimately the build quality in and around Dubai. The issue as a number of you have pointed out is now repeat business - where is this money going to come from. RK has hinted at...

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Boys boys Time to take a step back - you agree, leave it at that. The message, don't get into business with locals, there is ALWAYS another agenda and if you do stay awake - get legal advice on EVERY step - notarise EVERYTHING keep copies of EVERYTHING and at the end of it EXPECT to get screwed, so ...

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Its the quality of the studies and the ability of those concerned to qualify the components that is of concern. Agree, the comparibles are very difficult to factor in but the assumption is always made - biggest, best, ......... AAA+ so the risk is in the differential between fantasy and reality and ...

viking-warrior

Your Rights You don't have the right to remain silent Anything you said or did will be used and twisted against you If you cant afford a lawyer then your in deep poo And if you don't understand these rights as explained to you in clear Arabic, then run .... Before the flames start, and accusations f...

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Pilot jailed for stealing colleague's phone By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter Published: March 17, 2009, 23:09 Dubai: A pilot has been jailed for stealing, despite protesting his innocence and continuing to accuse a colleague of maliciously accusing him of stealing his mobile phone. He alleges his c...

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Oh come on Ladies, what ever side of the fence your are from you are going to want to read it, hell even those sitting on the fence will want a peek. From you intelligent posts SH I can't believe that you will be allowing someone else to make your mind up for you. And as UAEKid's tag line says "...

viking-warrior

I will defend my right have a negative view on Dubai and welcome this opportunity to put my side of the arguement, and this type of forum is a huge improvement on the black pen censorship that has existed there in my limited 3 decades experience of the place. So hats of to that. But the few long ter...

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RK - Qatar was quaint in 73, it had $$$$ then and has mucho $$$$ now, but has the ambience of a cold winters day on the beach at Scarbourgh. (Except of course that it is hot!) Visited a few years back and thought we had arrived when the rest of the country had gone on holiday - empty. No really - Em...

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What if is was just a smoke screen ? What if the current source of funding from the capital was pre conditioned on "getting out" of the gambling business. What if the stock component of the aquisition was done at between $82 & $95. WHere is the stock now $3.3 ? MGM did actually raise e...

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*** You are all missing the point *** MoeJoe's posts lay it out very clearly That is what the true Emiratis and the vast majority of the muslim population of the UAE think of the hired western help. Do not kid yourself, some will say "I have lots of lokal friends" No you do not - you may t...

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*yawn....* a one trick pony, ...... were I only that limted, I would still be in Dubai Your attempts at being as pithy as Robbie only serves to highlight your stubborn reluctance to face up to or even acknowledge reality, and the the number of posts that you make can only lead one of a number of con...

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Had to write :) Dubai set its self up as the "Iconic" arab state, starting with Sheikh Rashid's commercial vision for the state (Dubai) a sound business plan based on commerce. It was his sons and cronies who rather than sitting on the guaranteed revenue from the UAE's oil started to aquir...

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Spot on Robbie - spot on Smells like a barrel full of year old Nowegian salmon. Did you add the numbers up ? And the charge of "unlawfully pocketing" who makes this sh1t up ? The rule of thumb at Dubai World to figure out the "real" sum contested was take the claim- divide by 3 a...

viking-warrior

"If they dont like it, they can always leave" .....

Its the thin end of the wedge, only just beginning, I for one truly hope that there are some more regimes with the nuts to start fighting back.

Never thought I would say it but - kudos to the French

viking-warrior

And thank you very much, I rest my case. All you have to do is shake that little box and out they come like cockroaches. What you are seeing is the backlash to everything that "we" have had to put up with in our own countries, without mentioning the treatment we receive in places like Duba...

viking-warrior

Sorry RK The village idiot show is currently on at the Dubai World Trade Center and Dubaiforums has a stand so the attendees are all using the opportunity to post a comment. You are absolutely correct BUT hopefully by the responses above you see the difficultly that others have had in getting the se...

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Go down to the creek, to the right hand side of the Maktoum bridge about 1Km - big white building with an eagle on it and some arabic writing (says The Real Emirati Experience in arabic of course ) Go in and drop you shorts and wave your old man about, within minutes you will have more Emirati frien...

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viking-warrior

I made choices that did not work out, I then picked myself up and got on with life and have more than made up for any lose incurred. I do not need to look to detract from the subject in hand to make a point and try to make myself look smarter than I am. I made the point about property to guage the r...

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