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NBC: Boys forced to be camel jockeys in UAE
Thousands abducted from South Asia, Africa, U.S. lawsuit alleges
The defendants are Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir (ruler) of Dubai, and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is Mohammed’s brother. Previously, a spokesman for the UAE Embassy told NBC News that the UAE’s leaders have done nothing wrong, and follow the law in conducting or sponsoring camel races in the Emirates

The suit was filed in the U.S. under the Alien Tort Statute, and specifically in Florida because the Maktoums operate businesses “with billions of dollars of U.S. assets and millions of dollars in Florida assets,” the suit adds.

Just yesterday, the American law firm served legal papers to Sheikh Mohammed at one of the biggest horse sale events in the U.S. The event was the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington, Ky. Sheikh Mohammed is one of the world’s wealthiest horse owners, and a major player in Kentucky. At the sale, he bid $8.2-million for Awesome Humor, a son of Storm Cat. The bid was the second highest in the history of the sale.

The suit was filed by Ron Motley, the plaintiffs’ lawyer from Mount Pleasant, S.C. His firm is MotleyRice LLC

hillaryrowley wrote:NBC: Boys forced to be camel jockeys in UAE
Thousands abducted from South Asia, Africa, U.S. lawsuit alleges
The defendants are Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir (ruler) of Dubai, and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is Mohammed’s brother. Previously, a spokesman for the UAE Embassy told NBC News that the UAE’s leaders have done nothing wrong, and follow the law in conducting or sponsoring camel races in the Emirates

The suit was filed in the U.S. under the Alien Tort Statute, and specifically in Florida because the Maktoums operate businesses “with billions of dollars of U.S. assets and millions of dollars in Florida assets,” the suit adds.

Just yesterday, the American law firm served legal papers to Sheikh Mohammed at one of the biggest horse sale events in the U.S. The event was the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington, Ky. Sheikh Mohammed is one of the world’s wealthiest horse owners, and a major player in Kentucky. At the sale, he bid $8.2-million for Awesome Humor, a son of Storm Cat. The bid was the second highest in the history of the sale.

The suit was filed by Ron Motley, the plaintiffs’ lawyer from Mount Pleasant, S.C. His firm is MotleyRice LLC

HAHAHa hilary who are u? U bring us scoops poste em in politics section!

yup its on BBC too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5346430.stm

this is gonna be interesting .. more negative publicity for Dubai in the US.

MaaaD wrote:yup its on BBC too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5346430.stm

this is gonna be interesting .. more negative publicity for Dubai in the US.

This whole thing has been dragged through the mud already. This is now some Lawyer in the US convincing Families they can make a fortune.
We all know most of the Camel Jockeys were sold by their own families.
Sometimes you have to wonder what the hell is wrong with a Country who only a few years ago were still practicing Racial segregation on buses in the South. Now they can do no wrong??????

When is someone going to sue Usrael?


Between 3,000 and 5,000 women have been smuggled into Israel in the past four years to work as prostitutes, according to a parliamentary inquiry.
The report described how the women are sold at public auctions for as much as $10,000 and forced to work up to 18 hours a day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4380067.stm

S&O good points, also even if there was that kind of shady business going on by camel owners (which might just be true) you are positive that Sheikh Mo and his bros are not involved in "starving kids" or anything of that sort.

S&O said it, some lawyer in the US thinks he can make big bucks from those rich oil sheikhs!

sage & onion wrote:

MaaaD wrote:Sometimes you have to wonder what the hell is wrong with a Country who only a few years ago were still practicing Racial segregation on buses in the South. Now they can do no wrong??????

It wasn't a few years ago. Maybe some "do gooders are ok".

Concord wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

MaaaD wrote:Sometimes you have to wonder what the hell is wrong with a Country who only a few years ago were still practicing Racial segregation on buses in the South. Now they can do no wrong??????

It wasn't a few years ago. Maybe some "do gooders are ok".

concord i know u r americano.....and feeling the burnt..hilary posted main reason behind this thing

sniper420 wrote:

Concord wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

MaaaD wrote:Sometimes you have to wonder what the hell is wrong with a Country who only a few years ago were still practicing Racial segregation on buses in the South. Now they can do no wrong??????

It wasn't a few years ago. Maybe some "do gooders are ok".

concord i know u r americano.....and feeling the burnt..hilary posted main reason behind this thing

I got a deal on medals. Yours on the way.

Imagine if Mo was sued in some third world country. he would have cancelled visa of all of those people from that country and had literally thrown them out of UAE. he can't do anything with americans. he is afraid of them

Wonder if Etisalat will ban the BBC website now?

Ukite wrote:Imagine if Mo was sued in some third world country. he would have cancelled visa of all of those people from that country and had literally thrown them out of UAE. he can't do anything with americans. he is afraid of them

how can you say that about baba maktoum. and he isnt just some guy off the street where you can call him Mo....have some respect man.

The fault is on both sides. Families shouldn't sell their children and leaders shouldn't accept the practice of using children sold into the services.

Valkyrie, human trafficking for prostitution is going on everywhere, including the UAE. Israel could be prosecuted, but then so should every other country on the planet because it is happening there too.

bushra21 wrote:

Ukite wrote:Imagine if Mo was sued in some third world country. he would have cancelled visa of all of those people from that country and had literally thrown them out of UAE. he can't do anything with americans. he is afraid of them

how can you say that about baba maktoum. and he isnt just some guy off the street where you can call him Mo....have some respect man.

ur baba maktoum has made fool of himself. donating generously to get DPA bid, releasing Dallas Austin etc etc, and now they don't care who is he and he is been summoned.

It has been covered in most of the papers in the UAE.

And I think the whole point should be: 'Where are the children now?!'

Many were supposedly sent home, but never got there, so where did they do? What happened to them?

Chocoholic wrote:It has been covered in most of the papers in the UAE.

And I think the whole point should be: 'Where are the children now?!'

Many were supposedly sent home, but never got there, so where did they do? What happened to them?

I bought one of them from karama .. he is currently doing my laundry

MaaaD wrote:

Chocoholic wrote:It has been covered in most of the papers in the UAE.

And I think the whole point should be: 'Where are the children now?!'

Many were supposedly sent home, but never got there, so where did they do? What happened to them?

I bought one of them from karama .. he is currently doing my laundry

dpoing laundary or messing it up?

Not funny....what happened to the children?