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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 07:53 PM
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Did Blitzer really just show a child camel jockey? 7:51 p.m.
I was typing a reply to a post, looked at my television and could've sworn he was 'showing it off' as a plus for Dubai? Isn't this banned there?

I just caught the end - anyone see it? After that he showed the "mechanical" jockeys they are replacing them with.

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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 07:55 PM
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1. does that man really not read the newspaper?
I knew I read about this before on DU - a quick Google search - 32,000 results.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002844760_johnmiller05m.html

But an HBO crew in late 2004 showed Miller a recent undercover tape showing children racing camels. Miller was furious. In an interview last year, he said the UAE "duped" the U.S.

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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 08:02 PM
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2. The fact that UAE folk in charge allowed this
repugnant situation go on for years until they were nudged into stopping this awful pratice is telling about their mindsets. Here is the Bush Regime dealing with yet another Dictatorship while spouting off about "spreading democracy". Hypocrisy is replete in the RW.
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