A couple of points come to mind in regards to the economic ties to the Bush Crime Family relative to the Dubai Ports World (DPW) deal. (As some already know, DPW is “state” owned, which is to say that it belongs to the family of the Emir of Dubai, who is an absolute monarch, as George W. Bush apparently imagines himself to be.)

DPW is a major investor in the Carlyle Group, to which the Bush family is intimately connected. Former President Bush sits on their board, is a senior consultant for them, and has been involved in extensive deals with their investors in the past, including the Harken Energy/Arbusto deals. Although there is no direct paper trail, it is widely thought that George W. Bush’s Arbusto got some startup money from Salem Bin Laden, because Bin Laden’s sole U.S. Representative, Houstonian James Bath, invested 50,000 dollars when the company was formed. (George W. Bush says that he started Arbusto with his own money, which is misleading at the very least, because it implies that he got nothing from investors.) Former Senator James A. Baker (R.), a Bush family ally, is a partner in the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group also retained former Prime Minister John Major as a senior advisor for its Asian operations; numerous alumni of the Reagan and Bush I administrations have worked for Carlyle, as have the former Presidents of both the Philippines and South Korea.

Most of this information comes from or was confirmed by one of the following Bushwatch pages:

http://www.bushwatch.net/bushmoney.htm
http://www.bushwatch.com/bushcarlyle.htm

There is also a Common Dreams reprint of this article from the Portugal News:

The Guardian has also done extensive reporting on this money connection.

- Ed Lacy
USTV Media