There were no questions about the Dubai ports deal.

Attack the Dubai ports deal to burnish your security credentials.

Several people involved had worked with Dubai Ports and might not have seen the transfer as provocative.

That helps explain why the Dubai Ports deal remains an anomaly.

(a) Pushing ahead with the Dubai ports deal despite not having known about it until it appeared in the media.

All Dubai Ports World will do is be the logistics provider.

Our confidence in the future of Dubai Ports Authority is most optimistic.

And what if the dots of the next 9/11 point to lack of security within Dubai Ports World?

But let's be clear: the opposition to the acquisition by Dubai Ports World is completely bogus.

The rejection of the Dubai ports deal appears to reflect not xenophobia but a deep concern about Arab terrorism.