text: does the ports deal lead to terrorism? im doing research on the ports deal for my debate team and i want to know if it is really plausible that the ports deal will lead to terrorism from united arab emirates. that's a good question: this from the orlando sentinal-  on sunday, the australian government issued the following alert to its citizens: "we advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in the united arab emirates because of the high threat of terrorist attack. we continue to receive reports that terrorists are planning attacks against western interests in the united arab emirates (uae). commercial and public areas frequented by foreigners are possible terrorist targets."    link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-thomas21_106feb21,0,2383510.story  i am thinking yes.   the money used to fund the 9/11 attacks, most of it,   was sent to the hijackers through the uae banking system. the uae stonewalled u.s. efforts to track   al qaeda bank accounts after 9/11. in addition, the emirates does not recognize israel. and the uae was a   transfer point for shipments of nuclear technology to iran, north korea and libya. and if those aren't good   enough reasons, i would just suggest i'm at a complete loss to offer what might be considered good reasons."         -- lou dobbs,  cnn