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Arabia
Hookers Arrested in Dubai Raids
2005-06-20
Police yesterday raided flats in Deira and Bur Dubai and arrested a number of people including women from Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries for prostitution and overstaying. The Dubai police warned real estate agents to be cautious when renting out flats and stressed a passport copy on its own would not determine the credentials of the tenant. They asked agents to make sure where the prospective tenants worked and their terms of employment. The warning comes in the wake of yesterday's raids, which police said were part of an investigation and manhunt for a suspect in a major case. The police said some rent out their flats to people they don't even know and move into cheaper accommodations.
Posted by:Fred

#6  CyberSarge-
I'm with you there - when I was at Kunsan, I had the unpleasant experience of having my entire crew - 4 airmen - all report to sick call one Monday morning with cases of NSU. Needless to say, the leadership was unhappy with me.
Didn't intend to belittle the concerns of the local leadership at Al-Kharj, I know they only had our best interests at heart. It was the near hysteria with which CENTAF trumpted the story that made the impression it did.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-06-20 20:52  

#5  Mike, when we got to Korea we were forced to watch a horrific slide show on VD. It was graphic, disgusting, and (because of the female 2LT seated next to me) very entertaining. The Commanders don't want you out of service due to a case of VD and they always use the scare tactic to try and stop you.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-06-20 19:02  

#4  .com-
'Exaggeration' would have been an improvement. We knew it didn't pass the smell test, and that getting 3000 of ANYBODY into Bahrain would have been a challenge. However, we got straightfaced briefings on that - somebody at CENTAF took it seriously. I remember a couple of guys getting pinged on during the briefing because they wouldn't stop laughing.

(Of course, I promised not to laugh after that.)

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-06-20 07:34  

#3  Mike - 3000 with AIDS? That has to be a monumental exaggeration! I'd believe 300-400 Russian wymyns total. I don't want to admit too much, lol, but given the number of likely hotels added to the ones I'm sure of, I'm not sure you could even house 3000 Russian hookers in Manama without massive, and I mean wholesale, "official" collaboration. Sheesh - that's an army... they'd stick out like a sore thumb in a tiny place like Bahrain, and all with AIDS? Nah. Mebbe a creative Medical Officer was havin you guys on!

As for Dubai, well, it was the BA stews, looking ahead to their retirement you understand, that I'll remember best, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-06-20 04:15  

#2  .com -
When I was there, we were warned to watch out for the 3000 AIDS-infected Russian stewardesses that had somehow gotten into Bahrain. Apparently they've just moved down the coast.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-06-20 01:11  

#1  Hookers in Dubai? Nooo. Can't be.

I love how real estate agents will be made the scapegoat, requiring them to verify employment details - LOL!, instead of the Immigration Officials who are handsomely paid off to let them in. How perfectly Arab.

Oh, and you bet they've got a bunch of CIS girls - the Arabs get all giggly over blonds.

I'm guessing somebody, somebody with wasta, either didn't get his cut - or has decided to take over the whole show... maybe he found his own foreign source for wymyns. Remember the bombings in Riyadh where they blamed those poor tortured Brits and Canucks? Same game. That time booze, this time broads.
Posted by: .com   2005-06-20 00:28  

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