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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:26 PM Original message |
Nightmare for Brits trapped by debt in Bahrain |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. What ever happened to just fleeing back to Saudi Arabia? it's only 10mi across the water. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Sure, I bet the heart condition guy can just swim it. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Republican corporatists are taking notes. I'm sure they would love to do the same here. nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No doubt. |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Remember this article about what it's like to be a foreigner trapped in Dubai? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes, I did recall that story as well. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Precisely... |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. That's a great point. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I can't wait for Hailburton and Black Water to go into the Red. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Never happen. |
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Lastactiongyro (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. that was an awesome story! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Same thing happened to a lot of expats in Dubai when they lost a job there. Debtor's prison! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Dubai is swimming in debt |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. I know someone who got caught in a jam there |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. The scam works like this... take a loan and give a security check for the whole amount post-dated to |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is horrible. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why can't the Bahrain authorities deport them? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That's the point - deportation would be totally fine with them; but authorities won't let them go. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
17. I would think the British govt would help these people. |
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