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Reader comment on item: Dubai's Dramatic Drop
Submitted by Clifton Chadwick (United Arab Emirates), Feb 25, 2009 at 23:02
The article seems to be reasonably accurate except for one major error.
Being a BIG fan of Pipes, I am embarrassed to see that he repeated the NYT claim of 3000 abandoned cars. That was a complete fabrication,. There is no evidence for that assertion. The local government has said that only 11 cars have been abandoned. Where the exact truth lies is hard to say but NYT's claim is irresponsible.
Cheers
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Do supply information about the Dubai government saying it's only eleven cars.
More broadly, if Robert F. Worth did make a major error here, there is no way I could know it. In most cases, an analyst like myself has to rely on plausible local reports; I lack the time and resources to check everything on my own.
This admittedly imperfect approach can lead to errors but they are quite rare and even more rarely change the basis thrust of an analysis.
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| 3000 cars [99 words] | Peter Norgaard | Aug 26, 2009 07:03 | 160649 | ||
 Cars [15 words] | BM | Sep 22, 2009 13:07 | 160649 | ||
| Re: Johann Hari's Article [58 words] | Aymenn Jawad | May 21, 2009 14:33 | 155925 | ||
| Johans Views - wonder how you feel about Johans other articles? [61 words] | Yed | Jul 12, 2010 21:27 | 155925 | ||
| 1 | The balloon of greed about to pop ? Goody, goody ! [156 words] | Denise | Mar 6, 2009 20:44 | 151784 | |
| had to happen [11 words] | joseph scarf | Mar 6, 2009 19:35 | 151781 | ||
| Hypocritical [50 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gary | Mar 4, 2009 09:01 | 151608 | ||
| Sheer ignorance and bias! [104 words] | sara | Mar 4, 2009 16:48 | 151608 | ||
| Hypocritical by Gary [78 words] | studer3500 | Mar 7, 2009 03:57 | 151608 | ||
| sara shows how angry Jews get once Isreal is criticized [22 words] | John B | Mar 7, 2009 08:01 | 151608 | ||
| How can you agree with a 'statement' that is patently false, FACTually false? [762 words] | sara | Mar 7, 2009 22:21 | 151608 | ||
| sara: who is making these Muslims Radicals ? [50 words] | John B | Mar 12, 2009 23:21 | 151608 | ||
| John B- Blaming the victim [364 words] | sara | Mar 13, 2009 20:19 | 151608 | ||
| John B- Here is a sermon proving that Muslims hate Jews regardless of Israel [276 words] | sara | Mar 17, 2009 23:55 | 151608 | ||
| Der Spiegel reports "Jews are strictly banned" from Dubai - so I'll be boycotting it, too. [29 words] | John P | Mar 3, 2009 09:04 | 151523 | ||
| boycott dubai good so you should . We don' t partiularly care. [21 words] | unknown | Jun 12, 2009 19:38 | 151523 | ||
| Old article and not true [35 words] | ND | Jan 3, 2010 15:11 | 151523 | ||
| We are not insulated in USA [45 words] | Occidentalist | Feb 28, 2009 05:59 | 151329 | ||
| Dubai's drop -NOT----> JUST A REALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER ANTISEMITES/ANTI-ISRAEL STATES... [773 words] | JKF | Feb 27, 2009 22:19 | 151314 | ||
| Dubai is Islamic state ! [115 words] | Anne-Marie Delcambre | Feb 27, 2009 13:11 | 151294 | ||
| Re: Dubai is an Islamic State [186 words] | khalid | Feb 26, 2010 17:52 | 151294 | ||
| Same old story [76 words] | Shawn Cohen | Feb 27, 2009 08:26 | 151283 | ||
| Dubai's Dramatic Drop [28 words] | Dr. Carmen Waggoner | Feb 26, 2009 21:07 | 151268 | ||
| Athletes [64 words] | Don | Feb 26, 2009 19:51 | 151266 | ||
| Foreign workers in a foreign land [139 words] | Richard B. | Feb 26, 2009 15:23 | 151244 | ||
| Dubai [13 words] | Jon Purizhansky | Feb 26, 2009 13:34 | 151234 | ||
| A small correction/addition [58 words] | huck | Feb 26, 2009 09:20 | 151223 | ||
| Not updated on over a year? [21 words] | Ernest Lane | Feb 26, 2009 09:04 | 151222 | ||
| Andy Ram [45 words] | Joel Katz | Feb 26, 2009 08:23 | 151217 | ||
| What a pity [23 words] | Jennifer | Feb 26, 2009 07:02 | 151215 | ||
| Dubai now [36 words] | firozali A. Mulla | Feb 26, 2009 00:49 | 151202 | ||
| 1 | Not Quite That Bad [237 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ken Wise | Feb 25, 2009 23:53 | 151196 | |
| Ken Wise is a journalist? [36 words] | Jan McDaniel | Mar 1, 2009 15:08 | 151196 | ||
| Dubai [76 words] | Mona | Mar 3, 2009 01:32 | 151196 | ||
| Ken Wise - you are wrong [98 words] | B.K. Nambiar | Mar 18, 2009 06:31 | 151196 | ||
| Abandoned Truth [862 words] | B.K. Nambiar | Mar 19, 2009 01:46 | 151196 | ||
| Facts and Impressions [239 words] | Ken Wise | Mar 21, 2009 07:50 | 151196 | ||
| 8 | Dubai is where the Dajjal (anti-christ) will come from [62 words] | Deen Muhammed | Feb 25, 2009 23:51 | 151195 | |
| I thought it was an Iranian well.. [84 words] | donvan | Mar 2, 2009 12:46 | 151195 | ||
| Dreams Are Made Of This [286 words] | Abu Nuwas | Feb 25, 2009 23:38 | 151194 | ||
| Are Dubai' problems the destiny of all oil-rich Islamic countries? [283 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Stuart Fagin | Feb 25, 2009 23:07 | 151193 | ||
 3000 fictititous cars [72 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Clifton Chadwick | Feb 25, 2009 23:02 | 151192 | ||
| Fictitious Remarks [576 words] | B.K. Nambiar | Mar 19, 2009 01:32 | 151192 | ||
| Wealth with all its glamor and glitz is exposed as being irrelevant [38 words] | vigilant | Feb 25, 2009 19:14 | 151178 | ||
| Loved this article [13 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Feb 25, 2009 18:56 | 151176 |
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