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The IDF has for the first time released the number of soldiers with foreign passports. They are quite astounding. Here they are:

American 12,1351
French 6,127
Russian 5,067
German 3,901
Ukrainian 3,210
British 1,686
Romanian 1,675
Polish 1,668
Ethiopian 1,387
Canadian 1,185
Hungarian 885
Italian 828
Argentinian 609
Dutch 559
Brazilian 505
Australian 502
South African 415
Belgian 406
Austrian 390
Swiss 373
Spanish 372
Czech 309

Its is essential that these states investigate their citizens potential involvement in war crimes. Lord knows that Israel will never do it.

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The IDF has for the first time released the number of soldiers with foreign passports. They are quite astounding. Here they are:

American 12,1351
French 6,127
Russian 5,067
German 3,901
Ukrainian 3,210
British 1,686
Romanian 1,675
Polish 1,668
Ethiopian 1,387
Canadian 1,185
Hungarian 885
Italian 828
Argentinian 609
Dutch 559
Brazilian 505
Australian 502
South African 415
Belgian 406
Austrian 390
Swiss 373
Spanish 372
Czech 309

Its is essential that these states investigate their citizens potential involvement in war crimes. Lord knows that Israel will never do it.

Why are you surprised? The fake jews aka terrorist-israhell aka pagan evil baal worshipers who are illegally occupying the land of Palestine, of course own and rule the useless west and east and middle east and africa as we speak, because they are using fake relgion and claim they are the chosen ppl, which is fake and unfortunately they made every idiot person who believes in chrisitanity and islam and judiasim of this fake fiction. Chrisitians and muslims must stop believing that jesus is from terrorist-israhell, because if he was they would not have killed him they themseleves. Anyhow this is the term they use to call a non fake jew person, A "GOYIM", and they the fake jews in terrorist-israhell believes all Goyim ppl are here serve them. WAKE UP STUPID HUMANS.

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Did I say, I was surprised?

The IDF has for the first time released the number of soldiers with foreign passports. They are quite astounding. Here they are:

American 12,1351
French 6,127
Russian 5,067
German 3,901
Ukrainian 3,210
British 1,686
Romanian 1,675
Polish 1,668
Ethiopian 1,387
Canadian 1,185
Hungarian 885
Italian 828
Argentinian 609
Dutch 559
Brazilian 505
Australian 502
South African 415
Belgian 406
Austrian 390
Swiss 373
Spanish 372
Czech 309

Its is essential that these states investigate their citizens potential involvement in war crimes. Lord knows that Israel will never do it.

Why are you surprised? The fake jews aka terrorist-israhell aka pagan evil baal worshipers who are illegally occupying the land of Palestine, of course own and rule the useless west and east and middle east and africa as we speak, because they are using fake relgion and claim they are the chosen ppl, which is fake and unfortunately they made every idiot person who believes in chrisitanity and islam and judiasim of this fake fiction. Chrisitians and muslims must stop believing that jesus is from terrorist-israhell, because if he was they would not have killed him they themseleves. Anyhow this is the term they use to call a non fake jew person, A "GOYIM", and they the fake jews in terrorist-israhell believes all Goyim ppl are here serve them. WAKE UP STUPID HUMANS.

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The UAE: One state or seven competing emirates under one flag?

Behind the skyscrapers lies a fragile federal bargain shifting toward Abu Dhabi and tested by the Emirates’ ties to Washington and Israel.

Mohamad Hasan Sweidan

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/35942

FEB 13, 2026


Photo Credit: The Cradle

In December 1971, seven rulers sealed a pact that fused their territories into a federation. There was no uprising in the streets, no grand constitutional rupture shaped by popular will.

What emerged was a calculated bargain among hereditary rulers who understood both their fragility and their ambition, as British power receded from the Persian Gulf and Washington’s shadow stretched steadily across the region.

That bargain still holds. But it has never been equal.

Seven Emirates, one destiny?

The UAE is routinely portrayed as a unified, stable, forward-looking state – a Gulf success story that leveraged oil wealth, global trade, and strategic alignment with the US to project power well beyond its size. https://thecradle.co/articles/the-persi ... -dominance

In recent years, it has added normalization with Israel and deepening security integration with Washington to that formula. Yet what is rarely acknowledged is that the UAE is not a monolithic state in the classical sense. It is a federation of seven hereditary emirates, each with distinct economic models, political cultures, and varying levels of wealth and influence.

The question, then, is not whether the UAE is stable today. It is whether the structural imbalances built into its formation can endure the mounting internal and external pressures of the coming years.

A federation built on asymmetry

The UAE was not created by a single ruling family consolidating power. It was born of negotiation. In December 1971, six emirates formed the federation. Ras al-Khaimah joined in February 1972, bringing the total to seven. From the outset, the union brought together territories that were unequal in resources, demography, and geopolitical weight.

Before British protection agreements carved out the Trucial Coast, large swaths of today’s UAE lay within Oman’s sphere of influence, https://www.facebook.com/FBQmuseum/vide ... 818816861/ where tribal confederations and maritime rulers operated under shifting Omani suzerainty. The federation is thus a recent political settlement, not the continuation of a historical state.

Abu Dhabi controls the commanding heights of the federation, overseeing roughly 96 percent https://attaqa.net/2021/12/02/%D8%A7%D9 ... %86%D8%A7). of oil and gas production capacity – giving it not only the largest share of hydrocarbon reserves, but also decisive control over how and when that wealth enters global markets.

Dubai charted a different course. With limited oil, it built its identity on economic openness – ports, aviation, re-export, finance – turning geography into leverage. It compensated for resource scarcity through hyper-connectivity and risk-taking.

According to the Central Bank of the UAE, Dubai received 9.9 million https://www.centralbank.ae/media/3ekdwl ... p-2025.pdf international visitors who spent at least one night in the first half of 2025, and Dubai Airport handled about 46 million passengers during the same period.

The northern emirates followed other paths. Ras al-Khaimah relied more heavily on manufacturing, quarrying, and mid-scale trade. Sharjah positioned itself around education, culture, and a more socially conservative public identity, even as it sought to expand industrial capacity and job creation.

Fujairah capitalized on geography, sitting on the Gulf of Oman and serving as a critical energy and shipping outlet beyond the Strait of Hormuz. Ajman and Umm al-Quwain, smaller and more financially constrained, depended more directly on federal redistribution and shared sovereign infrastructure.

These differences remain embedded in the federation’s architecture.

The federal design itself acknowledges hierarchy. The Federal Supreme Council, composed of the seven rulers, holds ultimate authority over major national matters. Yet substantive decisions require the agreement of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

In practice, this grants both emirates veto power on key federal issues. Rather than being merely two of seven; they are the twin pillars of the state. While that structure has ensured stability, it has also entrenched asymmetry.

Abu Dhabi’s consolidation

The ruler of Abu Dhabi chairs the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), established by law in December 2020. This body sets policy on financial, investment, economic, petroleum, and natural resource affairs, oversees relevant entities, and appoints members of strategic investment bodies.

For the other emirates, this council formalized what had already become reality, that decisive national economic authority increasingly emanates from Abu Dhabi.

On 30 January 2026, Abu Dhabi’s new sovereign wealth entity, Limad Holding, acquired Abu Dhabi Holding, consolidating hundreds of billions of dollars in state assets – airlines, utilities, and ports – under the direct leadership of the Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed. A Reuters report described the move as placing vast strategic assets under a tighter circle of control worth

hundreds of billions of dollars.

Such consolidation reduces institutional fragmentation at the top. It also narrows the circle of decision-makers. In a federation built on negotiated balance, that has consequences. Fewer actors at the apex can mean greater efficiency. It can also raise the stakes of elite disputes during crises, particularly if other emirates feel sidelined.

The unease is rarely voiced publicly. It surfaces instead in subtle signals – commentary in Gulf media since 2019, warning of potential fragmentation; muted frustration among elites; and social media expressions that occasionally break through before being erased.

The episode involving Haitham bin Saqr bin Sultan Al-Qasimi, deputy head of the Ruler’s Office in Kalba, who briefly posted a tweet attacking President Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) before deleting it, offered a glimpse into tensions https://thecradle.co/articles/the-end-o ... s-gulf-era that rarely see daylight.

Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah: Pressure points

If fragmentation were ever to materialize, it would not resemble street protests or separatist parties. Political parties are banned, public dissent is tightly controlled, and internal mobility is regulated. The UAE is not structured for open contestation.

Instead, pressure appears in less visible domains such as elite cohesion, socio-economic bargains, and exposure to external financial shocks.

Glitzy Dubai illustrates the first line of vulnerability. Its model depends on credibility as a predictable, dynamic global hub. The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) emphasizes its independent legal and regulatory framework to attract global capital. Yet that openness makes Dubai sensitive to shifts in the global regulatory climate.

Corporate tax, introduced for the 2023 fiscal year, and a local supplementary minimum tax taking effect on 1 January 2025 have forced Dubai’s long-standing model of easy entry and differentiated zones to adapt to a more uniform federal tax environment.

At the same time, repeated western warnings about the use of UAE-based networks for sanctions evasion and financial opacity have heightened reputational risk. Dubai carries a disproportionate share of financial exposure. A sudden contraction in capital flows or a reputational shock tied to sanctions enforcement could reverberate quickly through its economy.

Dubai has drawn closer to the federal core. The appointment https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 024-07-14/ of the crown prince of Dubai as minister of defense in July 2024 tethered Dubai’s leadership directly to a central sovereign function. It was a strategic alignment move – one that reduces the likelihood of overt divergence.

Ras al-Khaimah presents a different test. The emirate has pursued differentiated growth projects, most notably the Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort. In September 2023, the UAE Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) was established as a federal body to develop a framework for commercial gaming and national lotteries.

On 5 October 2024, Wynn Resorts received the UAE’s first commercial gambling license for Ras al-Khaimah. This marks a major policy shift in a federation that had long prohibited gambling.

The test is twofold. Federal regulation means centralized oversight, largely from Abu Dhabi. Yet social and cultural norms vary across emirates. If gaming becomes a significant revenue source and tourism magnet, Ras al-Khaimah’s bargaining power within the federation will increase. It may draw tourist flows that would otherwise head to Dubai or Abu Dhabi, sharpening internal economic competition.

Sharjah, meanwhile, balances a conservative cultural identity with industrial and energy expansion. In November 2025, Sharjah’s Petroleum Council announced a new natural gas discovery https://www.argaam.com/ar/article/artic ... id/1855796 at the Al-Hadiba field, reinforcing the emirate’s long-term push to strengthen its domestic energy position.

Yet Sharjah also carries a heavier debt burden relative to its size. In its May 2024 sovereign rating assessment, https://www.sharjahupdate.com/2024/05/e ... le-report/ S&P Global Ratings underscored the emirate’s comparatively elevated debt burden, with gross government debt standing at roughly 52 percent of GDP in 2023.

Each of these emirates operates under the same flag. Each also pursues a distinct model of legitimacy and growth.

Security state and elite cohesion

The second axis of potential strain lies in how dissent is managed. In the UAE, opposition is treated primarily as a security issue. Over the past year, high-profile cases linked to what authorities describe as terrorism-related offenses have resurfaced.

Human rights groups have reported https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/04/uae ... upheld?utm on the so-called UAE84 case, a mass trial involving 84 individuals. On 4 March 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/04/uae ... upheld?utm that the State Security Division of the Federal Supreme Court rejected appeals and upheld convictions. Authorities accused the defendants of establishing or running a secret entity designated as terrorist under the Anti-Terrorism Law.

Such cases reinforce elite discipline. They also send a message about the boundaries of permissible discourse. In a federation dependent on negotiated power-sharing among ruling families, cohesion at the top matters more than public contestation below.

However, the absence of visible opposition does not automatically translate into the absence of tension. It means tension, if it exists, circulates within elite networks rather than in the streets.

External entanglements and internal cost

The UAE has deepened its integration with Washington’s security architecture and normalized relations with Israel, embedding itself further in US-led regional frameworks. These alignments deliver technological, military, and financial advantages. They also carry political and reputational costs across West Asia.

As the federation expands its involvement in Israeli-linked projects, it risks widening the gap between external strategy and internal social currents. For smaller or more conservative emirates, the calculus may not be identical to that of Abu Dhabi’s strategic planners.

The UAE remains far from collapse. Division is unlikely in the near term. But the federation’s durability rests on continuous management of asymmetry – economic, political, and cultural. As Abu Dhabi centralizes authority and external commitments deepen, the margin for error narrows.

The UAE is one country in law. In practice, it is seven emirates negotiating power under one flag. Whether that negotiation remains balanced will determine the federation’s future.

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Business
Powerful Dubai tycoon replaced after DOJ reveals sexually explicit emails with Epstein

By Sana Noor Haq

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/13/busi ... dship-intl

Updated 5 hr ago


A close friendship between the late [deleted] Jeffrey Epstein (right) and UAE tycoon Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem (left), was revealed in the latest files released by the US Justice Department. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Reuters

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains descriptions of abuse and references to sexually explicit material.

A tycoon from the United Arab Emirates whose intimate friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed in the latest release of files https://www.cnn.com/politics/epstein-files by the US Justice Department has been replaced https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/business ... stein-intl in his post as head of one of the world’s largest port operators.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem emerged as a powerful force in global trade as the former chairman and CEO of Dubai’s DP World, which has a footprint in more than 80 countries, over the past three decades.

Without naming bin Sulayem, Dubai’s Government Media Office announced Friday that DP World had appointed a new chairman and group CEO, positions previously held by bin Sulayem. DP World confirmed the new appointments to CNN.

Epstein affectionately described bin Sulayem, whose name appears thousands of times in the latest batch, as “funny,” https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 961884.pdf “educated,” https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 961884.pdf “a master” https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 962012.pdf and a “best and trusted friend.” https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 052341.pdf

The messages between Epstein and bin Sulayem reveal an intimate, yearslong friendship replete with misogynistic descriptions of women and girls, sexually explicit material, business proposals and a reference to an alleged torture video that has drawn scrutiny in the US Congress.

On Tuesday the DOJ un-redacted more names https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics ... cted-names in the documents, highlighting six men, including bin Sulayem. A name appearing in the files is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing, and bin Sulayem has not been accused by authorities of any wrongdoing or charged with any crimes in connection with the late Epstein.

Their communication spanned at least a decade, including after September 2009, when Epstein was released from prison https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/us/jeffr ... indictment having pled guilty to child prostitution charges. Epstein died in 2019, awaiting trial on additional charges of sexual abuse of underage girls and running a sex trafficking ring. He pled not guilty. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/us/jeffr ... in-autopsy

A prominent Emirati business figure, bin Sulayem regularly makes appearances with Dubai’s ruler, and has been pictured with US President Donald Trump.

He attended the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, https://www.weforum.org/stories/authors ... n-sulayem/ appeared at CNN International’s Global Perspectives live event last November https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/world/vi ... at-deliver and has featured in trophy presentations for the prestigious DP World Tour Championship golf tournament in Dubai.

At least two companies — a British investment platform and Canada’s second largest pension fund — reportedly halted future deals with DP World in the wake of the latest release of files. The Quebec-based hub La Caisse told CNN that it expects DP World to

shed light on the situation and take the necessary actions.

But after Sulayem was replaced, La Caisse told CNN that DP World

took the appropiate measures

and that the pension fund will “move quickly” to work with the port operator’s new leadership to continue their partnership.

Bin Sulayem’s glossy profile matches those of numerous other influential men whose appearances in the Epstein files reveal how the financier presented himself as a stealthy networker – leveraging his ties with wealthy businessmen, tech entrepreneurs, politicians and academics to connect the global elite.


Bin Sulayem, pictured at CNN's Global Perspectives Event in November, matches the profile of a slew of other wealthy men with ties to Epstein. Toby Hancock/CNN


An Emirati businessman, bin Sulayem (center left) regularly attended the DP World Tour Championship, on November 16, in Dubai. Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Bin Sulayem is not a household name in the United States. But a newly published memo has propelled him into the spotlight in Washington.

In 2009, Epstein wrote a short email to a recipient that the DOJ had initially redacted.

Where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video,

he said at the time.

US Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who was given access by the DOJ to the unredacted version, said this week on social media that the recipient was “a Sultan.” Later, US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the recipient’s name appeared in a separate unredacted file and linked to an email from bin Sulayem.

It is unclear what “torture video” Epstein is referring to in the email Blanche linked to. DP world declined to comment on the matter when reached by CNN before he was replaced in his position. CNN tried to call a number for bin Sulayem several times this week.

A business and diplomatic bridge

According to the newly released tranche of documents, Epstein and bin Sulayem traded regional contacts and discussed visits https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 771601.pdf to Epstein’s Caribbean island https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 334646.pdf – where survivors repeatedly testified https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/us/jeffr ... ds-lawsuit that Epstein sexually abused them.

Bin Sulayem told Epstein about meetings with world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and former British Prime Minister David Cameron, in early September 2015, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 846825.pdf according to the files.

Epstein also offered bin Sulayem advice on how to approach the United Kingdom government to secure financing for a massive DP World project in London. In September, 2009, bin Sulayem forwarded Epstein a letter addressed to Peter Mandelson, then-British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, requesting loan guarantees.

Epstein responded to bin Sulayem’s draft https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 886137.pdf proposal with suggested edits. Two years later, when bin Sulayem sent him a press release announcing the project’s construction, Epstein wrote, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 921627.pdf

I'm (sic) proud of you.

Mandelson, who later became the UK ambassador to the US, is now the subject of a British police investigation https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/08/uk/morga ... stein-intl over his ties to Epstein. He previously said he was

wrong to believe (Epstein) following his conviction and to continue my association with him afterwards.

CNN has tried to contact Mandelson this week for comment.


Bin Sulayem (left) and Epstein (right) stand together at the bottom of an ornate staircase on May 8, 2014. Their correspondence is laden with misogynistic descriptions of women and girls. US Department of Justice

The emails between bin Sulayem and Epstein also show attempts at brokering relations between UAE and Israeli officials began several years before Abu Dhabi normalized ties with Israel under the US-brokered Abraham Accords in 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics ... stan-trump

Epstein appeared to initiate contact between bin Sulayem and then Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak as early as 2012.

Barak previously acknowledged his personal relationship with Epstein, but has said he never witnessed or participated in any improper behavior.

On March 22, 2012, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 012988.pdf Epstein told bin Sulayem he was in Berlin

with the Israeli defense minister

adding,

I have told him about you and sheik (sic) Mohamed. He would like to meet you both.

In June, 2013, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 963620.pdf Epstein told Barak, who was no longer serving in government,

My friend sultan bin sulaiman (sic) is in st pete, I tnk (sic) you should meet, he is the right hand of maktoum,

apparently referring to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE prime minister and ruler of Dubai. At the time, world leaders were gathering at a Russian economic forum in St Petersburg. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/08/politics ... onnections

A month later, Epstein appeared to pitch bin Sulayem’s DP World as a potential candidate to buy Israeli ports amid a privatization campaign. He sent Barak a Fox News story https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-in ... of-imports about Israel inviting international bids, asking,

is this something for sultan?

Barak replied,

Probably once (and IF) we’ll start getting deeper into a sincere peace process,

on the July 4, 2013 email https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 662690.pdf chain, adding

we have to think harder on how to leverage this acquaintance.

Two summers later, bin Sulayem asked Epstein, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 854099.pdf

Can you please arrange for me to meet Ehud.

Epstein forwarded the request to Barak, who replied,

Yes, of course

and asked him to share his phone number and contact information.


Bin Sulayem (right), US President Donald Trump (center) and real estate magnate Chris O'Donnell (left) are seen on August 23, 2008, in California. Epstein brokered ties with the global elite. Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

That diplomatic bridge extended as far as the White House.

On January 6, 2017, bin Sulayem asked Epstein https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 663514.pdf whether he should “accept” an invitation to US President Donald Trump’s first inauguration.

Do you think it will be possible to shake hand (sic) with Trump?

Epstein, who didn’t attend the inauguration, said

unlikely.

A year later, bin Sulayem asked to meet former Trump strategist Steve Bannon during a potential May 2018 trip to the UAE.

I will arrange picking you up,

the Emirati businessman said to Bannon, laying out details of a sky tour of Dubai and discussed future

meetings in Washington.

Epstein, who is cc’d in those emails, tells Bannon he

will have fun

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 815979.pdf with Sulayem.

Epstein shared ideas https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 815790.pdf with bin Sulayem about how he should organize Bannon’s tour of the region.

Show him the scale of what you have done,

he said.

Sharing pornography on a family vacation

The files also appear to show how bin Sulayem shared detailed sexual accounts and graphic photos with Epstein – including in mid-August, 2015, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 618624.pdf when he apparently sent links to [deleted] sites during a trip to Santa Fe with his

wife, three kids and a nanny,

according to the correspondence.

On June 13, 2013, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 969759.pdf bin Sulayem told Epstein,

I am off to sample a fresh 100% female Russian at my yacht.

Two years later, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 791345.pdf he told Epstein about a “girl” he knows from an American university in Dubai.

The best sex I ever had amazing body,

bin Sulayem said.


Epstein (left) and Sulayem (right), shown in an unknown location, appeared to discuss visits to Epstein’s Caribbean island, where survivors repeatedly testified Epstein sexually abused them. US Department of Justice

Further correspondence shows bin Sulayem and Epstein objectifying women and criticizing their physical appearances.

Bin Sulayem also appeared to facilitate https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 693228.pdf training for Epstein’s “personal masseuse,” identified as a Russian national, to work at a hotel resort in Antalya, Turkey,

so she gains better experiences,

in June, 2017. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 693228.pdf

It is unclear if the individuals were sent to Antalya.

Survivors of Epstein’s abuse have repeatedly relayed testimony of being forced to perform massages https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics ... y-analysis and sex acts on him.

‘He is one of us’

More emails indicate that Epstein positioned himself as an information monger – parlaying intimate details about his contacts’ private lives to strengthen their relationships.

In correspondence from August 2013, Epstein told the Japanese entrepreneur Joichi Ito that bin Sulayem

speaks perfect English,

consumes

no alcohol in public

and

prays five times a day.

In the same thread, https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 963132.pdf Epstein said the Dubai tycoon

has many viagra type connoctions (sic).

While discussing a potential meeting with bin Sulayem, Ito said,

Assume I should meet him alone and not with my little punk girl sidekick right?

Ito, who resigned https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49623084 as the head of the MIT Media Lab in 2019 after his financial ties to Epstein were made public, previously said https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/my-apol ... y-epstein/ he was

never involved in, never heard (Epstein) talk about, and never saw any evidence of the horrific acts that he was accused of.

He added that he was

deeply sorry to the survivors

for

bringing such a person into our network.

CNN has reached out to the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, where Ito is president, for comment.

Barely a month later, Epstein told bin Sulayem in a separate memo,

Joi, is the most connected to the tech world person in the states. He runs the MIT media lab, he is one of us.

Bin Sulayem replied,

I look forward to meet (sic) him I will take good care of him.

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CNN’s Hira Humayun contributed reporting.