Thanks, Mach-Hog, for this rectification.
I admit that UAE inhabitants may be of a different kind, but that does not help in this instance. Al-Qaida and the sort showed clearly that they do not care about local policitical convictions as long as there are strategic goals to be achieved. It may be very important for terrorists to destroy the well-being of the UAE at a certain point. On the other hand I am pretty shure that the emirs have covered their back and pay their "insurance bill" to Al-Qaida, like to PLO/Fatah and Hamas. But the situation may look different in the next couple of years.
Dani