The smuggling business that has thrived for decades between DubaiandIran will graduate to Dubai becoming the full-blown staging point for all parties involved in Iran's economic rehabilitation.
It's hard to imagine Mossad officers feeling safer in Iran than in Dubai at any time and certainly it is hard to see why they would flee to Iran after killing an Iranian-sponsored terrorist.
But enlisting countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE would have huge symbolic and political effect especially if it included Dubai, which normally does a roaring trade with Iranand was the hub of the illicit nuclear network of Abdul Qadeer Khan, who helped Iranand others with their secret nuclear work.
The CNN bureau in Dubai said that the quake was felt in the United Arab Emirates, across the Persian Gulf from Iran, and that some buildings in Abu Dhabi were evacuated.