>> Well, that’s not suspicious at all. He was a well known engineer that had worked in Dubai for 12 years in the transport industry and had an Iranian wife. He

>> Well, that’s not suspicious at all. He was a well known engineer that had worked in Dubai for 12 years in the transport industry and had an Iranian wife. He was well known as an engineer at the forefront of the rapid development of major projects in the Gulf region. A regional paper even published his obituary in 2009: https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-build-the-maqta-bridge-1.553285 https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-buil... Excerpt: Erik van Sabben, a Dubai-based engineer whose expertise in the heavy lifting and transport industry placed him at the forefront of the rapid development in the Gulf over the past decade, has died. A keen motorcycle rider, he was killed in an accident near Dhaid on Jan 16, just two weeks short of his 37th birthday. Born in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, Mr van Sabben had lived in the Gulf on and off for 12 years. While an undergraduate, he worked as a trainee for Mammoet Gulf in Dubai, a specialist heavy lifting company, which he joined after graduating. He spent the next decade in Dubai, and briefly, Abu Dhabi.