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Created
Classification
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03ABUDHABI1064
2003-03-03 12:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:57:01 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM March 03, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1064 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01064 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: DCM:RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: PAO:AHOSHAN CLEARED: PAO:TPONCE VZCZCADI617 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #1064 0621210 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 031210Z MAR 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8678 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0586 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0647 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001064
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD; NEA/RA, INR
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001064
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD; NEA/RA, INR
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN
1. SUMMARY: THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE UAE
INITIATIVE ON IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN
THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS PRAISED SHEIKH
ZAYED'S PLAN AND CRITICIZED ARAB LEADERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS IT.
AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL APPLAUDED THE UAE INITIATIVE AND
DECLARED IT AS 'THE WISEST SOLUTION' FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS. END
SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN ARAB LEADERS DURING THE SUMMIT,
SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... BEFORE COMPLAINING ABOUT OTHERS, ARAB COUNTRIES SHOULD
RESOLVE ALL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND COVER UP ALL THE
HOLES THAT ARE GROWING DEEPER AND WIDER. THE (AMERICAN) POLICY
OF DIVIDING THE ARABS WILL NOT WORK IF IT HAD NO GROUNDS, WHICH
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ARAB REGION..."
3. COMMENTING ON THE UAE INITIATIVE PRESENTED TO THE ARAB
SUMMIT, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL-ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... ANY THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE READING OF THE UAE'S INITIATIVE
WILL TREAT IT FAIRLY AND SHUT UP WHOEVER THINKS THAT THE UAE IS
INTERFERING IN IRAQ'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS ... THIS INITIATIVE PLACED
BEFORE EVERYONE, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES,
ESPECIALLY THE IRAQI LEADERSHIP. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ARAB AND
INTERNATIONAL SHIELD FOR A PEACEFUL BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL SAVE
THE SOULS OF MANY WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION..."
4. DESCRIBING ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARD THE UAE INITIATIVE PRESENTED
TO THE ARAB SUMMIT, ABU DHABI-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AKHBAR AL
ARAB" EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... WHAT IS STRANGE IS THAT THE VIEWS PRESENTED IN THE UAE
INITIATIVE REGARDING THE EXILE OF THE IRAQI REGIME AS THE FASTEST
AND SHORTEST WAY OUT OF THIS CRISIS WERE NOT RECEIVED WITH THE
ATTENTION THEY DESERVED ... THE ARABS HAVE LOST THEIR CHANCE TO
IMPLEMENT THIS CHOICE, WHICH FOCUSES ON SOLVING THIS CRISIS WITH
ARAB HANDS UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL UMBRELLA. THIS WILL CUT THE
MEANS FOR THE U.S. AND OTHERS FROM PLOTTING THE WORST SCENARIOS
EVER AGAINST IRAQ AND THE REGION. WHAT WE ARE AFRAID OF IS THAT
SUCH SCENARIOS TURN INTO FACTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN NO
'IF' WILL HELP."
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD; NEA/RA, INR
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN
1. SUMMARY: THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE UAE
INITIATIVE ON IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN
THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS PRAISED SHEIKH
ZAYED'S PLAN AND CRITICIZED ARAB LEADERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS IT.
AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL APPLAUDED THE UAE INITIATIVE AND
DECLARED IT AS 'THE WISEST SOLUTION' FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS. END
SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN ARAB LEADERS DURING THE SUMMIT,
SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... BEFORE COMPLAINING ABOUT OTHERS, ARAB COUNTRIES SHOULD
RESOLVE ALL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND COVER UP ALL THE
HOLES THAT ARE GROWING DEEPER AND WIDER. THE (AMERICAN) POLICY
OF DIVIDING THE ARABS WILL NOT WORK IF IT HAD NO GROUNDS, WHICH
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ARAB REGION..."
3. COMMENTING ON THE UAE INITIATIVE PRESENTED TO THE ARAB
SUMMIT, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL-ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... ANY THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE READING OF THE UAE'S INITIATIVE
WILL TREAT IT FAIRLY AND SHUT UP WHOEVER THINKS THAT THE UAE IS
INTERFERING IN IRAQ'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS ... THIS INITIATIVE PLACED
BEFORE EVERYONE, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES,
ESPECIALLY THE IRAQI LEADERSHIP. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ARAB AND
INTERNATIONAL SHIELD FOR A PEACEFUL BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL SAVE
THE SOULS OF MANY WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION..."
4. DESCRIBING ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARD THE UAE INITIATIVE PRESENTED
TO THE ARAB SUMMIT, ABU DHABI-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AKHBAR AL
ARAB" EDITORIALIZED ON 3/03:
"... WHAT IS STRANGE IS THAT THE VIEWS PRESENTED IN THE UAE
INITIATIVE REGARDING THE EXILE OF THE IRAQI REGIME AS THE FASTEST
AND SHORTEST WAY OUT OF THIS CRISIS WERE NOT RECEIVED WITH THE
ATTENTION THEY DESERVED ... THE ARABS HAVE LOST THEIR CHANCE TO
IMPLEMENT THIS CHOICE, WHICH FOCUSES ON SOLVING THIS CRISIS WITH
ARAB HANDS UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL UMBRELLA. THIS WILL CUT THE
MEANS FOR THE U.S. AND OTHERS FROM PLOTTING THE WORST SCENARIOS
EVER AGAINST IRAQ AND THE REGION. WHAT WE ARE AFRAID OF IS THAT
SUCH SCENARIOS TURN INTO FACTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN NO
'IF' WILL HELP."
WAHBA