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03ABUDHABI1877
2003-04-19 13:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
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MEDIA REACTION: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM April 19, 2003


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1877 - UNKNOWN) 

TAGS: OIIP, KMDR 

Captions: None 

Subject: MEDIA REACTION: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO
 SYRIA RIYADH MEETING OF ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS. 

Ref: None 
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01877

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STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
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: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO
SYRIA RIYADH MEETING OF ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS.

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001877

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
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: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO
SYRIA RIYADH MEETING OF ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS.


1. SUMMARY: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, SYRIA'S
RESPONSE TO U.S. THREATS, AND THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING
IN RIYADH DOMINATED NEWS COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS
FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF "AN IRAQ FOR IRAQIS." AN "AL BAYAN"
EDITORIAL ASSERTED THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE WILL REFUSE ANY U.S.
MANDATE FOR IRAQ. AN "AL KHALEEJ" OP-ED BY DR. MOHAMMED EDREES
ALLEGED THAT U.S.'S THREATS AGAINST SYRIA ARE PART OF ISRAEL'S
AGENDA. END SUMMARY.


2. CLAIMING THAT IRAQ CAN ONLY BE FOR IRAQIS, SHARJAH-BASED PAN-
ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 4/19:

"... WILL IRAQIS BE ALLOWED TO HAVE WHAT THEY ARE STRIVING FOR?
THIS IS THE MAIN QUESTION NOW, FOR WHICH THE ARABS MUST STRIVE,
BUT THIS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE IF GEORGE BUSH AND TONY BLAIR HOLD
ON TO THEIR GOALS, WHICH REQUIRE A LONG OCCUPATION OF IRAQ ..."


3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "OCCUPATION OR LIBERATION?!," DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 4/19:

"... THE IRAQI PEOPLE WILL REFUSE ANY AMERICAN MANDATE AND REFUSE
ANY GOVERNMENT THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE U.S. THERE IS NOW AN
ARAB STANCE SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. WE HOPE
THAT THE U.S. WILL PROVE THAT ITS GOALS ARE NOT OCCUPATION OR
EXPANSION, AND THAT IT REALIZES THE IRAQI PEOPLE, ALONG WITH THE
ARAB WORLD, WILL NEVER ACCEPT FOREIGN OCCUPATION ..."


4. ALLEGING THAT THE U.S. THREATS AGAINST SYRIA ARE PART OF
ISRAEL'S AGENDA, COLUMNIST DR. MOHAMMED EDREES WROTE IN "AL
KHALEEJ" ON 4/19:

"... SHARON'S SPECIAL AGENDA REGARDING SYRIA AND PRESIDENT ASAD
WILL BE RELAYED BY THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN HE VISITS
DAMASCUS, OR WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
WHOEVER IS FOLLOWING UP ON THIS AGENDA SAYS THAT THE FUTURE OF
SYRIA DEPENDS ON ITS ACCEPTANCE OR REFUSAL OF THIS AGENDA.
SHARON THINKS THAT HE CAN IMPOSE HIS TERMS ON THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION, AS MOST OF ITS HAWKS OWE LOYALTY TO ISRAEL BEFORE
THE U.S. AND HAVE CONVERTED THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO AN
'ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION ROOM.'"


5. COMMENTING ON THE NEEDS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE VERSUS THE
DOSSIERS OF THE IRAQI OPPOSITION, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED
4/18:

"... THE IRAQI PEOPLE WANT IRAQ, AND NOW AFTER THREE DECADES OF
OPPRESSION, THEY CRY OUT ONLY FOR IRAQ. AS FOR THE (IRAQI)
OPPOSITION, THEY WANT WHAT THE U.S. WANTS. THERE IS A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN IRAQ FOR IRAQIS AND IRAQ FOR THE U.S. WILL
THE OPPOSITION GET THEIR TRUE COMPASS, AND IS THAT THE COMPASS OF
THEIR COUNTRY AND NOTHING ELSE?"

WAHBA