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03ABUDHABI2949
2003-06-18 14:39:00
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Embassy Abu Dhabi
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MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM June 18, 2003


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2949 - UNKNOWN) 

TAGS: OIIP, KMDR 

Captions: None 

Subject: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES 

Ref: None 
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02949

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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002949 

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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
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 ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES


UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002949

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
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 ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES



1. SUMMARY: ESCALATION OF TENSIONS IN IRAQ AND THE WEST BANK
AND GAZA AND DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT
COVERAGE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ"
EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI
OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE ARE SIMILAR IN STYLE AND OBJECTIVES. AN
"AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTS THAT THE ESCALATION OF THE
SITUATION IN IRAQ IS DUE TO THE DELAY IN HANDING OVER IRAQ TO ITS
OWN PEOPLE. END SUMMARY.


2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "LIBERATION TURNS INTO OCCUPATION,"
SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY EDITORIALIZED 6/18:

"...THE GAME HAS BEGUN TO REVEAL ITS REALITY, AND THE IRAQIS HAVE
STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THOSE WHO CAME TO LIBERATE THEM, HAVE
ACTUALLY COME TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AND SCHEMES USING
MEANS THAT ARE NO LESS UGLY AND HARSH THAN WHAT THEY FACED DURING
THE YEARS OF TYRANNY. THE U.S. TROOPS HAVE BEGUN TO SEEK THEIR
OWN SECURITY AND THAT OF THE IRAQIS, AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNOR IS
NOT INTERESTED IN HOW TO SECURE A GOOD LIFE FOR THE IRAQIS BUT IN
HOW TO DIVIDE THE PROFITS FOR AMERICAN AND WESTERN COMPANIES..."


3. COMMENTING ON THE SIMILARITIES OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE, "AL KHALEEJ"
EDITORIALIZED 6/15:

"THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE AMERICAN
OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE IN
STYLE AS WELL AS IN OBJECTIVES... IN PALESTINE AS WELL AS IN
IRAQ, OCCUPATION IMPOSES ITSELF, AND THE PEOPLE'S WILL IS TRYING
TO EMPHASIZE ITS RIGHT TO RESISTANCE TO GET THEIR LIBERTY BACK.
IF BOTH OCCUPATIONS COMPLETE ONE ANOTHER AND ARE CONNECTED IN
GOALS AND STRATEGIES, THEN THE RESISTANCE OF BOTH PEOPLE IS
UNITED IN OBJECTIVES AS WELL."


4. NOTING THE CONTINUOUS ESCALATION OF THE TENSION IN THE
SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ RECENTLY, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-
GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 6/15:

"... THE CONTINUOUS ESCALATION, AS AN INDICATOR OF MILITARY AND
SECURITY TENSION IN IRAQ DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS, WOULD NOT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE...HAD THE COALITION TROOPS HANDED THE AUTHORITY OVER
TO THE IRAQIS TO RULE THEMSELVES. THE OBSTRUCTION OF THE
POLITICAL PROCESS IN IRAQ SIGNALS MORE TROUBLES FOR THE COALITION
TROOPS AND MORE SUFFERING FOR THE IRAQIS UNLESS THE COALITION
HAND OVER THE PROCESS TO THE IRAQIS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. THERE
IS NO DOUBT THAT THE BROTHERS AND FRIENDS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE
WILL REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP THE IRAQI PEOPLE OVERCOME THE
POST-WAR CRISIS FOLLOWING THEIR SUCCESS IN OVERCOMING THE
OBSTACLE OF THE PREVIOUS REGIME, WHICH WAS 'THE MOTHER OF ALL
OBSTACLES'."


5. UNDER THE HEADLINE "SHARON'S WAR AGAINST PEACE," DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED ARABIC DAILY "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 6/14:

"... THE BEGINNING OF SHARON'S COMPREHENSIVE TERRORIST WAR
AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAME TO ABORT ANY HOPE FOR
PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS. IN FACT, THE WAR ASSASSINATED THE HOPE OF
PEACE BY PUSHING THE PALESTINIANS TOWARDS A HUGE WALL OF DESPAIR
AND DISAPPOINTMENT... IF THE ARABS DO NOT MOVE TO SAVE THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THEN THEIR TURN WILL COME SOON, ACCORDING TO
A PUBLIC AGENDA THAT AIMS TO MAKE ISRAEL THE ONLY DOMINANT
REGIONAL PLAYER."



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