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03ABUDHABI3823
2003-08-20 09:49:00
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Embassy Abu Dhabi
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MEDIA REACTION: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM August 20, 2003


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 3823 - UNKNOWN) 

TAGS: OIIP, KMDR 

Captions: None 

Subject: MEDIA REACTION: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE
 ATTACK IN EAST JERUSALEM 

Ref: None 
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 03823

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 ACTION: PAO 

DISSEMINATION: PAO
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: CDA:RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB
CLEARED: PAO:TPONCE

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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003823 

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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: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE
ATTACK IN EAST JERUSALEM

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003823

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: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE
ATTACK IN EAST JERUSALEM


1. SUMMARY: SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN
BAGHDAD AND IN EAST JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE
MEDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOVERNMENT RELEASED A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACKS AND URGING
WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL. AN EDITORIAL
IN "AL KHALEEJ" ASSERTED THAT THE "OCCUPATION" IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS ATTACK. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THIS ATTACK AS
"A CRIME AGAINST IRAQ." END SUMMARY.


2. CARRIED IN ALL ENGLISH AND ARABIC DAILIES, SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN
ZAYED AL NAHYAN, UAE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACK AND URGING
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S GOVERNING COUNCIL:

--"THE UAE CONDEMNS THESE COWARDLY ATTACKS THAT TARGETED THIS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND THE MORAL AND HUMANE MESSAGES IT
REPRESENTS, IN ADDITION TO TARGETING ITS EFFORTS TO HELP IRAQ AND
ITS PEOPLE IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH SECURITY AND STABILITY AND TO
PROTECT ITS INDEPENDENCE AND UNITY."

--"THIS REPREHENSIBLE AND UGLY CRIME REQUIRES A DETERMINED STAND
BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO REINFORCE AND SOLIDIFY
THE UN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQ AND TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNING COUNCIL TO
ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY AND RE-BUILD IRAQ. THIS ATTACK
REVEALS THE REAL ENEMIES OF IRAQ, PEACE, AND STABILITY."


3. BLAMING THE ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ ON THE
"OCCUPATION," SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED
8/20:

"... THERE IS A FEAR THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO EXPLOIT THE
RESISTANCE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE OCCUPATION OR TO HIDE BEHIND IT
AND THAT IS FOR SPECIAL BENEFITS THAT DO NOT SERVE IRAQ'S
STABILITY BUT AFFECT IT NEGATIVELY. THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS IS
THE OCCUPATION, WHICH IS PLANNING ON A LONG 'RESIDENCY' IN THE
COUNTRY OF MESOPOTAMIA ... THE OCCUPATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THESE ATTACKS, SINCE IT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SECURE PROTECTION
TO INTERNATIONAL AND DIPLOMATIC DELEGATIONS ... "


4. UNDER THE HEADLINE "A CRIME AGAINST IRAQ," SEMI-OFFICIAL ABU
DHABI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 8/20:

"... WE MUST FORBID THE CRIMINALS FROM REALIZING THE FRUITS
EXPECTED FROM THEIR CRIME ... THIS TERRORIST ATTACK SHOULD NOT
AFFECT THE CONTINUOUS INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN IRAQ, SYMBOLIZED
BY ITS MORAL AND HUMANE MESSAGES THAT ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH HAS JUST COME OUT
OF DECADES OF INJUSTICE, COMPULSION, AND OPPRESSION, AND IT IS
TIME FOR IT TO BREATHE THE AIR OF LIBERTY ..."

ALBRIGHT