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03ABUDHABI486
2003-01-29 11:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 06/05/2007 10:44:39 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM January 29, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 486 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 00486 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: AMB DCM ECON POL Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: ADCM:TWILLIAMS DRAFTED: PAO:AHOSHAN CLEARED: PAO:TPONCE VZCZCADI313 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUMICEA RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #0486 0291121 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 291121Z JAN 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8140 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0567 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0631 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000486
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, INR, NEA/RA
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: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000486
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, INR, NEA/RA
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: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF
THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC
PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ,
DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO
AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT
WASHINGTON SEES ONLY THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE UN REPORT TO USE
THEM AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR A WAR ON IRAQ. END SUMMARY.
2. COMMENTING ON THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED DAILY "AL-BAYAN" ON 1/28 EDITORIALIZED:
"THE ENTIRE WORLD, EXCEPT FOR THE U.S., BRITAIN AND ISRAEL,
REJECT THE OPTION OF WAR BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A CATASTROPHE
WHOSE CONSEQUENCES MAY EXTEND BEYOND THE REGION ... HOWEVER, THE
EUROPEAN UNION REFUSES TO SURRENDER TO THE AMERICAN-BRITISH WILL
(TO GO TO WAR) ... SO FAR, ALL SIGNALS INDICATE THAT FRANCE AND
GERMANY REPRESENT A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR AN AMERICAN-BRITISH
THIRST FOR WAR. THE VOICE OF WISDOM SHOULD URGE US TO ALLOW THE
UN INSPECTORS MORE TIME TO FINISH THEIR JOB ..."
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "TIME IS NOT LOST FOR A SOLUTION", ABU
DHABI-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" ON 1/28
EDITORIALIZED:
"... IRAQ REQUIRES MORE TIME TO MAKE ESSENTIAL CHANGES IN ITS
SYSTEM, IDEOLOGIES, AND BEHAVIOR. IT ALSO NEEDS MORE TIME ... TO
TALK TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND OTHER FORCES THAT WOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING A NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ ... HOWEVER, IF
IRAQ STRONGLY REJECTS A POLITICAL SOLUTION, THE WORLD COMMUNITY
HAS THE PROPER TOOLS TO COMPEL THE IRAQI REGIME TO ACCEPT
PEACEFUL INITIATIVES."
4. CRITICIZING THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION'S INTERPRETATION OF THE
UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, PAN-ARAB SHARJAH-BASED DAILY "AL-
KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON 1/29:
"IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE U.S. HAS CHOSEN TO USE ONLY THE NEGATIVE
PARTS OF THE UN REPORTS IN ITS ACCUSATION OF IRAQ'S NON-
COMPLIANCE ... THE AMERICAN POSITION REGARDING THE UN REPORTS
RESEMBLES ITS PREVIOUS POSITIONS. IN FACT, WASHINGTON USES THE
NEGATIVE CONTENT IN THE REPORT AS A JUSTIFICATION TO ATTRACT
OTHER NATIONS TO OPT FOR WAR, CLAIMING THAT IRAQ'S WMD CAN ONLY
BE ELIMINATED BY FORCE ..."
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, INR, NEA/RA
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: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF
THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC
PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ,
DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO
AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT
WASHINGTON SEES ONLY THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE UN REPORT TO USE
THEM AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR A WAR ON IRAQ. END SUMMARY.
2. COMMENTING ON THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED DAILY "AL-BAYAN" ON 1/28 EDITORIALIZED:
"THE ENTIRE WORLD, EXCEPT FOR THE U.S., BRITAIN AND ISRAEL,
REJECT THE OPTION OF WAR BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A CATASTROPHE
WHOSE CONSEQUENCES MAY EXTEND BEYOND THE REGION ... HOWEVER, THE
EUROPEAN UNION REFUSES TO SURRENDER TO THE AMERICAN-BRITISH WILL
(TO GO TO WAR) ... SO FAR, ALL SIGNALS INDICATE THAT FRANCE AND
GERMANY REPRESENT A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR AN AMERICAN-BRITISH
THIRST FOR WAR. THE VOICE OF WISDOM SHOULD URGE US TO ALLOW THE
UN INSPECTORS MORE TIME TO FINISH THEIR JOB ..."
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "TIME IS NOT LOST FOR A SOLUTION", ABU
DHABI-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" ON 1/28
EDITORIALIZED:
"... IRAQ REQUIRES MORE TIME TO MAKE ESSENTIAL CHANGES IN ITS
SYSTEM, IDEOLOGIES, AND BEHAVIOR. IT ALSO NEEDS MORE TIME ... TO
TALK TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND OTHER FORCES THAT WOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING A NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ ... HOWEVER, IF
IRAQ STRONGLY REJECTS A POLITICAL SOLUTION, THE WORLD COMMUNITY
HAS THE PROPER TOOLS TO COMPEL THE IRAQI REGIME TO ACCEPT
PEACEFUL INITIATIVES."
4. CRITICIZING THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION'S INTERPRETATION OF THE
UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, PAN-ARAB SHARJAH-BASED DAILY "AL-
KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON 1/29:
"IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE U.S. HAS CHOSEN TO USE ONLY THE NEGATIVE
PARTS OF THE UN REPORTS IN ITS ACCUSATION OF IRAQ'S NON-
COMPLIANCE ... THE AMERICAN POSITION REGARDING THE UN REPORTS
RESEMBLES ITS PREVIOUS POSITIONS. IN FACT, WASHINGTON USES THE
NEGATIVE CONTENT IN THE REPORT AS A JUSTIFICATION TO ATTRACT
OTHER NATIONS TO OPT FOR WAR, CLAIMING THAT IRAQ'S WMD CAN ONLY
BE ELIMINATED BY FORCE ..."
WAHBA