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03AMMAN6935
2003-10-28 07:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
how-toThis record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 280755Z Oct 03
UNCLAS AMMAN 006935
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR,
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
USAID/ANE/MEA
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH
PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR JO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
Summary
-- Lead story in all papers over the past five days
focuses on the formation of the new 21-member Cabinet
in Jordan under the leadership of Prime Minister
Faisal Akef Al-Fayez, with the elimination of the
Ministries of Information and Culture, the appointment
of three women ministers, and the introduction of the
new portfolio of Ministry of Political Development.
Lead stories in all papers today, October 27,
highlight the attack against Rashid Hotel in Baghdad,
where U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz was
staying. Another major story highlights Israel's
"largest" demolition of three apartment towers, which
housed over 2,000 Palestinians, in Gaza.
Editorial Commentary
-- "Wolfowitz under fire"
Daily columnist Jamil Nimri writes on the back page of
independent, mass-appeal Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm
(10/27): "Paul Wolfowitz, the prominent theorizer of
the ruling right-wing's trend in Washington, was lucky
to have had the experience of personally understanding
the meaning of drowning in the Iraqi swamp, as 29
missiles were launched at the hotel where he was
staying. The operation indicates the effectives of
the resistance and the high degree of its
organization, and that was not the only resistance
action that day.. Does this say anything to Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz? If his answer is
no, it is not so for the American people.. The U.S.
administration will definitely not conclude that it
must pack its troops out and leave Iraq for the
strongest to take over. Yes, the U.S. administration
may conclude that its mission is not to be victorious
over the resistance, to squash it and put an end to
its existence, rather to pull the rug from under its
feet through political steps that nullify the reason
for its existence."
GNEHM
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR,
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
USAID/ANE/MEA
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH
PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR JO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
Summary
-- Lead story in all papers over the past five days
focuses on the formation of the new 21-member Cabinet
in Jordan under the leadership of Prime Minister
Faisal Akef Al-Fayez, with the elimination of the
Ministries of Information and Culture, the appointment
of three women ministers, and the introduction of the
new portfolio of Ministry of Political Development.
Lead stories in all papers today, October 27,
highlight the attack against Rashid Hotel in Baghdad,
where U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz was
staying. Another major story highlights Israel's
"largest" demolition of three apartment towers, which
housed over 2,000 Palestinians, in Gaza.
Editorial Commentary
-- "Wolfowitz under fire"
Daily columnist Jamil Nimri writes on the back page of
independent, mass-appeal Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm
(10/27): "Paul Wolfowitz, the prominent theorizer of
the ruling right-wing's trend in Washington, was lucky
to have had the experience of personally understanding
the meaning of drowning in the Iraqi swamp, as 29
missiles were launched at the hotel where he was
staying. The operation indicates the effectives of
the resistance and the high degree of its
organization, and that was not the only resistance
action that day.. Does this say anything to Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz? If his answer is
no, it is not so for the American people.. The U.S.
administration will definitely not conclude that it
must pack its troops out and leave Iraq for the
strongest to take over. Yes, the U.S. administration
may conclude that its mission is not to be victorious
over the resistance, to squash it and put an end to
its existence, rather to pull the rug from under its
feet through political steps that nullify the reason
for its existence."
GNEHM