Identifier
Created
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04ABUDHABI1519
2004-05-11 13:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/15/2007 02:22:31 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM May 11, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1519 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01519 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER VZCZCADI904 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #1519 1321337 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 111337Z MAY 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4307 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0798 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0834 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001519
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
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001519
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
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS
1. SUMMARY: THE ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS IN ABU GHAREEB PRISON
CONTINUED TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC
MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT EVEN THE AMERICANS
FEEL ASHAMED OF THE ABUSE OF THE IRAQI PRISONERS. AN EDITORIAL
IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALSO NOTED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS
SCANDAL IS TO HAND IRAQ OVER TO IRAQIS. END SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE AMERICAN AND UK
ADMINISTRATIONS TO GET RID OF THE PRISONERS SCANDAL IS TO HAND
IRAQ BACK TO IRAQIS, SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ"
05/11:(CIRCULATION 75,000)
". HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE COMMITTERS OF
THESE CRIMES COULD DO PENANCE FOR THEIR HORRIBLE ACTIONS. THIS
SHOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT PLAYING ANY GAMES LIKE THAT OF TRANSFERRING
ADMINISTRATION, BUT KEEPING THE RIGHT OF AUTHORITY WITH THE
OCCUPATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WAS HIDDEN WAS
REVEALED AND THE REAL REASONS BEHIND OCCUPYING IRAQ ARE BECOMING
OBVIOUS."
3. COMMENTING ON THE U.S. NEGLIGENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE
PRISONERS ABUSE, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" ON
05/10: (CIRCULATION 30,000)
". THE ASTONISHING THING IS THAT THE U.S. IS SPREADING JOURNALS
THAT TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, PEACE, AND THE FUTURE THAT IS AWAITING
THE IRAQIS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ERASE THIS SCANDAL BY PUNISHING
THE COMMITTERS! THIS IS WHAT IS SO IRONIC AND DISGUSTING, JUST
LIKE BUSH'S DISGUST."
4. NOTING THAT THERE IS FEAR THAT SHARON INTENDS TO ESCALATE THE
SITUATION IN PALESTINE, LEBANON, AND SYRIA TO COVER THE SCANDAL
OF THE IRAQI PRISONERS ABUSE, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 05/10:
". WORKING TO MAKE THE ARABS WEAKER IS THROUGH TORTURING THEM AND
PUBLICIZING THEIR PICTURES WHILE BEING ABUSED SO THE FEELING OF
DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION WILL SPREAD, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS MEANT
TO BE IMPOSED WILL BE THROUGH TORTURE."
5. POINTING OUT THE SHAME OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AFTER THE
PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ABUSE OF THE IRAQI
PRISONERS, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 05/09:(CIRCULATION 100,000)
". THIS DISGRACE AND SHAME THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FEELING
IS CONNECTED TO LETTING JUSTICE TAKE ITS COURSE WITHOUT ANY
INTERFERENCE AND TO MAKING THOSE CONVICTED IN THIS SCANDAL PAY
FOR WHAT THEY DID WHATEVER THEIR RANK, IN ADDITION TO
COMPENSATING THE VICTIMS FOR THE TORTURE AND HUMILIATION THEY
WENT THROUGH."
ALBRIGHT
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
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS
1. SUMMARY: THE ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS IN ABU GHAREEB PRISON
CONTINUED TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC
MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT EVEN THE AMERICANS
FEEL ASHAMED OF THE ABUSE OF THE IRAQI PRISONERS. AN EDITORIAL
IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALSO NOTED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS
SCANDAL IS TO HAND IRAQ OVER TO IRAQIS. END SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE AMERICAN AND UK
ADMINISTRATIONS TO GET RID OF THE PRISONERS SCANDAL IS TO HAND
IRAQ BACK TO IRAQIS, SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ"
05/11:(CIRCULATION 75,000)
". HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE COMMITTERS OF
THESE CRIMES COULD DO PENANCE FOR THEIR HORRIBLE ACTIONS. THIS
SHOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT PLAYING ANY GAMES LIKE THAT OF TRANSFERRING
ADMINISTRATION, BUT KEEPING THE RIGHT OF AUTHORITY WITH THE
OCCUPATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WAS HIDDEN WAS
REVEALED AND THE REAL REASONS BEHIND OCCUPYING IRAQ ARE BECOMING
OBVIOUS."
3. COMMENTING ON THE U.S. NEGLIGENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE
PRISONERS ABUSE, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" ON
05/10: (CIRCULATION 30,000)
". THE ASTONISHING THING IS THAT THE U.S. IS SPREADING JOURNALS
THAT TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, PEACE, AND THE FUTURE THAT IS AWAITING
THE IRAQIS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ERASE THIS SCANDAL BY PUNISHING
THE COMMITTERS! THIS IS WHAT IS SO IRONIC AND DISGUSTING, JUST
LIKE BUSH'S DISGUST."
4. NOTING THAT THERE IS FEAR THAT SHARON INTENDS TO ESCALATE THE
SITUATION IN PALESTINE, LEBANON, AND SYRIA TO COVER THE SCANDAL
OF THE IRAQI PRISONERS ABUSE, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 05/10:
". WORKING TO MAKE THE ARABS WEAKER IS THROUGH TORTURING THEM AND
PUBLICIZING THEIR PICTURES WHILE BEING ABUSED SO THE FEELING OF
DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION WILL SPREAD, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS MEANT
TO BE IMPOSED WILL BE THROUGH TORTURE."
5. POINTING OUT THE SHAME OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AFTER THE
PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ABUSE OF THE IRAQI
PRISONERS, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 05/09:(CIRCULATION 100,000)
". THIS DISGRACE AND SHAME THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FEELING
IS CONNECTED TO LETTING JUSTICE TAKE ITS COURSE WITHOUT ANY
INTERFERENCE AND TO MAKING THOSE CONVICTED IN THIS SCANDAL PAY
FOR WHAT THEY DID WHATEVER THEIR RANK, IN ADDITION TO
COMPENSATING THE VICTIMS FOR THE TORTURE AND HUMILIATION THEY
WENT THROUGH."
ALBRIGHT