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04ABUDHABI1607
2004-05-19 13:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
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MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/GAZA

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM May 19, 2004


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1607 - UNKNOWN) 

TAGS: OIIP, KMDR 

Captions: None 

Subject: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/GAZA 

Ref: None 
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01607

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

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O 191349Z MAY 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4407
RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
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RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABU DHABI 001607 

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 - PLEASE PASS TO MOC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/GAZA


UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABU DHABI 001607

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 - PLEASE PASS TO MOC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/GAZA



1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH IRAQ AND GAZA
DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BOTH
IRAQ AND PALESTINE MIGHT SHIFT VERY SOON TO ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY.
AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" POINTED OUT THAT THE
ASSASINATION OF HEAD OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL EZZEDINE SALEEM
REVEALS THAT THE U.S. FORCES ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY IN
IRAQ. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT HANDING OVER
IRAQ TO IRAQIS AND MAINTAINING U.S. MILITARY EXISTENCE MEANS THAT
IRAQ WILL STILL BE OCCUPIED. END SUMMARY.


2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "AN ARAB SUMMIT IN RAFAH," SHARJAH-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 05/19:
(CIRCULATION 95,000)

". WHAT RAFAH IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT IN FRONT OF ALL ARABS FROM
EAST TO WEST IS ONLY A PRELUDE TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WHOLE
REGION IN THIS ERA WHERE EVERYTHING IS ALLOWED. THE
AMERICAN/ZIONIST EVIL WAVES THAT ARE HITTING PALESTINE AND IRAQ
WILL NOT STOP AT ANY BORDER IF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUMMIT DON'T
MOVE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. MAYBE IT IS BETTER THAT THE ARAB
SUMMIT TAKES PLACE THIS TIME IN RAFAH, THAT IS IF BUSH AND SHARON
KEEP ANY STONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER OR A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO
BLOOD!"


3. NOTING THAT THERE IS INTERNATIONAL SILENCE REGARDING SHARON'S
CRIMES, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED
05/19:(CIRCULATION 30,000)

". WHAT IS THIS INTERNATIONAL SILENCE TOWARDS THE KILLERS AND
CRIMINALS OF WAR WHO ARE GOVERNING THE ZIONIST TERRORIST ENTITY
THAT IS DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN THE CITY OF RAFAH IN PALESTINE?
WHERE IS THE DIGNITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY?. WHERE IS
THE UNITED NATIONS, IT PUNISHES WHOEVER GETS THE U.S. MAD AND
EXCLUDES WHOEVER IT (THE U.S.) IS PROTECTING EVEN IF THEY
COMMITTED ALL KINDS OF CRIMES?!"


4. COMMENTING ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE HEAD OF THE IRAQI
GOVERNING COUNCIL EZZEDINE SALEEM AND NOTING THAT THIS IS A
TERRORIST ATTACK, ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 05/18:(CIRCULATION 100,000)

". THIS VERY DISTURBING SCENE WITH THE PILING UP OF MISTAKES OF
THE COALITION FORCES WILL DEFINITELY LEAD TO MORE TERRORISM. THIS
UGLY CRIME SYMBOLIZES A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE TERRORISTS AND THE
ENEMIES OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WHICH IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE
ALREADY STUMBLING POLITICAL SITUATION IN IRAQ AND TRYING TO STOP
HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS."


5. NOTING THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF EZZEDINE SALEEM REVEALS THAT
THE U.S. FORCES ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY IN IRAQ, ABU
DHABI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 05/18:
(CIRCULATION 20,000)

". THE OCCUPATION'S CLAIM THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO RESTORE
SECURITY IN IRAQ IS NOW DROPPED, BECAUSE WHOEVER DOES NOT HAVE
SECURITY CAN'T PROVIDE IT TO OTHERS. THE OCCUPATION SHOULD LOOK
FOR OTHER WAYS -RATHER THAN KILLING, MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND
CHASING CAMPAIGNS- TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ITS FORCES, IN THE
SAME TIME IRAQIS SHOULD START THINKING OF THE BEST NATIONAL MEANS
TO RESTORE STABILITY AND PUT AN END TO CHAOS."


6. CRITICIZING THE ARAB SILENCE TOWARDS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
IRAQ AND PALESTINE, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 05/17:

". WHOEVER ALLOWS KILLING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BY SHARON AND
TORTURING AND HUMILIATING THE IRAQIS BY BUSH WILL NOT BE MOVED BY
ANYTHING IN THE NEAR OR FAR FUTURE TOWARDS ANY OTHER ARAB NATION.
WILL THE ARABS MOVE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE AND BEFORE OTHER ARAB
NECKS ARE HANDED TO THE AMERICAN-ZIONIST GUILLOTINE?"


7. NOTING THAT HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS WITH MAINTAINING THE
U.S. MILITARY EXISTENCE MEANS THAT IRAQ WILL STILL BE OCCUPIED,
"AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 05/16:

". WHEN THE U.S. TALKS ABOUT HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS WHILE
MAINTAINING ITS OCCUPATION, IT IS TRYING TO PROVIDE AN INTERNAL
LEGITIMATE COVER FOR ITS OCCUPATION, IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO
PROVIDE AN INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMATE COVER THROUGH PRESSURES TO
ANNOUNCE A NEW RESOLUTION BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL REGARDING
HANDING OVER IRAQ WITH MAINTAINING OCCUPATION."

ALBRIGHT