Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04ABUDHABI1782
2004-05-31 12:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/15/2007 12:22:15 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM May 31, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1782 - ROUTINE) TAGS: PREL, PTER Captions: None Subject: UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01782 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: ECON DCM P/M RSO AMB DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY CLEARED: A/DCM:HOLSIN-WINDECKER VZCZCADI657 RR RUEHC RUEHZM DE RUEHAD #1782 1521255 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 311255Z MAY 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4577 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001782
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER TC
SUBJECT: UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN
SAUDI ARABIA
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001782
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER TC
SUBJECT: UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN
SAUDI ARABIA
1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-
Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May
29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in
Al-Khobar. The official statement quoted HBZ as
saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the UAEG, and
the Emirati people would "put their resources at the
disposal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and further
reaffirm their readiness to work alongside the Saudi
leadership to eliminate those thugs who are bent on
destruction, bloodletting, terrorism and wreaking
havoc without any iota of conscience."
2. The UAE's leadership had used harsh words to
condemn past bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq,
but HBZ's language was perhaps the toughest we have
seen in a while, including the UAEG's reaction to the
November 2003 bombing at a residential compound in
Riyadh. HBZ's pledge of solidarity with the Saudi
government echoed earlier UAEG promises of support for
the Saudis' anti-terror drive after the November 2003
bombing.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER TC
SUBJECT: UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN
SAUDI ARABIA
1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-
Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May
29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in
Al-Khobar. The official statement quoted HBZ as
saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the UAEG, and
the Emirati people would "put their resources at the
disposal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and further
reaffirm their readiness to work alongside the Saudi
leadership to eliminate those thugs who are bent on
destruction, bloodletting, terrorism and wreaking
havoc without any iota of conscience."
2. The UAE's leadership had used harsh words to
condemn past bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq,
but HBZ's language was perhaps the toughest we have
seen in a while, including the UAEG's reaction to the
November 2003 bombing at a residential compound in
Riyadh. HBZ's pledge of solidarity with the Saudi
government echoed earlier UAEG promises of support for
the Saudis' anti-terror drive after the November 2003
bombing.
WAHBA