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04ABUDHABI2141
2004-06-29 09:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ
null Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:32:07 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM June 29, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2141 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02141 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI745 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #2141 1810942 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 290942Z JUN 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4898 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0812 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0852 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002141
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 ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002141
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 ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: THE TWO-DAY EARLY HANDOVER OF POWER IN IRAQ
DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EARLY HANDOVER OCCURRED
SO THAT PRESIDENT BUSH COULD PROVE HIS GOOD INTENTIONS IN IRAQ
RIGHT BEFORE THE NATO SUMMIT. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN"
NOTED THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD SHOULD SUPPORT THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND HELP IT TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY.
END SUMMARY.
2. SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED THAT
THE HANDING OVER OF POWER IN IRAQ CAME AT THE SAME TIME AS THE
NATO SUMMIT AND THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WANTS TO PROVE HIS GOOD
INTENTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SO THEY WILL HELP HIS TROOPS
IN THEIR SECURITY MISSION IN IRAQ. 06/29:(CIRCULATION 95,000)
". WASHINGTON WANTS THE MILITARY OF ALL WESTERN COUNTRIES TO HELP
IT TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF RESTRUCTURING THE REGION'S MAP
ACCORDING TO THE INITIATIVE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND APPROVED
DURING THE G-8 SUMMIT CALLED `THE LARGER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH
AFRICA'. WHAT IS REQUESTED FROM THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE WORLD
IS TO GIVE THIS GOVERNMENT A CHANCE AND TO SUPPORT IT FOR IRAQ
AND THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S BENEFIT. WITH THE HANDOVER, IRAQ IS
MOVING INTO A NEW ERA THAT IS DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT AND WE WISH
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES."
3. COMMENTING ON THE EARLY HANDOVER OF IRAQ, ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 06/29: (CIRCULATION
20,000)
". THE HANDOVER HAPPENED TWO DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, WHICH
WAS STRANGE AND SHOCKING AT THE BEGINNING. IT SEEMS THAT THE
`OCCUPATION ADMINISTRATION' WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS
DETERMINED TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE. MAKING THIS EARLY STEP WAS TO
PLANT TRUST IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WERE SUSPICIOUS.
TRANSFERRING IRAQ FROM OCCUPATION TO INDEPENDENCE, FROM CHAOS TO
ORGANIZATION, AND FROM WAR TO PEACE IS DONE THROUGH AN IRAQI
UNIFIED WILL AND ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL READINESS TO
SUPPORT IRAQIS AS THEY ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND HOPES."
4. UNDER THE HEADLINE "ALLAWI AND THE DIFFICULT MISSION," DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 06/29:
(CIRCULATION 30,000)
"THE WHOLE WORLD IS WELCOMING THE HANDOVER OF IRAQ, SINCE THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT STEP TO ACHIEVE STABILITY IN IRAQ. ALLAWI'S MISSION
IS DIFFICULT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE SHOULD ACHIEVE AND
STRIVE FOR IS TO EXTERMINATE THE SECURITY CHAOS EXISTING IN MOST
OF THE CITIES IN IRAQ. AND FOR A NEW IRAQ TO HAVE STABILITY AND
TO LIVE IN COMFORT ALL THE HANDS IN THE WORLD SHOULD SUPPORT THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO OVERCOME ITS DIFFICULT MISSION."
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 ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: THE TWO-DAY EARLY HANDOVER OF POWER IN IRAQ
DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EARLY HANDOVER OCCURRED
SO THAT PRESIDENT BUSH COULD PROVE HIS GOOD INTENTIONS IN IRAQ
RIGHT BEFORE THE NATO SUMMIT. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN"
NOTED THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD SHOULD SUPPORT THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND HELP IT TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY.
END SUMMARY.
2. SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED THAT
THE HANDING OVER OF POWER IN IRAQ CAME AT THE SAME TIME AS THE
NATO SUMMIT AND THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WANTS TO PROVE HIS GOOD
INTENTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SO THEY WILL HELP HIS TROOPS
IN THEIR SECURITY MISSION IN IRAQ. 06/29:(CIRCULATION 95,000)
". WASHINGTON WANTS THE MILITARY OF ALL WESTERN COUNTRIES TO HELP
IT TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF RESTRUCTURING THE REGION'S MAP
ACCORDING TO THE INITIATIVE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND APPROVED
DURING THE G-8 SUMMIT CALLED `THE LARGER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH
AFRICA'. WHAT IS REQUESTED FROM THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE WORLD
IS TO GIVE THIS GOVERNMENT A CHANCE AND TO SUPPORT IT FOR IRAQ
AND THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S BENEFIT. WITH THE HANDOVER, IRAQ IS
MOVING INTO A NEW ERA THAT IS DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT AND WE WISH
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES."
3. COMMENTING ON THE EARLY HANDOVER OF IRAQ, ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 06/29: (CIRCULATION
20,000)
". THE HANDOVER HAPPENED TWO DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, WHICH
WAS STRANGE AND SHOCKING AT THE BEGINNING. IT SEEMS THAT THE
`OCCUPATION ADMINISTRATION' WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS
DETERMINED TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE. MAKING THIS EARLY STEP WAS TO
PLANT TRUST IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WERE SUSPICIOUS.
TRANSFERRING IRAQ FROM OCCUPATION TO INDEPENDENCE, FROM CHAOS TO
ORGANIZATION, AND FROM WAR TO PEACE IS DONE THROUGH AN IRAQI
UNIFIED WILL AND ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL READINESS TO
SUPPORT IRAQIS AS THEY ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND HOPES."
4. UNDER THE HEADLINE "ALLAWI AND THE DIFFICULT MISSION," DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 06/29:
(CIRCULATION 30,000)
"THE WHOLE WORLD IS WELCOMING THE HANDOVER OF IRAQ, SINCE THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT STEP TO ACHIEVE STABILITY IN IRAQ. ALLAWI'S MISSION
IS DIFFICULT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE SHOULD ACHIEVE AND
STRIVE FOR IS TO EXTERMINATE THE SECURITY CHAOS EXISTING IN MOST
OF THE CITIES IN IRAQ. AND FOR A NEW IRAQ TO HAVE STABILITY AND
TO LIVE IN COMFORT ALL THE HANDS IN THE WORLD SHOULD SUPPORT THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO OVERCOME ITS DIFFICULT MISSION."
ALBRIGHT