Identifier
Created
Classification
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04ABUDHABI2472
2004-07-27 04:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:13:54 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM July 27, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2472 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02472 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: AMB DCM ECON POL Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI743 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #2472 2090428 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 270428Z JUL 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5240 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0822 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0858 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002472
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 PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002472
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 PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN DARFOUR AND THE
THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE
IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN"
NOTED THAT THESE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE ARE NOT ONLY
AGAINST PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MUSLIMS. ANOTHER
EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE GIVEN TIME TO SOLVE THE DARFOUR CRISIS AND THAT THERE SHOULD
NOT BE ANY FOREIGN MILITARY INTERFERENCE. END SUMMARY
2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "IT'S THE AQSA'S TURN," SHARJAH-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 07/26:(CIRCULATION
85,000)
"WHOEVER COMMITS THESE GROUP MASSACRES AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS
ON THEIR OWN LANDS AND WITH ALL THE WORLD WATCHING WILL NOT
REFRAIN FROM TARGETING THE AQSA MOSQUE. AND SINCE THE ARABS DO
NOT ACT AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PALESTINIANS AND THE
ENEMIES ARE PROTECTED AND BACKED UP BY THE U.S., THEN THE ZIONIST
ENTITY WILL JUST CONTINUE ITS ATTACK PLANS AGAINST PALESTINE.
THERE IS ZIONIST DANGER APPROACHING NOT ONLY THE AQSA BUT OTHER
PLACES TOO."
3. NOTING THAT THE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE ARE NOT ONLY
AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MUSLIMS, DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED
07/26:(CIRCULATION 40,000)
". IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH THAT THE ISRAELI WARNINGS ARE
PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK OF THE AQSA MOSQUE. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT THAT IS COMMITTING DAILY TERRORIST
ATTACKS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRST
KIBLAH AND THE THIRD HARAM. THE AQSA MOSQUE IS A RED LINE AND
WHOEVER TRIES TO JUMP OVER IT WILL BE PUNISHED AND THIS IS NOT
ONLY A MUSLIM WARNING BUT IT IS ALSO A WARNING FROM SOME OF THE
RATIONAL PEOPLE IN THE ZIONIST GOVERNMENT WHO THINK THAT IF
TERRORISTS DESTROY THE AQSA MOSQUE THEN THAT WILL BE THE END OF
ISRAEL BECAUSE MUSLIMS IN ALL THE WORLD WILL NOT ACCEPT IT."
4. NOTING THAT OUR REGION WILL NOT BEAR ANOTHER CRISIS LIKE THE
ONE IN IRAQ, "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 07/25:
". WILL OUR REGION BE ABLE TO BEAR ANOTHER CRISIS LIKE THE ONE IN
IRAQ? THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR NEEDS TO BE SOLVED WITH PATIENCE
AND WISDOM NOT WITH HASTINESS. WE WISH THAT DARFOUR'S SITUATION
WOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR FOREIGN MILITARY INTERFERENCE IN
SUDAN. THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TIME TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM SO IT WON'T TURN INTO A CRISIS SITUATION."
5. CRITICIZING THE DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THE U.S. IN DEALING WITH
THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND IN DEALING WITH THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 07/24:
". THE U.S.'S INSISTENCE ON LEGITIMIZING THE ZIONIST ATTACKS,
KEEPING ISRAEL ABOVE ALL SCRUTINY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS
NEVER PUNISHED, COMPARED WITH ITS (U.S.) INSISTENCE ON PUNISHING
SUDAN REVEALS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S DOUBLE STANDARDS, WHICH
WILL MAKE THE WORLD MORE AND MORE CHAOTIC AND THE `LAW OF THE
JUNGLE' WILL RULE AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO
WITH HUMANITY."
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 PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN DARFOUR AND THE
THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE
IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN"
NOTED THAT THESE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE ARE NOT ONLY
AGAINST PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MUSLIMS. ANOTHER
EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE GIVEN TIME TO SOLVE THE DARFOUR CRISIS AND THAT THERE SHOULD
NOT BE ANY FOREIGN MILITARY INTERFERENCE. END SUMMARY
2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "IT'S THE AQSA'S TURN," SHARJAH-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 07/26:(CIRCULATION
85,000)
"WHOEVER COMMITS THESE GROUP MASSACRES AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS
ON THEIR OWN LANDS AND WITH ALL THE WORLD WATCHING WILL NOT
REFRAIN FROM TARGETING THE AQSA MOSQUE. AND SINCE THE ARABS DO
NOT ACT AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PALESTINIANS AND THE
ENEMIES ARE PROTECTED AND BACKED UP BY THE U.S., THEN THE ZIONIST
ENTITY WILL JUST CONTINUE ITS ATTACK PLANS AGAINST PALESTINE.
THERE IS ZIONIST DANGER APPROACHING NOT ONLY THE AQSA BUT OTHER
PLACES TOO."
3. NOTING THAT THE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE ARE NOT ONLY
AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MUSLIMS, DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED
07/26:(CIRCULATION 40,000)
". IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH THAT THE ISRAELI WARNINGS ARE
PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK OF THE AQSA MOSQUE. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT THAT IS COMMITTING DAILY TERRORIST
ATTACKS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRST
KIBLAH AND THE THIRD HARAM. THE AQSA MOSQUE IS A RED LINE AND
WHOEVER TRIES TO JUMP OVER IT WILL BE PUNISHED AND THIS IS NOT
ONLY A MUSLIM WARNING BUT IT IS ALSO A WARNING FROM SOME OF THE
RATIONAL PEOPLE IN THE ZIONIST GOVERNMENT WHO THINK THAT IF
TERRORISTS DESTROY THE AQSA MOSQUE THEN THAT WILL BE THE END OF
ISRAEL BECAUSE MUSLIMS IN ALL THE WORLD WILL NOT ACCEPT IT."
4. NOTING THAT OUR REGION WILL NOT BEAR ANOTHER CRISIS LIKE THE
ONE IN IRAQ, "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 07/25:
". WILL OUR REGION BE ABLE TO BEAR ANOTHER CRISIS LIKE THE ONE IN
IRAQ? THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR NEEDS TO BE SOLVED WITH PATIENCE
AND WISDOM NOT WITH HASTINESS. WE WISH THAT DARFOUR'S SITUATION
WOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR FOREIGN MILITARY INTERFERENCE IN
SUDAN. THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TIME TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM SO IT WON'T TURN INTO A CRISIS SITUATION."
5. CRITICIZING THE DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THE U.S. IN DEALING WITH
THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND IN DEALING WITH THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT, "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 07/24:
". THE U.S.'S INSISTENCE ON LEGITIMIZING THE ZIONIST ATTACKS,
KEEPING ISRAEL ABOVE ALL SCRUTINY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS
NEVER PUNISHED, COMPARED WITH ITS (U.S.) INSISTENCE ON PUNISHING
SUDAN REVEALS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S DOUBLE STANDARDS, WHICH
WILL MAKE THE WORLD MORE AND MORE CHAOTIC AND THE `LAW OF THE
JUNGLE' WILL RULE AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO
WITH HUMANITY."
ALBRIGHT