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04ABUDHABI2800
2004-08-18 11:45:00
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Embassy Abu Dhabi
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SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUKTADA AL SADER

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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02800

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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002800 

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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 PLEASE PASS TO MOC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUKTADA AL SADER


UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002800

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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 PLEASE PASS TO MOC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUKTADA AL SADER



1. SUMMARY: ON 16 AUGUST UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED,
WRITING IN ABU DHABI-BASED "AL ITTIHAD" (SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRC.
65,000) CRITICIZED MUKTADA AL SADER AND THE ARAB MEDIA SUPPORTIN
HIM.


2. ". WHOSE BLOOD DOES MUKTADA REALLY WANT TO SACRIFICE?
IS IT HIS BLOOD, OR IS IT THE POOR IRAQI'S BLOOD THAT HAS
BEEN SHED BECAUSE OF HIS STUBBORNNESS, ARROGANCE, AND HIS
POLITICAL IGNORANCE? DOES MUKTADA WANT TO OVERTHROW
ALLAWI'S GOVERNMENT, OR DOES HE WANT TO GET THE COALITION
FORCES OUT OF IRAQ, OR DOES HE WANT TO SEPARATE NORTH IRAQ
FROM SOUTH IRAQ?. MUKTADA REQUESTED THAT HIS SPOKESPEOPLE
ANNOUNCE THAT HE WILL FIGHT UNTIL HIS DEATH. SORRY TO SAY
THAT A LOT OF ARAB MEDIA. INCLUDING SOME GULF NEWSPAPERS
HAVE SUPPORTED THE RABBLE-ROUSER (MUKTADA). THEY ANNOUNCED
THAT MUKTADA IS GOING TO FIGHT UNTIL HIS DEATH, BUT THEY DID
NOT MENTION THAT MUKTADA WAS THE REASON BEHIND THE DEATH OF
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND INNOCENT IRAQIS IN THREE DAYS. THESE
PAPERS DID NOT MENTION THAT MUKTADA IS A YOUNG,
INEXPERIENCED MAN, ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS. THE YOUNG MUKTADA
IS TOUCHING A VERY SENSITIVE SPOT, AND IS PLAYING ON
DANGEROUS GROUNDS FOR A POSSIBLE RELIGIOUS WAR, BUT THE
AWARENESS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN
ADDITION TO THE AWARENESS OF THE RATIONAL SHI'A IS A LOT
BIGGER THAN MUKTADA'S AIM THAT IS FILLED WITH EVILNESS, AND
HIS ATTEMPTS DID FAIL AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ALONE FACING THE
FIRE THAT HE TRIED TO SET ON IN THE IRAQI BODY."

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