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04ABUDHABI2874
2004-08-24 10:49:00
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Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: NAJAF/THE PALESTINAIN AUTHORITY
null Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 11:45:38 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02874 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: DCM POL ECON AMB Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: PAO:TRWHATLEY VZCZCADI813 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #2874 2371049 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 241049Z AUG 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5635 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0832 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0870 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002874
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, PASS TO MOC; PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: NAJAF/THE PALESTINAIN AUTHORITY
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002874
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, PASS TO MOC; PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: NAJAF/THE PALESTINAIN AUTHORITY
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN NAJAF AND CORRUPTION
IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT
AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID CRITICIZED
PRESIDENT YASER ARAFAT AND DESCRIBED HIM AS THE CORE OF ALL
CORRUPTION IN THE PA SINCE HE WILL NOT INITIATE REFORM. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" NOTED THAT MILITARY ACTION IS NOT
THE SOLUTION FOR THE IRAQI CRISIS. END SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THAT MILITARY ACTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION IN NAJAF BUT
WILL LEAD TO MORE RESISTANCE IN OTHER CITIES, ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 08/24: (CIRCULATION
20,000)
". MILITARY ACTIONS WILL NOT BRING SOLUTIONS FOR IRAQ, AND THE
ONLY THING THAT WILL BE LEFT IN THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S MIND IS
MEMORIES OF A LOST COUNTRY BECAUSE OF A GOVERNMENT THAT DID NOT
SUCCEED. AND SINCE MILITARY ACTIONS ARE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM
IN IRAQ, THEY WILL JUST LEAD TO MORE RESISTANCE IN OTHER CITIES,
AND IF THIS HAPPENED THEN THERE IS NO TIME FOR SOLUTIONS. THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE INDEPENDENCE OF IT
DECISIONS BEFORE MUKTADA, AND SHOULD DEPEND ON NATIONALS FOR
SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID WROTE AN ARTICLE UNDER THE
HEADLINE "A CORRUPT AUTHORITY" IN ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT
"AL ITTIHAD" ON 08/23: (CIRCULATION 85,000)
". WHEN COVERING UP FOR CORRUPTION COMES FROM THE HIGHEST PERSON
IN THE AUTHORITY WHO IS YASER ARAFAT, THEN THIS HAS ONE MEANING
WHICH IS THAT ARAFAT IS CONFIRMING ALL WHAT IS SAID IN THE WEST
AND BY THE ISRAELIS THAT HE IS THE CORE OF THE FINANCIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION IN THE AUTHORITY. TODAY WE ASK ARAFAT:
WHAT SHOULD WE SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACCUSED THE AUTHORITY OF
CORRUPTION? SHOULD WE DENY IT?. SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOUR DENIAL
STATEMENTS?. BUT YOU ARE THE ONE NOT FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND
CORRUPTORS? HOW COULD WE BELIEVE YOU?. THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SHOULD HAVE INITIATED THE NECESSARY REFORM IN ITS ORGANIZATIONS
BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE HAD POSITIVE OUTCOMES BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY. BUT AUTHORITY OFFICIALS JUST IGNORED THIS ALTHOUGH
ARAFAT CONFESSED THE MISTAKES. DOES THE AUTHORITY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF REFORM AND TO BEAUTIFY ITS PICTURE INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE PALESTINE? DOES THE AUTHORITY REALIZE THAT DISTRIBUTION
OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL MAKE IT STRONGER IN FACING THE
CONSPIRACIES THAT ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE?"
SISON
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, PASS TO MOC; PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: NAJAF/THE PALESTINAIN AUTHORITY
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN NAJAF AND CORRUPTION
IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT
AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID CRITICIZED
PRESIDENT YASER ARAFAT AND DESCRIBED HIM AS THE CORE OF ALL
CORRUPTION IN THE PA SINCE HE WILL NOT INITIATE REFORM. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" NOTED THAT MILITARY ACTION IS NOT
THE SOLUTION FOR THE IRAQI CRISIS. END SUMMARY.
2. NOTING THAT MILITARY ACTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION IN NAJAF BUT
WILL LEAD TO MORE RESISTANCE IN OTHER CITIES, ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 08/24: (CIRCULATION
20,000)
". MILITARY ACTIONS WILL NOT BRING SOLUTIONS FOR IRAQ, AND THE
ONLY THING THAT WILL BE LEFT IN THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S MIND IS
MEMORIES OF A LOST COUNTRY BECAUSE OF A GOVERNMENT THAT DID NOT
SUCCEED. AND SINCE MILITARY ACTIONS ARE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM
IN IRAQ, THEY WILL JUST LEAD TO MORE RESISTANCE IN OTHER CITIES,
AND IF THIS HAPPENED THEN THERE IS NO TIME FOR SOLUTIONS. THE
IRAQI GOVERNMENT SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE INDEPENDENCE OF IT
DECISIONS BEFORE MUKTADA, AND SHOULD DEPEND ON NATIONALS FOR
SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID WROTE AN ARTICLE UNDER THE
HEADLINE "A CORRUPT AUTHORITY" IN ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT
"AL ITTIHAD" ON 08/23: (CIRCULATION 85,000)
". WHEN COVERING UP FOR CORRUPTION COMES FROM THE HIGHEST PERSON
IN THE AUTHORITY WHO IS YASER ARAFAT, THEN THIS HAS ONE MEANING
WHICH IS THAT ARAFAT IS CONFIRMING ALL WHAT IS SAID IN THE WEST
AND BY THE ISRAELIS THAT HE IS THE CORE OF THE FINANCIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION IN THE AUTHORITY. TODAY WE ASK ARAFAT:
WHAT SHOULD WE SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACCUSED THE AUTHORITY OF
CORRUPTION? SHOULD WE DENY IT?. SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOUR DENIAL
STATEMENTS?. BUT YOU ARE THE ONE NOT FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND
CORRUPTORS? HOW COULD WE BELIEVE YOU?. THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SHOULD HAVE INITIATED THE NECESSARY REFORM IN ITS ORGANIZATIONS
BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE HAD POSITIVE OUTCOMES BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY. BUT AUTHORITY OFFICIALS JUST IGNORED THIS ALTHOUGH
ARAFAT CONFESSED THE MISTAKES. DOES THE AUTHORITY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF REFORM AND TO BEAUTIFY ITS PICTURE INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE PALESTINE? DOES THE AUTHORITY REALIZE THAT DISTRIBUTION
OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL MAKE IT STRONGER IN FACING THE
CONSPIRACIES THAT ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE?"
SISON