Identifier
Created
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04ABUDHABI3077
2004-09-08 13:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003077
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: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003077
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: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK
1. SUMMARY: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA AND THE DETORIARATING
SECURITY SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE
IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED IN
"AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES RELIGIOUS
WHO LEAD OUR YOUTH TO BECOME TERROISTS. ANOTHER ARTICLE IN "AL
ITTIHAD" BY DR. SHAMLAN YOUSEF AL EISSA BLAMES ARAB AND MUSLIM
GOVERNMENTS FOR CREATING TERRORISM IN THE REGION. END SUMMARY.
2. WRITING IN "AL ITTIHAD" ON 09/7, (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI
BASED, SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000) DR. SHAMLAN YOUSEF AL
EISSA WROTE AN ARTICLE UNDER THE HEADLINE "ISLAMIC TERRORISM":
". WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ARAB ISLAMIC WORLD?. WHAT ARE THE
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THIS IMMORAL AND UNRELIGIOUS VIOLENCE? WHAT
WILL WE BENEFIT AS ARABS AND MUSLIMS FROM THE CHANGE OF ATTITUDES
IN FRANCE, ITALY, RUSSIA, SPAIN, AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TOWARDS THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS?. WHAT ARE THESE NAVE AND
UNDERDEVELOPED MINDS WHICH THINK THAT THROUGH TERRORISM THEY
COULD CHANGE THE WORLD FOR OUR BENEFIT?. THE QUESTION IS STILL
THERE: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR SPREADING TERRORISM IN OUR
REGION.? THE ARAB GOVERNMENTS ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS. THESE
GOVERNMENTS THOUGHT THAT ENCOURAGING ISLAMIC POLITICAL GROUPS
WILL LEAD TO ENCREASING MORALS AND ETHICS IN THE COMMUNITY."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED HOW OUR YOUNG MUSLIMS ARE
BEING MANIPULATED AND BRAIN WASHED BY PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES
RELIGIOUS IN "AL ITTIHAD" ON 09/7:
". WHAT LEADS OUR YOUNG MUSLIMS TO BECOME LOST.? WHAT TOOK THEM
AWAY FROM THE GREAT ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND DOCTRINES AND CHANGED
THEM INTO TERRORSTS?. SORRY TO SAY WITHOUT FEAR OR SHAME THAT THE
REASON BEHIND THIS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES `RELIGIOUS
MEN'. SORRY TO SAY THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES
RELIGIOUS AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TOLERANT AND MERCIFUL AND ARE
SUPPOSED TO SPREAD PEACE AMONG PEOPLE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
BRAINWASH YOUTH AND PREPARE THEM TO BECOME PROJECTILES THAT ARE
READY TO SPREAD TERRORISM."
4. Commenting on the massacre committed by Israel in Gaza, "Al
Bayan" editorialized 09/8:(Arabic daily, Dubai-based business-
oriented, circulation 40,000)
". THIS HARMONY AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE POLITICIANS AND
RELIGIOUS JEWS IN SHEDDING PALESTINIAN BLOOD MAKES THE DREAM OF
PEACE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COME TRUE, AND IT WILL ALSO EXPOSE THE
MIDDLE EAST'S SECURITY AND STABILITY TO DANGER. THERE HAS TO BE
AN INTERNATIONAL STAND TO FACE THE ZIONIST TERRORISM, IN ORDER
FOR THE MIDDLE EAST NOT TO BECOME A TICKING BOMB THAT COULD
EXPLODE AT ANY TIME.
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: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK
1. SUMMARY: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA AND THE DETORIARATING
SECURITY SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE
IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED IN
"AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES RELIGIOUS
WHO LEAD OUR YOUTH TO BECOME TERROISTS. ANOTHER ARTICLE IN "AL
ITTIHAD" BY DR. SHAMLAN YOUSEF AL EISSA BLAMES ARAB AND MUSLIM
GOVERNMENTS FOR CREATING TERRORISM IN THE REGION. END SUMMARY.
2. WRITING IN "AL ITTIHAD" ON 09/7, (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI
BASED, SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000) DR. SHAMLAN YOUSEF AL
EISSA WROTE AN ARTICLE UNDER THE HEADLINE "ISLAMIC TERRORISM":
". WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ARAB ISLAMIC WORLD?. WHAT ARE THE
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THIS IMMORAL AND UNRELIGIOUS VIOLENCE? WHAT
WILL WE BENEFIT AS ARABS AND MUSLIMS FROM THE CHANGE OF ATTITUDES
IN FRANCE, ITALY, RUSSIA, SPAIN, AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TOWARDS THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS?. WHAT ARE THESE NAVE AND
UNDERDEVELOPED MINDS WHICH THINK THAT THROUGH TERRORISM THEY
COULD CHANGE THE WORLD FOR OUR BENEFIT?. THE QUESTION IS STILL
THERE: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR SPREADING TERRORISM IN OUR
REGION.? THE ARAB GOVERNMENTS ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS. THESE
GOVERNMENTS THOUGHT THAT ENCOURAGING ISLAMIC POLITICAL GROUPS
WILL LEAD TO ENCREASING MORALS AND ETHICS IN THE COMMUNITY."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED HOW OUR YOUNG MUSLIMS ARE
BEING MANIPULATED AND BRAIN WASHED BY PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES
RELIGIOUS IN "AL ITTIHAD" ON 09/7:
". WHAT LEADS OUR YOUNG MUSLIMS TO BECOME LOST.? WHAT TOOK THEM
AWAY FROM THE GREAT ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND DOCTRINES AND CHANGED
THEM INTO TERRORSTS?. SORRY TO SAY WITHOUT FEAR OR SHAME THAT THE
REASON BEHIND THIS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES `RELIGIOUS
MEN'. SORRY TO SAY THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES
RELIGIOUS AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TOLERANT AND MERCIFUL AND ARE
SUPPOSED TO SPREAD PEACE AMONG PEOPLE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
BRAINWASH YOUTH AND PREPARE THEM TO BECOME PROJECTILES THAT ARE
READY TO SPREAD TERRORISM."
4. Commenting on the massacre committed by Israel in Gaza, "Al
Bayan" editorialized 09/8:(Arabic daily, Dubai-based business-
oriented, circulation 40,000)
". THIS HARMONY AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE POLITICIANS AND
RELIGIOUS JEWS IN SHEDDING PALESTINIAN BLOOD MAKES THE DREAM OF
PEACE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COME TRUE, AND IT WILL ALSO EXPOSE THE
MIDDLE EAST'S SECURITY AND STABILITY TO DANGER. THERE HAS TO BE
AN INTERNATIONAL STAND TO FACE THE ZIONIST TERRORISM, IN ORDER
FOR THE MIDDLE EAST NOT TO BECOME A TICKING BOMB THAT COULD
EXPLODE AT ANY TIME.
SISON