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04ABUDHABI4379
2004-12-03 17:06:00
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Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI ELECTIONS/PEACE PROCESS
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004379
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: IRAQI ELECTIONS/PEACE PROCESS
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004379
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: IRAQI ELECTIONS/PEACE PROCESS
1. SUMMARY: DOMINATING COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC MEDIA WERE STORIES ON THE IRAQI ELECTIONS, THE
PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND THE PEACE PROCESS. AN EDITORIAL IN
"AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEACE
PROCESS TO PROSPER IS NOW. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB"
NOTED THAT POSTPONING THE IRAQI ELECTIONS WOULD GIVE U.S. FORCES
A JUSTIFICATION TO STAY IN IRAQ. END SUMMARY.
2. "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THAT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WERE
GOING TO BE SURPRESSED FROM TELLING THE TRUTH OR TALKING ABOUT
THE ATTACKS THAT THEY ARE FACING, AS THESE ACTIONS WOULD BE UNDER
THE CATEGORY OF "STIMULATION OF PEOPLE," BY ISRAELI STANDARDS.
"AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 12/01: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED,
SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". TO STOP `STIMULATING' THE PEOPLE IN THE ISRAELI DICTIONARY
MEANS TO STOP COUNTING MARTYRS AND INJURED
PALESTINIANS.TERRORISM, KILLING, STIMULATION, SPREADING POISON,
AND COVERING THE TRUTH ARE ALL ZIONIST SOURCED. IF WHAT IS
REQUESTED IS TO PUT THE RIGHT STONE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE A
NEW ERA, THEN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SHOULD INSIST ON THAT THE
TERRORISTS STOP THEIR TERRORISM FIRST AND SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
IT WILL NOT TAKE ANY STEPS WITHOUT A PRICE."
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE CHANCE OF PEACE," "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 11/30: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED, SEMI-
OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE FIELD NOW IS READY TO OPEN A NEW PAGE AND START SERIOUSLY
IN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE ROAD MAP AND PRESSURE THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO ATTACK THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE IN THIS ERA; AND
ESPECIALLY THE COUNTRIES WHICH CONSIDER THEMSELVES THE GUARDIANS
OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TO TAKE THE REGION OUT
OF THIS VIOLENCE THAT SHARON AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PUT IT
IN. ALSO, THE ARAB COUNTRIES ARE REQUESTED TO ESCALATE IN THEIR
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO BACK UP THE NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT AND
SUPPORT IT IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PEACE PROCESS AND
ACHIEVING AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL GIVE THE PALESTINIANS HOPE IN
CREATING A FREE PALESTINIAN COUNTRY WITH ITS CAPITAL JERUSALEM."
4. Commenting on the requests to postpone the Iraqi elections,
"Akhbar Al-Arab" editorialized 11/28: (Arabic daily, Abu Dhabi-
based, circulation 20,000)
". If the elections were postponed because of those requests,
this means that the Iraqi government and the occupation forces
failed in their main duties to re-gain stability and security.
Postponing the elections will give the occupation a new
justification for them to stay in Iraq without any guarantee for
violence to stop."
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; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI ELECTIONS/PEACE PROCESS
1. SUMMARY: DOMINATING COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC MEDIA WERE STORIES ON THE IRAQI ELECTIONS, THE
PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND THE PEACE PROCESS. AN EDITORIAL IN
"AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEACE
PROCESS TO PROSPER IS NOW. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB"
NOTED THAT POSTPONING THE IRAQI ELECTIONS WOULD GIVE U.S. FORCES
A JUSTIFICATION TO STAY IN IRAQ. END SUMMARY.
2. "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THAT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WERE
GOING TO BE SURPRESSED FROM TELLING THE TRUTH OR TALKING ABOUT
THE ATTACKS THAT THEY ARE FACING, AS THESE ACTIONS WOULD BE UNDER
THE CATEGORY OF "STIMULATION OF PEOPLE," BY ISRAELI STANDARDS.
"AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 12/01: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED,
SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". TO STOP `STIMULATING' THE PEOPLE IN THE ISRAELI DICTIONARY
MEANS TO STOP COUNTING MARTYRS AND INJURED
PALESTINIANS.TERRORISM, KILLING, STIMULATION, SPREADING POISON,
AND COVERING THE TRUTH ARE ALL ZIONIST SOURCED. IF WHAT IS
REQUESTED IS TO PUT THE RIGHT STONE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE A
NEW ERA, THEN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SHOULD INSIST ON THAT THE
TERRORISTS STOP THEIR TERRORISM FIRST AND SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
IT WILL NOT TAKE ANY STEPS WITHOUT A PRICE."
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE CHANCE OF PEACE," "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 11/30: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED, SEMI-
OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE FIELD NOW IS READY TO OPEN A NEW PAGE AND START SERIOUSLY
IN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE ROAD MAP AND PRESSURE THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO ATTACK THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE IN THIS ERA; AND
ESPECIALLY THE COUNTRIES WHICH CONSIDER THEMSELVES THE GUARDIANS
OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TO TAKE THE REGION OUT
OF THIS VIOLENCE THAT SHARON AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PUT IT
IN. ALSO, THE ARAB COUNTRIES ARE REQUESTED TO ESCALATE IN THEIR
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO BACK UP THE NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT AND
SUPPORT IT IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PEACE PROCESS AND
ACHIEVING AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL GIVE THE PALESTINIANS HOPE IN
CREATING A FREE PALESTINIAN COUNTRY WITH ITS CAPITAL JERUSALEM."
4. Commenting on the requests to postpone the Iraqi elections,
"Akhbar Al-Arab" editorialized 11/28: (Arabic daily, Abu Dhabi-
based, circulation 20,000)
". If the elections were postponed because of those requests,
this means that the Iraqi government and the occupation forces
failed in their main duties to re-gain stability and security.
Postponing the elections will give the occupation a new
justification for them to stay in Iraq without any guarantee for
violence to stop."
SISON