Identifier
Created
Classification
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05ABUDHABI5042
2005-12-14 14:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: TUENI'S ASSASSINATION
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 08/27/2006 05:02:37 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 05042 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: POL AMB ECON DCM DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AHOSHAN CLEARED: PAO:WWROBERTSON VZCZCADI476 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RHRMDAB RHWSMRC DE RUEHAD #5042 3481407 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 141407Z DEC 05 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2766 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0961 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RHWSMRC/MCF01 SACCS USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 005042
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 MCKUNE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: TUENI'S ASSASSINATION
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 005042
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 MCKUNE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: TUENI'S ASSASSINATION
1. SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE MP GIBRAN TEUNI
RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC
MEDIA. UAE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AND UAE
AMBASSADOR IN LEBANON CONVEYED UAE'S CONDOLENCES TO TUENI'S
FAMILY AS WELL TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE. A LEBANESE
OP-ED WRITER SOUNDED PESSIMISTIC TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN AND DARK
FUTURE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LEBANESE PUBLISHER GEBRAN
TUENI. COMMENTING ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE TUENI, ARABIC
DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE
FUTURE OF LEBANON, NOTING THAT ONLY THE LEBANESE COULD DETERMINE
IT. "AL-ITTIHAD" ARABIC DAILY MADE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE
ASSASSINATION OF TUENI AND THAT OF THE IRAQI POLITICIAN MEZHAR AL
DELAYMI. END SUMMARY.
2. The assassination of Lebanese Publisher and MP Gebran Tueni
received prominent coverage in all UAE print and electronic
media. The UAE Minister Of Culture And Information, Sheikh
Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sent a letter of condolence to
Gebran Tueni's family and the Lebanese Government, while the UAE
Ambassador in Lebanon did the same.
3. Under the headline "The assassination of Tueni and the future
of Lebanon", Lebanese op-ed writer wrote on Sharjah-Based Pan -
Arab Daily "Al Khaleej," (circulation 85,000)"
"Lebanon has lost its national unity as the rules of its
political system, that could have guaranteed the success of the
accord among its citizens, fails. Lebanon has also lost its
means to keep the peace in the currently difficult regional and
international circumstances. After the catastrophe caused by the
assassination of our colleague Gebran Tuenis', many Lebanese
people are left with a sense of failure, despair and bitterness.
This causes them to rally around their diverse creeds and
external polarities while retaliating against each other."
4. Dubai-Based Arabic Daily "Al Bayan" (circulation 90,000)
editorialized on Tueni's assassination:
"What makes things even worse is that this happened as the
Mehlis'second report was published, with indications that it will
inject further tension and strain into Lebanese-Syrian relations.
This issue reflects badly on the Lebanese political equation.
However, it has become crystal clear that the salvation of
Lebanon lies in the hands of the Lebanese only. The theory is so
simple; put the interest of Lebanon above any other
considerations."
5. Under the headline "Between Tueni and Delaymi", Abu Dhabi-
Based Arabic Daily "Al Ittihad," (circulation 65,000)
editorialized:
"The faces of Tueni and Delaymi are alike. Both were professional
politicians running their own battles with political tools in
relevant political areas. In addition, both of their assassins
remain anonymous. Yet, the assassin who killed Tueni in Lebanon
two days ago, is the same assassin who killed Delaymi in Iraq
yesterday. It is violence, terrorism and the batmen of the
darkness who try to spread chaos and panic across the region and
blow up these policies in the politicians' faces to keep this
region permanently captive to war, terror and violence."
QUINN
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 MCKUNE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: TUENI'S ASSASSINATION
1. SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE MP GIBRAN TEUNI
RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC
MEDIA. UAE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AND UAE
AMBASSADOR IN LEBANON CONVEYED UAE'S CONDOLENCES TO TUENI'S
FAMILY AS WELL TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE. A LEBANESE
OP-ED WRITER SOUNDED PESSIMISTIC TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN AND DARK
FUTURE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LEBANESE PUBLISHER GEBRAN
TUENI. COMMENTING ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE TUENI, ARABIC
DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE
FUTURE OF LEBANON, NOTING THAT ONLY THE LEBANESE COULD DETERMINE
IT. "AL-ITTIHAD" ARABIC DAILY MADE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE
ASSASSINATION OF TUENI AND THAT OF THE IRAQI POLITICIAN MEZHAR AL
DELAYMI. END SUMMARY.
2. The assassination of Lebanese Publisher and MP Gebran Tueni
received prominent coverage in all UAE print and electronic
media. The UAE Minister Of Culture And Information, Sheikh
Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sent a letter of condolence to
Gebran Tueni's family and the Lebanese Government, while the UAE
Ambassador in Lebanon did the same.
3. Under the headline "The assassination of Tueni and the future
of Lebanon", Lebanese op-ed writer wrote on Sharjah-Based Pan -
Arab Daily "Al Khaleej," (circulation 85,000)"
"Lebanon has lost its national unity as the rules of its
political system, that could have guaranteed the success of the
accord among its citizens, fails. Lebanon has also lost its
means to keep the peace in the currently difficult regional and
international circumstances. After the catastrophe caused by the
assassination of our colleague Gebran Tuenis', many Lebanese
people are left with a sense of failure, despair and bitterness.
This causes them to rally around their diverse creeds and
external polarities while retaliating against each other."
4. Dubai-Based Arabic Daily "Al Bayan" (circulation 90,000)
editorialized on Tueni's assassination:
"What makes things even worse is that this happened as the
Mehlis'second report was published, with indications that it will
inject further tension and strain into Lebanese-Syrian relations.
This issue reflects badly on the Lebanese political equation.
However, it has become crystal clear that the salvation of
Lebanon lies in the hands of the Lebanese only. The theory is so
simple; put the interest of Lebanon above any other
considerations."
5. Under the headline "Between Tueni and Delaymi", Abu Dhabi-
Based Arabic Daily "Al Ittihad," (circulation 65,000)
editorialized:
"The faces of Tueni and Delaymi are alike. Both were professional
politicians running their own battles with political tools in
relevant political areas. In addition, both of their assassins
remain anonymous. Yet, the assassin who killed Tueni in Lebanon
two days ago, is the same assassin who killed Delaymi in Iraq
yesterday. It is violence, terrorism and the batmen of the
darkness who try to spread chaos and panic across the region and
blow up these policies in the politicians' faces to keep this
region permanently captive to war, terror and violence."
QUINN