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06ALGIERS341
2006-02-28 14:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Algiers
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GOA STATEMENT PRAISES ALGERIAN PUBLIC'S CALM
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UNCLAS ALGIERS 000341
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AG
SUBJECT: GOA STATEMENT PRAISES ALGERIAN PUBLIC'S CALM
REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY AND CALLS FOR AVOIDANCE OF
VIOLENCE AND PROVOCATION
REF: A. ALGIERS 324
B. ALGIERS 241
C. ALGIERS 199
UNCLAS ALGIERS 000341
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AG
SUBJECT: GOA STATEMENT PRAISES ALGERIAN PUBLIC'S CALM
REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY AND CALLS FOR AVOIDANCE OF
VIOLENCE AND PROVOCATION
REF: A. ALGIERS 324
B. ALGIERS 241
C. ALGIERS 199
1. (SBU) The Algerian Council of Ministers issued February
27 a declaration on the Danish cartoon controversy praising
the Algerian public's calm reaction and calling for
tolerance, mutual understanding, and the avoidance of both
violence and provocations. The declaration is a textbook
case of the GOA's operational style: namely, avoidance of
high profile reaction at the outset of a crisis; careful
behind-the-scenes action to channel reaction and ensure calm;
praise for the result the government quietly engineered; and
principled appeals for non-violence, restraint, and mutual
understanding. Below is an unofficial Embassy translation of
the text.
2. (U) Begin Text: The Algerian people were deeply hurt, as
were more than a billion Muslim men and women, by the
disgraceful acts and indecent insults to the sanctity of
Islam and holiness of the Prophet Muhammad through cartoons
that transmit not only a spiritual dearth but also a
troubling intolerance and ignorance.
Despite the unspeakable suffering and the deep harm caused,
the Algerian people remained calm and maintained
self-control. The Council of Ministers would like to pay
tribute to the great maturity and dignity by which our people
denounced these vile acts. Freedom of expression must in all
countries of the world have its natural and beneficial limits
in the higher respect of all people's beliefs.
Algeria profoundly believes in the virtue of tolerance and in
the benefit of dialogue between people, cultures, and
civilizations in a world which is already more than saturated
with violence of all kinds.
Thus, Algeria calls on everyone to work together fully in
order to avoid, whatever the reason, any act or behavior that
could fuel the extremisms of all sides at the expense of
harmony and understanding between peoples and between
civilizations. End Text.
ERDMAN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AG
SUBJECT: GOA STATEMENT PRAISES ALGERIAN PUBLIC'S CALM
REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY AND CALLS FOR AVOIDANCE OF
VIOLENCE AND PROVOCATION
REF: A. ALGIERS 324
B. ALGIERS 241
C. ALGIERS 199
1. (SBU) The Algerian Council of Ministers issued February
27 a declaration on the Danish cartoon controversy praising
the Algerian public's calm reaction and calling for
tolerance, mutual understanding, and the avoidance of both
violence and provocations. The declaration is a textbook
case of the GOA's operational style: namely, avoidance of
high profile reaction at the outset of a crisis; careful
behind-the-scenes action to channel reaction and ensure calm;
praise for the result the government quietly engineered; and
principled appeals for non-violence, restraint, and mutual
understanding. Below is an unofficial Embassy translation of
the text.
2. (U) Begin Text: The Algerian people were deeply hurt, as
were more than a billion Muslim men and women, by the
disgraceful acts and indecent insults to the sanctity of
Islam and holiness of the Prophet Muhammad through cartoons
that transmit not only a spiritual dearth but also a
troubling intolerance and ignorance.
Despite the unspeakable suffering and the deep harm caused,
the Algerian people remained calm and maintained
self-control. The Council of Ministers would like to pay
tribute to the great maturity and dignity by which our people
denounced these vile acts. Freedom of expression must in all
countries of the world have its natural and beneficial limits
in the higher respect of all people's beliefs.
Algeria profoundly believes in the virtue of tolerance and in
the benefit of dialogue between people, cultures, and
civilizations in a world which is already more than saturated
with violence of all kinds.
Thus, Algeria calls on everyone to work together fully in
order to avoid, whatever the reason, any act or behavior that
could fuel the extremisms of all sides at the expense of
harmony and understanding between peoples and between
civilizations. End Text.
ERDMAN