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06AMMAN6867 | 2006-09-06 08:59:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Amman |
VZCZCXYZ0001 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHAM #6867 2490859 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 060859Z SEP 06 FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3857 RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0429 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE 1357 RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE RUMICEA/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// IMMEDIATE |
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SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN USAID/ANE/MEA LONDON FOR TSOU SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KMDR JO SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM Editorial Commentary -- "The Roman Amphitheater crime" Columnist Yaser Abu Hilala writes on the op-ed page of centrist, independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/06): "Our causes in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon are just causes. The eyes of tourists in our region is in our favor not against us. They did not come here to spy.... They are going to see that we are human beings who deserve to live. They will change the stereotypical image that says we are terrorists who do not value people's lives. Unfortunately, this image has been entrenched by the Roman Amphitheater crime.... The problem with the Roman Amphitheater crime is that it is that type of crime that cannot be stopped. Inspection points cannot be set up in open spaces. Tourist sites are not a plane to inspected from the inside. Putting an end to this type of crime requires a societal culture that rejects that crime, and to be able to establish this culture, there must be an open-minded society." -- "No security problem" Chief Editor Ayman Safadi writes on the back-page of centrist, independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/06): "The government did well not to increase security measures in the aftermath of the crime that committed by a citizen against tourists at the Roman Amphitheater. The country is safe and there is not security problem in the Kingdom. The performance of the security forces was exceptional and what happened in downtown Amman could happen in any city in the world. The problem is not with security measures. The crisis is that intellectual obscurantism has found its way to the minds of some people in the society.... Yet, not needing intense security measures does not nullify the need to be alert to the danger lurking within the fact that wrongful concepts have infiltrated some parts of society that have abandoned their humanity and rejected the value of life. There is a need to intensify efforts to stop the expansion of the extremists Takfiri trend and its exploitation of people feelings of desperation and frustration, brought forth by the injustice that Arab are suffering in Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries.... The society must fortify itself against these forces by providing an enlightened intellectual and civilized alternative that opens the horizons for participation, accomplishment and life. This is the only way to stop the expansion of the Takfiri trend: freedom, democracy and institutionalism that accommodate and address people's pains and stand fast in the face of the barbarism that obscurists are trying to entrench as a culture and to mask it with concepts of Jihad and resistance." HALE |