Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT2938
2006-07-23 08:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 002938
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STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA,
B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, July 23, 2006
-- "Hezbollah, a Lost Card in a Storm" Editor-in-chief of
pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah Ahmed Al-Jarallah's
commentary on the front page (7/23):
"Hezbollah is impotent in the sense that it is unable to withstand
the pressure by Syria and Iran to stand against the plans of the
United States to democratize the Middle East. At the same time it
is unable to openly involve Iran and Syria in Lebanon's dilemma. In
the end Hezbollah will be left alone and rendered incapable of
continuing the war against America's democratization process."
-- "By Land" is Ali Al-Roz's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai
Al-Aam (7/23):
"Between the 'Greater Middle East' that the American Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice spoke of and the funeral processions in
Lebanon, Israel is massing troops in order to shift from its air and
sea criminal campaign to a land invasion. The estimates of how far
into Lebanon it should go differ, ranging from the Litani River or
to take up more strategic positions. It seems that Rice's new
'Middle East' raised the ceiling on Israel's objectives that once
were randomly scattered."
-- "Change Your Name Sir" is the title under which Salah Al-Fadly
penned in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (7/23):
"If the reason some oppose Hezbollah is that what it did was
adventurous and hasty, then this is naove and a departure from the
crucial issues. They consider the losses of a tourist season more
important than the dignity of the nation. Some oppose what
Hezbollah did simply because of its name and because its leader
dresses in traditional Islamic attire and is named Hassan. If this
was not the case, they would have considered him a legend. If he
wanted to win them over, which he does not, all he has to do is
change his name and dress."
-- "Will Hezbollah Win?" is how Ahmed Mohamed Al-Fahd commented in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (7/23):
"If Hezbollah wins by hiding underground and not advancing towards
Palestine and if it achieves what it wants through indirect
negotiations with the Zionists to free the Lebanese prisoners, then
its victory is phony to the fullest meaning of the word. The
Lebanese prisoners have many ways of getting out of prison other
than the abduction of soldiers. The Lebanese prisoners would rather
stay in prison than go back to a Lebanon that has been destroyed and
that has gone back to where it was 20 years ago due to Nasrallah's
ways of negotiation."
-- "New Middle East: One That Is Stubborn" is the title of Columnist
and member of the Kuwait Journalists Society Dr. Ayed Al-Manaa's
piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (7/23):
"It is Condoleezza Rice's right to dream of the birth of a 'New
Middle East,' one that is born out of the womb of human suffering
inflicted upon millions of Lebanese. But dreams are not real. And
if the American Secretary of State is trying to ease the birth pains
and spread the news of a unique newborn, the reality speaks of
something entirely different. What is happening in Lebanon is not a
difficult birth; it is a full fledged war with the objective of
destroying Hezbollah."
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
TUELLER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA,
B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, July 23, 2006
-- "Hezbollah, a Lost Card in a Storm" Editor-in-chief of
pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah Ahmed Al-Jarallah's
commentary on the front page (7/23):
"Hezbollah is impotent in the sense that it is unable to withstand
the pressure by Syria and Iran to stand against the plans of the
United States to democratize the Middle East. At the same time it
is unable to openly involve Iran and Syria in Lebanon's dilemma. In
the end Hezbollah will be left alone and rendered incapable of
continuing the war against America's democratization process."
-- "By Land" is Ali Al-Roz's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai
Al-Aam (7/23):
"Between the 'Greater Middle East' that the American Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice spoke of and the funeral processions in
Lebanon, Israel is massing troops in order to shift from its air and
sea criminal campaign to a land invasion. The estimates of how far
into Lebanon it should go differ, ranging from the Litani River or
to take up more strategic positions. It seems that Rice's new
'Middle East' raised the ceiling on Israel's objectives that once
were randomly scattered."
-- "Change Your Name Sir" is the title under which Salah Al-Fadly
penned in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (7/23):
"If the reason some oppose Hezbollah is that what it did was
adventurous and hasty, then this is naove and a departure from the
crucial issues. They consider the losses of a tourist season more
important than the dignity of the nation. Some oppose what
Hezbollah did simply because of its name and because its leader
dresses in traditional Islamic attire and is named Hassan. If this
was not the case, they would have considered him a legend. If he
wanted to win them over, which he does not, all he has to do is
change his name and dress."
-- "Will Hezbollah Win?" is how Ahmed Mohamed Al-Fahd commented in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (7/23):
"If Hezbollah wins by hiding underground and not advancing towards
Palestine and if it achieves what it wants through indirect
negotiations with the Zionists to free the Lebanese prisoners, then
its victory is phony to the fullest meaning of the word. The
Lebanese prisoners have many ways of getting out of prison other
than the abduction of soldiers. The Lebanese prisoners would rather
stay in prison than go back to a Lebanon that has been destroyed and
that has gone back to where it was 20 years ago due to Nasrallah's
ways of negotiation."
-- "New Middle East: One That Is Stubborn" is the title of Columnist
and member of the Kuwait Journalists Society Dr. Ayed Al-Manaa's
piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (7/23):
"It is Condoleezza Rice's right to dream of the birth of a 'New
Middle East,' one that is born out of the womb of human suffering
inflicted upon millions of Lebanese. But dreams are not real. And
if the American Secretary of State is trying to ease the birth pains
and spread the news of a unique newborn, the reality speaks of
something entirely different. What is happening in Lebanon is not a
difficult birth; it is a full fledged war with the objective of
destroying Hezbollah."
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
TUELLER