Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT3320
2006-08-16 09:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERPRETING LEBANON
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUWAIT 003320
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: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERPRETING LEBANON
Block Quotes
--------------
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
-- "Who are the Fascists?," was the title of Aseel Abdul Hamid
Amin's piece in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which he
commented (8/16):
"Fascism has become a description of all those who adopt or express
views that run contrary to liberal ideology. Many use it to
discredit political rivals and accuse them of being anti-democratic.
George Bush used this term to describe Islamists. While the United
States of America is regarded as a great democracy, the pressing
question remains: who are the fascists?"
-- "Wish you had Cognizance," was the title of liberal writer Abdul
Latif Al-Daij's piece in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which
he penned (8/16):
"Followers of Hezbollah in Kuwait issued a press release calling for
people to adopt the culture of resistance and anti-normalization.
This press release is a serious invitation to spread the culture of
violence through civil society. They want to transform Kuwait in
its entirety into an official terrorist cell. They want to spread
anti-Americanism through all of society and [enmity toward] what
they call the Zionist entity."
-- In "Master of War and Peace," Dr. Abdul Mohsen Yousef Jamal
editorialized in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (8/16):
"Lebanon came out of the battle victorious thanks to God, the
leadership of the master of resistance, the resilience of the south
Lebanese, and the solidarity of the Lebanese people as a whole. The
war ended but the guile of night and day will not, and the froth of
the Jews and American conspiracies will not stop, rather it will
spread new webs."
-- In "Shame on you," Salah Al-Fadly remarked in moderate Arabic
daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (8/16):
"Every time I hear a Lebanese or Arab 'politician' calling for
disarming Hezbollah and deploying the Lebanese army in the south, I
remember the Palestinian Security Forces in their underwear after
the Israeli army forced them to remove their uniforms. This was
done to humiliate them after the Israeli army stormed their
headquarters in Ramallah and stripped them of even their light
weapons. This scene would have been repeated were it not for
Hezbollah in the south."
-- Under the title "Has the Struggle with Israel Entered a New
Stalemate or is there a Settlement in the Horizons?" Political
Science professor Dr. Shafiq Nazem Al-Ghabra inquired (8/16):
"The current generation of Israelis that participated in this last
war is a generation that grew up in conditions of economic
affluence. This generation fought against Hezbollah and has respect
for the courage of Hezbollah's fighters. At the same time, they
fought a war that they have never seen before or prepared for. Is
Israel readying itself for more wars, or is it preparing for the
possibility of settlement with all its adversaries; Palestinians,
Lebanese, Syrians, and Arabs? Is Israel preparing for an historical
settlement with the Arab world or will it continue to fight to no
end, achieving unclear victories and losses and more death around
it?"
-- "The Grand Conspiracy," was the title of Khawla Al-Ateeqi's piece
in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan where she held that (8/16):
"Those denying the conspiracy theory against the Muslim world are
either short-sighted and ignorant to what is happening around the
world or they are blinded by self-serving or ideological purposes.
In the violent war in Lebanon, whether we support the resistance or
not, I think even the blind see and understand everything."
-- Columnist Mahmoud Karam inquired in pro-government Arabic daily
Al-Seyassah under the title "The Victors in the Culture of Death"
(8/16):
"Have you asked yourselves [referring to Arab leaders] until when
you will lie and why do you not confess to your peoples that you
lost the wars? And, that you will fail in and lose the wars you
seek. Why do you not try to confess your mistakes and losses, why
not say that you have carried on a war for sixty years and achieved
KUWAIT 00003320 002 OF 002
nothing?"
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
LEBARON
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: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERPRETING LEBANON
Block Quotes
--------------
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
-- "Who are the Fascists?," was the title of Aseel Abdul Hamid
Amin's piece in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which he
commented (8/16):
"Fascism has become a description of all those who adopt or express
views that run contrary to liberal ideology. Many use it to
discredit political rivals and accuse them of being anti-democratic.
George Bush used this term to describe Islamists. While the United
States of America is regarded as a great democracy, the pressing
question remains: who are the fascists?"
-- "Wish you had Cognizance," was the title of liberal writer Abdul
Latif Al-Daij's piece in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which
he penned (8/16):
"Followers of Hezbollah in Kuwait issued a press release calling for
people to adopt the culture of resistance and anti-normalization.
This press release is a serious invitation to spread the culture of
violence through civil society. They want to transform Kuwait in
its entirety into an official terrorist cell. They want to spread
anti-Americanism through all of society and [enmity toward] what
they call the Zionist entity."
-- In "Master of War and Peace," Dr. Abdul Mohsen Yousef Jamal
editorialized in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (8/16):
"Lebanon came out of the battle victorious thanks to God, the
leadership of the master of resistance, the resilience of the south
Lebanese, and the solidarity of the Lebanese people as a whole. The
war ended but the guile of night and day will not, and the froth of
the Jews and American conspiracies will not stop, rather it will
spread new webs."
-- In "Shame on you," Salah Al-Fadly remarked in moderate Arabic
daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (8/16):
"Every time I hear a Lebanese or Arab 'politician' calling for
disarming Hezbollah and deploying the Lebanese army in the south, I
remember the Palestinian Security Forces in their underwear after
the Israeli army forced them to remove their uniforms. This was
done to humiliate them after the Israeli army stormed their
headquarters in Ramallah and stripped them of even their light
weapons. This scene would have been repeated were it not for
Hezbollah in the south."
-- Under the title "Has the Struggle with Israel Entered a New
Stalemate or is there a Settlement in the Horizons?" Political
Science professor Dr. Shafiq Nazem Al-Ghabra inquired (8/16):
"The current generation of Israelis that participated in this last
war is a generation that grew up in conditions of economic
affluence. This generation fought against Hezbollah and has respect
for the courage of Hezbollah's fighters. At the same time, they
fought a war that they have never seen before or prepared for. Is
Israel readying itself for more wars, or is it preparing for the
possibility of settlement with all its adversaries; Palestinians,
Lebanese, Syrians, and Arabs? Is Israel preparing for an historical
settlement with the Arab world or will it continue to fight to no
end, achieving unclear victories and losses and more death around
it?"
-- "The Grand Conspiracy," was the title of Khawla Al-Ateeqi's piece
in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan where she held that (8/16):
"Those denying the conspiracy theory against the Muslim world are
either short-sighted and ignorant to what is happening around the
world or they are blinded by self-serving or ideological purposes.
In the violent war in Lebanon, whether we support the resistance or
not, I think even the blind see and understand everything."
-- Columnist Mahmoud Karam inquired in pro-government Arabic daily
Al-Seyassah under the title "The Victors in the Culture of Death"
(8/16):
"Have you asked yourselves [referring to Arab leaders] until when
you will lie and why do you not confess to your peoples that you
lost the wars? And, that you will fail in and lose the wars you
seek. Why do you not try to confess your mistakes and losses, why
not say that you have carried on a war for sixty years and achieved
KUWAIT 00003320 002 OF 002
nothing?"
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
LEBARON