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06KUWAIT3645
2006-09-11 10:59:00
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Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY
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SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY
Block Quotes
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Monday, September 11, 2006
-- Editor-in-chief of the pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah
Ahmed Al-Jarallah penned "America 'Alone' Won't Be Enough" on the
front page (9/11):
"Terrorists, who are active in Afghanistan and Iraq, have attacked
Egypt and Saudi Arabia besides creating turmoil in India and
Pakistan. We need international cooperation at the highest level to
fight terrorism and to end the controversy over what constitutes
terrorism and what constitutes resistance."
-- Kuwait University Political Science Professor, Dr. Shamlan Yousef
Al-Issa editorialized in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah under the
title "September 11" (9/11):
"What is intriguing is that despite the attacks by the press and
media against the United States, the number of Muslims immigrating
to America is constantly rising... Lastly, we see the United States
as the only country capable of fighting terrorism. If it was not
for the United States the terrorists would have hijacked our
freedoms in the Arab Middle East."
-- Under the title "9/11 Was It an American Conspiracy?"
conservative columnist Ahmed Al-Baghdadi in pro-government daily
Al-Seyassah (9/11):
"Many do not understand that the United States is not built on
principles and values that have to do with justice and equality. It
was established on a set of principles pertaining first and foremost
to national interests."
-- "Why Remember September 11?" was the title of Mishary Nashy
Al-Adwani's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa in which he held
that (9/11):
"To our friend --, the people of America, Britain, and Spain -- we
stand by you in your sorrow because we share the burden of humanity.
We are no different from you. As for those who want you to think
that we Muslims love destruction and chaos, they are fooling
themselves. We believe in a religion based on peace."
-- Titled "McCarthy's September Committee" Amer Al-Hajri's piece in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa contended (9/11):
"May God forgive you, Bin Laden, for with your heinous terrorist act
in September 2001. You awakened what was known in the 1950s
'McCarthy's Committee.' In the twenty-first century it is named the
'Bush, Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice Committee.'"
-- Mikhlid Al-Shimmeri chose the title "The Fifth Anniversary of
Stupidity" for his piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa (9/11):
"The crime of September 11 was not a case of heroism as the sad ones
who planned it claim. Rather, it was a heinous and stupid crime that
had no positive consequences aside from speeding up the demise of
the terrorist regime of the 'Taliban maniacs.'"
-- Columnist and member of the Kuwait Journalists Society Dr. Ayed
Al-Manaa maintained in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan under the
title "September Eleventh and the Biggest Loser" (9/11):
"Despite the excuses of the planners of this [September 11]
operation and their sympathizers, what Muslims have experienced in
the way of harassment and physical and financial damage by Americans
and Westerners emphasizes that the drawbacks of September 11th were
bigger than its benefits."
-- In "Bush's Prisons" Ahmed Mohamed Al-Fahd argued in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Watan that (9/11):
"The American president should reveal the number of prisoners in
these secret prisons that he had the courage to tell us about. He
should tell us whether they are Arabs, Muslims, or if they are from
all countries without exception. We need to know what they are
charged with and will their lawyers be allowed to attend the hearing
or are they not even allowed to have legal counsel."
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http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
KUWAIT 00003645 002 OF 002
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
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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 - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY
Block Quotes
--------------
Monday, September 11, 2006
-- Editor-in-chief of the pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah
Ahmed Al-Jarallah penned "America 'Alone' Won't Be Enough" on the
front page (9/11):
"Terrorists, who are active in Afghanistan and Iraq, have attacked
Egypt and Saudi Arabia besides creating turmoil in India and
Pakistan. We need international cooperation at the highest level to
fight terrorism and to end the controversy over what constitutes
terrorism and what constitutes resistance."
-- Kuwait University Political Science Professor, Dr. Shamlan Yousef
Al-Issa editorialized in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah under the
title "September 11" (9/11):
"What is intriguing is that despite the attacks by the press and
media against the United States, the number of Muslims immigrating
to America is constantly rising... Lastly, we see the United States
as the only country capable of fighting terrorism. If it was not
for the United States the terrorists would have hijacked our
freedoms in the Arab Middle East."
-- Under the title "9/11 Was It an American Conspiracy?"
conservative columnist Ahmed Al-Baghdadi in pro-government daily
Al-Seyassah (9/11):
"Many do not understand that the United States is not built on
principles and values that have to do with justice and equality. It
was established on a set of principles pertaining first and foremost
to national interests."
-- "Why Remember September 11?" was the title of Mishary Nashy
Al-Adwani's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa in which he held
that (9/11):
"To our friend --, the people of America, Britain, and Spain -- we
stand by you in your sorrow because we share the burden of humanity.
We are no different from you. As for those who want you to think
that we Muslims love destruction and chaos, they are fooling
themselves. We believe in a religion based on peace."
-- Titled "McCarthy's September Committee" Amer Al-Hajri's piece in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa contended (9/11):
"May God forgive you, Bin Laden, for with your heinous terrorist act
in September 2001. You awakened what was known in the 1950s
'McCarthy's Committee.' In the twenty-first century it is named the
'Bush, Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice Committee.'"
-- Mikhlid Al-Shimmeri chose the title "The Fifth Anniversary of
Stupidity" for his piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa (9/11):
"The crime of September 11 was not a case of heroism as the sad ones
who planned it claim. Rather, it was a heinous and stupid crime that
had no positive consequences aside from speeding up the demise of
the terrorist regime of the 'Taliban maniacs.'"
-- Columnist and member of the Kuwait Journalists Society Dr. Ayed
Al-Manaa maintained in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan under the
title "September Eleventh and the Biggest Loser" (9/11):
"Despite the excuses of the planners of this [September 11]
operation and their sympathizers, what Muslims have experienced in
the way of harassment and physical and financial damage by Americans
and Westerners emphasizes that the drawbacks of September 11th were
bigger than its benefits."
-- In "Bush's Prisons" Ahmed Mohamed Al-Fahd argued in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Watan that (9/11):
"The American president should reveal the number of prisoners in
these secret prisons that he had the courage to tell us about. He
should tell us whether they are Arabs, Muslims, or if they are from
all countries without exception. We need to know what they are
charged with and will their lawyers be allowed to attend the hearing
or are they not even allowed to have legal counsel."
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
KUWAIT 00003645 002 OF 002
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
LEBARON