Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT3817
2006-09-24 07:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 003817
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 - HEZBOLLAH
Block Quotes
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
-- Under the title "Before We Disagree on Hezbollah" Turki Falah
Al-Zafiri commented in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (9/24):
"Hezbollah, like other resistance movements, has two arms: a
political one with which it participates in parliamentary elections,
and a military one with which it strikes its enemies and executes
its plans. Despite this, we must realize that Hezbollah is
essentially a Twelver Shiite religious party. This fact has severe
ramifications on the party's outlook towards Muslims who are not
Twelvers."
-- Abdullah Al-Hadlaq penned in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan under
the title "The Truth and the Lie Sound the Same From You" (9/24):
"What alleged victory did Hassan Nasrallah celebrate? Hassan's
alleged victory over the strongest army in the world and the
beginning of a new era. What victory for the defeated? What is a
sword in the hand of the loser? What good are speeches and
statements coming from those whose orders and conditions are set in
the surrender document? The real victor is the international
consensus against terrorism."
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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/
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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 - HEZBOLLAH
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, September 24, 2006
-- Under the title "Before We Disagree on Hezbollah" Turki Falah
Al-Zafiri commented in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan (9/24):
"Hezbollah, like other resistance movements, has two arms: a
political one with which it participates in parliamentary elections,
and a military one with which it strikes its enemies and executes
its plans. Despite this, we must realize that Hezbollah is
essentially a Twelver Shiite religious party. This fact has severe
ramifications on the party's outlook towards Muslims who are not
Twelvers."
-- Abdullah Al-Hadlaq penned in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan under
the title "The Truth and the Lie Sound the Same From You" (9/24):
"What alleged victory did Hassan Nasrallah celebrate? Hassan's
alleged victory over the strongest army in the world and the
beginning of a new era. What victory for the defeated? What is a
sword in the hand of the loser? What good are speeches and
statements coming from those whose orders and conditions are set in
the surrender document? The real victor is the international
consensus against terrorism."
********************************************* *
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