Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT4102
2006-10-15 08:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 004102
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 - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
Block Quotes
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
-- "Sanction Me, Please" was the title of Badrya Darwish's piece on
the front page of English daily Kuwait Times where she inquired
(10/15):
"I don't mean to encourage North Korea to develop weapons of mass
destruction. God knows we have enough of those already. I'm
actually surprised. Why does North Korea need nuclear weapons
anyway? Isn't it a luxury for a poor nation? Is North Korea facing
a threat from its neighbors? China is its ally and South Korea has
no nuclear weapons."
-- Satirical liberal columnist Fuad Al-Hashem penned in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "To His Excellency President
George Bush" (10/15):
"North Korea is a beautiful woman who was raped twice during her
youth, once by the Japanese and another by the Americans. Do we
embrace the rape victim and apologize and make it up to her, or do
we threaten her with more violence, rape, and torment? Mr.
President, my confidence in your justice is infinite, so read my
words with your heart not your mind, with your conscience not your
eyes."
-- "We Do Not Want a War in the Gulf" was the title of Saoud Saleh
Al-Zuwaikh's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which he
editorialized (10/15):
"On the horizon is a war in the Gulf against Iran. A coalition is
being put together and deals are being made. The evidence of such
activity is abundant. We know that the American administration does
not want a radical fundamentalist country in the Gulf region, or
anywhere else in the world, especially if such a country threatens
American interests."
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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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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: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, October 15, 2006
-- "Sanction Me, Please" was the title of Badrya Darwish's piece on
the front page of English daily Kuwait Times where she inquired
(10/15):
"I don't mean to encourage North Korea to develop weapons of mass
destruction. God knows we have enough of those already. I'm
actually surprised. Why does North Korea need nuclear weapons
anyway? Isn't it a luxury for a poor nation? Is North Korea facing
a threat from its neighbors? China is its ally and South Korea has
no nuclear weapons."
-- Satirical liberal columnist Fuad Al-Hashem penned in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "To His Excellency President
George Bush" (10/15):
"North Korea is a beautiful woman who was raped twice during her
youth, once by the Japanese and another by the Americans. Do we
embrace the rape victim and apologize and make it up to her, or do
we threaten her with more violence, rape, and torment? Mr.
President, my confidence in your justice is infinite, so read my
words with your heart not your mind, with your conscience not your
eyes."
-- "We Do Not Want a War in the Gulf" was the title of Saoud Saleh
Al-Zuwaikh's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Qabas in which he
editorialized (10/15):
"On the horizon is a war in the Gulf against Iran. A coalition is
being put together and deals are being made. The evidence of such
activity is abundant. We know that the American administration does
not want a radical fundamentalist country in the Gulf region, or
anywhere else in the world, especially if such a country threatens
American interests."
********************************************* *
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