Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT4460
2006-11-15 09:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND U.S.
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 004460
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 - IRAN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND U.S.
VETO
Block Quotes
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
-- In progressive Arabic daily and under the title "Iranian Armament
Craze" Talal Abdul Karim Al-Arab stated that (11/15):
"We say and reiterate that it is not in the interest of Iran to
challenge international will or involve itself in an arms race with
the rest of the region. Neither is it in its interest to make
threats with its power and missiles. Certainly Iran is not a
superpower, but rather a country of the Third World and its economy
depends mainly on oil."
-- Kuwait University Political Science Professor, Dr. Abdullah
Khalifa Al-Shaijy penned in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan under
the title "Reading Into the Results of the American Elections:
Results of the Bitter Harvest... Voting for Change and a New Course"
(11/15):
"The results of the recent Congressional elections in the United
States were catastrophic for the Republican Party. However, the
Republican president still has many cards to play, cards of power
and pressure. Enemies of America should not think that the United
States will be hesitant to defend its interests."
-- "Arab Shame and the Diminishing of International Conscience" was
the title under which Walid Bou Rabba inquired in conservative
Arabic daily Al-Watan (11/15):
"America is still thinking unilaterally and encouraging Israeli
tyranny, oppression, and war crimes. How can the Security Council
exercise its powers while America is blocking it from doing so by
the use of the Veto?"
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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 - IRAN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND U.S.
VETO
Block Quotes
--------------
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
-- In progressive Arabic daily and under the title "Iranian Armament
Craze" Talal Abdul Karim Al-Arab stated that (11/15):
"We say and reiterate that it is not in the interest of Iran to
challenge international will or involve itself in an arms race with
the rest of the region. Neither is it in its interest to make
threats with its power and missiles. Certainly Iran is not a
superpower, but rather a country of the Third World and its economy
depends mainly on oil."
-- Kuwait University Political Science Professor, Dr. Abdullah
Khalifa Al-Shaijy penned in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan under
the title "Reading Into the Results of the American Elections:
Results of the Bitter Harvest... Voting for Change and a New Course"
(11/15):
"The results of the recent Congressional elections in the United
States were catastrophic for the Republican Party. However, the
Republican president still has many cards to play, cards of power
and pressure. Enemies of America should not think that the United
States will be hesitant to defend its interests."
-- "Arab Shame and the Diminishing of International Conscience" was
the title under which Walid Bou Rabba inquired in conservative
Arabic daily Al-Watan (11/15):
"America is still thinking unilaterally and encouraging Israeli
tyranny, oppression, and war crimes. How can the Security Council
exercise its powers while America is blocking it from doing so by
the use of the Veto?"
********************************************* *
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