KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND FOREIGN POLICY

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004517 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 - AMERICAN MEDIA AND FOREIGN POLICY Block Quotes -------------- Saturday, November 26, 2006 -- Islamist Adel Al-Qassar commented in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "When the Moderation Doctor Speaks"(11/26): "The American and Western media play a big role in falsifying and twisting facts. This is because the majority of those in control of the Western media are Jews and Zionists harboring the utmost hatred and disdain for Islam, Muslims and Arabs." -- Liberal anti-U.S. Abdul Latif Al-Saqer editorialized in pro-government Al-Seyassah under the title "Seeking an American Voice"(11/26): "The United States is suffering from a steadily growing problem. Opinion polls are echoing what is being published in newspapers in the forms of headlines and commentary. Hostility and animosity have become the norm for public and elite opinion the world over. Many [Arab] nationalist leaders have achieved victory in elections through an anti-American platform." ********************************************* * 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