Identifier
Created
Classification
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06TOKYO969
2006-02-24 02:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ SECTARIAN BLOODSHED
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000969
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION IRAQ SECTARIAN BLOODSHED
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri front-paged the
sectarian violence at the Shiite Golden Mosque Wednesday
in Samarra, Iraq, killing at least 130 people.
UNCLAS TOKYO 000969
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION IRAQ SECTARIAN BLOODSHED
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri front-paged the
sectarian violence at the Shiite Golden Mosque Wednesday
in Samarra, Iraq, killing at least 130 people.
1. "Dark Clouds Hanging over the Formation of an Iraqi
Government" Cairo correspondent Okamoto of the top-
circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/24): "The
bombing of the Shiite Askariya Golden Mosque in Samarra,
central Iraq, has led to the intensification of protests
by Shiite radicals calling for reprisals against Sunnis,
throwing Iraq into a serious situation. Calls for
restraint by Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani have
not calmed the situation, which appears likely to
negatively affect the already difficult negotiations over
the formation of a permanent government."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION IRAQ SECTARIAN BLOODSHED
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri front-paged the
sectarian violence at the Shiite Golden Mosque Wednesday
in Samarra, Iraq, killing at least 130 people.
1. "Dark Clouds Hanging over the Formation of an Iraqi
Government" Cairo correspondent Okamoto of the top-
circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/24): "The
bombing of the Shiite Askariya Golden Mosque in Samarra,
central Iraq, has led to the intensification of protests
by Shiite radicals calling for reprisals against Sunnis,
throwing Iraq into a serious situation. Calls for
restraint by Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani have
not calmed the situation, which appears likely to
negatively affect the already difficult negotiations over
the formation of a permanent government."
SCHIEFFER