Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1188
2007-07-30 10:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 001188
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 NEA WATCHER
PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY
AGREEMENT, TIP REPORT
Block Quotes
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
-- Under the headline, "Too Late for the Peace Process" Mubarak Al
Hajri wrote in Arabic daily Al Rai, (07/29):
"President Bush is going back to his old broken record that calls
for the creation of the Palestinian state... But the Palestinian
people have gone through their worst times during this president's
term. Bush has given Israel the green light to do as it pleases with
no need to be accountable for its actions. Hamas won the elections
by popular support, but the White House rejected the results. This
is a clear indication that Washington does not believe in democracy
if it clashes with its own interests."
-- The moderate Arab daily Al Rai published an opinion by Saud
Al-Mansour headlined, "For How Long will Military Agreements
Continue to Be Secret" (07/29):
"The security agreement between Kuwait and the U.S. is so secret
that not even MPs who represent the Kuwaiti people are privy to its
content. The people of this country recognize that this enormous
logistical expenditure that Kuwait offers to the United States comes
at the expense of Kuwait's infrastructure, security and
sovereignty... Bilateral exchanges with superpowers are necessary.
However, blind submission without any consideration to cost and
interests should be rejected."
-- Pro-government Al- Seyassah published an opinion by former Shiite
Member if Parliament Hussein Al-Qallaf, headlined, "The Formula"
(07/30):
"The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is a broken record and a
diabolical lie that will not deceive any Arab or Muslim with a
modicum of understanding."
-- Under the headline, "Humans Market," Member of Parliament Dr.
Hassan Abdullah Jawhar opined in the moderate Arabic daily Al Jarida
(07/30):
"Although the U.S. is the last one who should be pointing to human
rights abuses around the world, the accusations in the Trafficking
in Persons report about Kuwait are almost all true... But the
Kuwaiti government's reaction to the suffering of thousands of Asian
immigrants is very strange. The more public announcements that
denounce this phenomena, and the more promises to tighten the
regulations that govern their affairs, the more violations we see...
We look forward to the day that the government announces that Kuwait
is free from polio, AIDS, Bird Flu, and trafficking in persons."
-- An Op-Ed headline, "Arab Moderation Is the Palestinians' Only
Hope," by Chairman of the Diplomacy Centre for Research, Dr.
Abdullah Bshara in the daily conservative Al Watan concluded,
(07/30):
"The meetings that will take place in Cairo this week with U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and officials from the region
SIPDIS
represent an historic opportunity. Negotiations must be pushed
forward to find acceptable solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Otherwise Iran will continue to thrive on the current
chaos by lending assistance to desperate suicidal fundamentalists."
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
LENDERKING
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 NEA WATCHER
PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY
AGREEMENT, TIP REPORT
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, July 29, 2007
-- Under the headline, "Too Late for the Peace Process" Mubarak Al
Hajri wrote in Arabic daily Al Rai, (07/29):
"President Bush is going back to his old broken record that calls
for the creation of the Palestinian state... But the Palestinian
people have gone through their worst times during this president's
term. Bush has given Israel the green light to do as it pleases with
no need to be accountable for its actions. Hamas won the elections
by popular support, but the White House rejected the results. This
is a clear indication that Washington does not believe in democracy
if it clashes with its own interests."
-- The moderate Arab daily Al Rai published an opinion by Saud
Al-Mansour headlined, "For How Long will Military Agreements
Continue to Be Secret" (07/29):
"The security agreement between Kuwait and the U.S. is so secret
that not even MPs who represent the Kuwaiti people are privy to its
content. The people of this country recognize that this enormous
logistical expenditure that Kuwait offers to the United States comes
at the expense of Kuwait's infrastructure, security and
sovereignty... Bilateral exchanges with superpowers are necessary.
However, blind submission without any consideration to cost and
interests should be rejected."
-- Pro-government Al- Seyassah published an opinion by former Shiite
Member if Parliament Hussein Al-Qallaf, headlined, "The Formula"
(07/30):
"The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is a broken record and a
diabolical lie that will not deceive any Arab or Muslim with a
modicum of understanding."
-- Under the headline, "Humans Market," Member of Parliament Dr.
Hassan Abdullah Jawhar opined in the moderate Arabic daily Al Jarida
(07/30):
"Although the U.S. is the last one who should be pointing to human
rights abuses around the world, the accusations in the Trafficking
in Persons report about Kuwait are almost all true... But the
Kuwaiti government's reaction to the suffering of thousands of Asian
immigrants is very strange. The more public announcements that
denounce this phenomena, and the more promises to tighten the
regulations that govern their affairs, the more violations we see...
We look forward to the day that the government announces that Kuwait
is free from polio, AIDS, Bird Flu, and trafficking in persons."
-- An Op-Ed headline, "Arab Moderation Is the Palestinians' Only
Hope," by Chairman of the Diplomacy Centre for Research, Dr.
Abdullah Bshara in the daily conservative Al Watan concluded,
(07/30):
"The meetings that will take place in Cairo this week with U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and officials from the region
SIPDIS
represent an historic opportunity. Negotiations must be pushed
forward to find acceptable solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Otherwise Iran will continue to thrive on the current
chaos by lending assistance to desperate suicidal fundamentalists."
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
LENDERKING