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07KUWAIT237
2007-02-19 07:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN

Tags:  OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION 
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TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION

SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN


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Monday, February 19, 2007

-- Liberal pro-government Ambassador Abdulla Bishara penned in
conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "The Art of
Political Marketing During 'Hala February' [a yearly Kuwaiti street
festival]" (02/19):

"Iran must join the side of the light in the ideological struggle
between those seeking to develop and those seeking a halt in
progress. Iran's role in this struggle is vital and influential....
We hope Iran will have the desire to join the club of moderation
and development in its march towards democracy."

-- Under the title "The Iraqi Phonograph" Abdul Rahman Al-Fares
wrote in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan (02/19):

"We do not want to patronize anyone, but we seek only a word from
some of our Iraqi brothers. We want them to turn a new page in the
relationship with their Kuwaiti brothers. In the end, we are all
brothers in Islam. We are Arabs. We are neighbors."

-- Under the title "Honest Advice to Iran" columnist Nasser
Al-Otaibi editorialized in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah (02/19):


"The Iranian escalation in Iraq, the Gulf region, and the Middle
East as a whole warns of a catastrophe on the Iranian people and on
indeed on the entire region.... Iran must reconsider its position
and its policies. In particular, it must reconsider its
intervention in Iraq, which is currently experiencing a sectarian
war as a result of this intervention by its neighbor Iran."

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