KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000467 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 - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ Block Quotes -------------- Tuesday, April 03, 2007 -- Under the title "Until When Arab Nation?" Mohammed Al-Shaibani inquired in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (04/03): "Will Arab rulers comply with the Riyadh Arab Summit's resolutions and conclusions? Will they implement them in their respective countries? And, will we see their effects on their peoples? This is what we wish for and call for as our countries and our people can no longer tolerate the rape of their resources and lands." -- In moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi editorialized under the title "The Streets to Trenches" (04/03): "The Lebanese issue is different from the major issues presented to the Riyadh Arab Summit or those that worry Arabs. The Lebanese issue is purely Arab, unlike the Palestinian one where there is a non-Arab party - Israel. The Iraqi issue also involves outsiders at the forefront of whom is the United States." -- Liberal Dr. Shamlan Al-Issa penned in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah under the title "Exiles in their Country" (04/03): "Certainly those ruling Iraq now are responsible for what is going on in their country.... The exodus of Iraqis is the biggest indicator of the failure of the current political situation in Iraq. After four years of change, the only apparent change is a fake democracy that is deformed by its dependency on sectarianism and tribalism." ********************************************* * 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