Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT504
2007-04-08 09:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN
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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 FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN
Block Quotes
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
-- Liberal Dr. Shafeeq Al-Ghabra commented in moderate Arabic daily
Al-Rai under the title "Hostage Release: Results and Iran's Role"
(04/08):
"In the coming days, much is required of Iran, a Gulf neighbor that
plays a large role in the security of the Gulf. It must not seek an
escalation of the situation, or give the United States or Britain a
reason to wage a new war in the water and skies of the Gulf."
-- Under the title "American Department of State and Kuwaiti
Democracy" liberal Ahmad Al-Deyain penned in moderate Arabic daily
Al-Rai (04/08):
"Official speeches and press releases by the American President and
U.S. senior officials used to ignore the democratic situation in
Kuwait in favor of minor steps taken by other Arab and Gulf
states.... Three days ago, however, the American position towards
Kuwait has changed from ignoring it to praising it in its annual
human rights report."
-- In the pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah Khaled Al-Saad
editorialized under the title "The Bankruptcy of American Foreign
Policy" (04/08):
"The American administration with its neo-conservatives believes
that those who are different from it are adversaries that should be
eliminated."
-- Under the title "Bolton Should Be Quiet and America Should
Apologize" Dr. Bandar Al-Zafiri contended in pro-government daily
Al-Seyassah (04/08):
"America proves every day that it jeopardizes international peace
without concern and tampers with the fate of nations and peoples.
Worse still is its rudeness and flagrant admission of what it is
committing. It is as if the United States wants to return Earth to
the rule of the jungle throwing away human values achieved over
hundreds of centuries."
-- Government-leaning liberal Sami Al-Nisif wrote under the title
"The Hostages and the Inherited Intelligence" in moderate Arabic
daily Al-Anbaa (04/08):
"We must seriously consider plans for the day after any military
strikes in the Gulf targeting Iran's nuclear reactor and especially
Iran's reactions to any such strikes."
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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/
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TUELLER
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 FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, April 08, 2007
-- Liberal Dr. Shafeeq Al-Ghabra commented in moderate Arabic daily
Al-Rai under the title "Hostage Release: Results and Iran's Role"
(04/08):
"In the coming days, much is required of Iran, a Gulf neighbor that
plays a large role in the security of the Gulf. It must not seek an
escalation of the situation, or give the United States or Britain a
reason to wage a new war in the water and skies of the Gulf."
-- Under the title "American Department of State and Kuwaiti
Democracy" liberal Ahmad Al-Deyain penned in moderate Arabic daily
Al-Rai (04/08):
"Official speeches and press releases by the American President and
U.S. senior officials used to ignore the democratic situation in
Kuwait in favor of minor steps taken by other Arab and Gulf
states.... Three days ago, however, the American position towards
Kuwait has changed from ignoring it to praising it in its annual
human rights report."
-- In the pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah Khaled Al-Saad
editorialized under the title "The Bankruptcy of American Foreign
Policy" (04/08):
"The American administration with its neo-conservatives believes
that those who are different from it are adversaries that should be
eliminated."
-- Under the title "Bolton Should Be Quiet and America Should
Apologize" Dr. Bandar Al-Zafiri contended in pro-government daily
Al-Seyassah (04/08):
"America proves every day that it jeopardizes international peace
without concern and tampers with the fate of nations and peoples.
Worse still is its rudeness and flagrant admission of what it is
committing. It is as if the United States wants to return Earth to
the rule of the jungle throwing away human values achieved over
hundreds of centuries."
-- Government-leaning liberal Sami Al-Nisif wrote under the title
"The Hostages and the Inherited Intelligence" in moderate Arabic
daily Al-Anbaa (04/08):
"We must seriously consider plans for the day after any military
strikes in the Gulf targeting Iran's nuclear reactor and especially
Iran's reactions to any such strikes."
********************************************* *
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