KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PALESTINE

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000581 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 - IRAQ AND PALESTINE Block Quotes -------------- Saturday, April 21, 2007 -- Under the title "Get the Americans Out" Dr. Hassan Abbas inquired in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai (04/21): "The Americans have been a catalyst for instability, insecurity and chaos in Iraq. This has prompted them to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces. This new vision is one that we support. What do you think?" -- Conservative Islamist MP Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabaei penned in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "The Million Signature Campaign" (04/21): "Palestine is the worldwide number one Islamic issue that is tied to our Islamic faith. As such, the Aqsa mosque must be liberated from the aggressors, and we must sacrifice blood to get it back from the rapist Jews." -- Under the title "Al-Aqsa Calls Us" Dr. Ahmad Al-Duaij editorialized in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan (04/21): "The Aqsa festival is a campaign to collect one million signatures to be sent to the UN Secretary-General condemning and refusing Jewish attempts to demolish the Aqsa mosque. Any such action by the Jews was best described by a political commentator as one that would likely lead to World War III." ********************************************* * 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/ ********************************************* * LEBARON