Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT587
2007-04-22 06:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND IRAQ
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000587
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 MEDIA AND IRAQ
Block Quotes
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
-- Under the title "Are Muslims Behind the Virginia Massacre?"
conservative Islamist Dr. Wael Al-Hasawi commented in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Rai (04/22):
"I followed the news on the monstrous Virginia Tech attack carried
out by a mentally-ill person from South Korea. I thanked God that
for the first time the American media did not allude to terrorist
attacks by Muslims."
-- Under the title "Saddam's Billions Did Not Evaporate, They Are at
Work" conservative Islamist Faisal Al-Zamil editorialized in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa (04/22):
"A report on Iraqi immigrants noted that some are very poor while
others are lavishly rich. This is 'Baathist' money that is guarded
by exposing or eliminating those who seek to unravel the system . .
. This was Saddam's strategy, which has succeeded. He used the
money to buy men, and those who refused were eliminated. Post-Saddam
Iraq is being run exactly how Saddam Hussein wanted it to be run."
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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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LEBARON
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 MEDIA AND IRAQ
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, April 22, 2007
-- Under the title "Are Muslims Behind the Virginia Massacre?"
conservative Islamist Dr. Wael Al-Hasawi commented in moderate
Arabic daily Al-Rai (04/22):
"I followed the news on the monstrous Virginia Tech attack carried
out by a mentally-ill person from South Korea. I thanked God that
for the first time the American media did not allude to terrorist
attacks by Muslims."
-- Under the title "Saddam's Billions Did Not Evaporate, They Are at
Work" conservative Islamist Faisal Al-Zamil editorialized in
moderate Arabic daily Al-Anbaa (04/22):
"A report on Iraqi immigrants noted that some are very poor while
others are lavishly rich. This is 'Baathist' money that is guarded
by exposing or eliminating those who seek to unravel the system . .
. This was Saddam's strategy, which has succeeded. He used the
money to buy men, and those who refused were eliminated. Post-Saddam
Iraq is being run exactly how Saddam Hussein wanted it to be run."
********************************************* *
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