KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY,

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000676 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 - TERRORISM, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, AND IRAQ Block Quotes -------------- Saturday, May 05, 2007 -- Under the title "Terrorism Factories" liberal Shiite Ahmad Al-Sarraf editorialized in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (05/05): "The arrest of the 172 terrorists in Saudi Arabic does not mean the end of the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and other such groups.... Society must take aggressive steps on all levels to ensure that our youth do not buy into extremism." -- Critic of U.S. policies and conservative Islamist Shiite Dr. Abdul Mohsen Jamal wrote in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Stupidity or Bad Luck?" (05/05): "Olmert had a golden opportunity when Washington gave him the green light to bomb Lebanon and destroy its infrastructure in order to eliminate Hezbollah. The result was also the killing of hundreds of civilians and the injuring of thousands more. Washington had no objection to such conduct and, in fact, provided Olmert with 'smart bombs' and anything else he wanted from the American Army's strategic stockpile." -- "Abu Kazim [A name signifying an average Iraqi citizen] from Sharm El Sheikh" was the title of liberal Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh's column in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (05/05): "The issue that should have been discussed at the Sharm El Sheikh conference is the security situation and the withdrawal of the American occupation, not the reduction of Iraq's debts." ********************************************* * 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