KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000691 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 - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL Block Quotes -------------- Sunday, May 06, 2007 -- Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah, a critic of political Islamic groups, Iran and Syria, penned on the front page of his pro-government Al-Seyassah under the title "Sultan Saleem at Iran's Door" (05/06): "Tehran has chosen to confront the Americans whom they describe as supporters of terrorism in Iraq since terrorist activity there increased exponentially after the American occupation. Iran considers this a good reason to create tension between it and Saudi Arabia." -- Conservative Islamist MP Khdhair Al-Enezi penned in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Good Deeds Punished" (05/06): "We continue to hear provocative talk from Iraqi officials in response to the generous aid that Kuwait provides to the rebuilding effort there. This aid far outweighs the debts Iraq owes to Kuwait. This is not how things should be done, especially considering the grave harm done to Kuwait by the Saddamist Baathists." -- In moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai and under the title "Here and There" Salah Al-Fadhli editorialized (05/06): "The Majority of Arab states are still confused about how to deal with Iraq. On the one hand, it is not in their interest for the current explosive situation there to continue because it threatens to spread to neighboring countries and possibly to the region as a whole. On the other hand, some Arab states see a stable democratic Iraq as a strategic threat because it is an opposing model to dictatorial regimes. Because of this confusion, one finds Arab states' positions spanning 'from here to there'." -- "Which Peace Do You Seek?" was the title of Shiite Former MP Hussein Al-Qallaf's piece in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah in which he asked (05/06): "Is there still any sensible and fair Arab who believes that the United States seeks justice and a just peace between the Arabs and Israel?" ********************************************* * 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