Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT807
2007-05-22 08:48:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN
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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 - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN
Block Quotes
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"Tuesday, May 22, 2007
-- "Let Us Support Lebanon" was the title of liberal Dr. Shamlan
Al-Issa' piece in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan in which he
penned (05/22):
"We, moderate Arabs, should stand by the Lebanese people and their
legitimate government against terrorists of Fatah Al-Islam. This is
a terrorist organization that has no relation to the Palestinian
cause, or to Islam."
-- Under the title "Gaza, a Womb for Extremism and Terrorism"
Abdulla Al-Hadlaq inquired in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan
(05/22):
"Can a terrorist, extremist, and militant government such as Hamas'
lead the people or achieve progress in the march of peace? Can a
people who have only known vagrancy and loss at the beginning of
their lives followed by extremism, militancy, terrorism, murder,
suicide attacks, and Katyusha rockets being fired on innocent
civilians in Israeli border towns, form a civil society that will be
the nucleus of a civil Palestinian state that is able to integrate
with the international community? Can a government receiving orders
from leaders of terror in Tehran and Damascus gain the recognition
and confidence of the world?"
-- "Liberation from the Dollar, Will other Liberations Follow?" was
the title under which conservative Islamist Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabaei
editorialized in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan (05/22):
"Ties with America and its policies that are full of mistakes have
been costly and may drive us towards hostility against states that
we need not aggravate, such as Iran. I hope for the rewriting of
the security agreement with the United States to best suit our
interests; today's situation is not the same as 16 years ago."
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