Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT914
2007-06-13 07:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S LEADERSHIP AND IRAN
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000914
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR Q/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESQR/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 - HEZBOLLAH'S LEADERSHIP AND IRAN
Block Quotes
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
-- "Hezbollah's Weapons" Qays Al-Osta commented in progressive
Arabic daily Al-Qabas (06/13):
"Time is passing and Hezbollah's reputation, which peaked in 2000,
began to drop dramatically after the assassination of Al-Hariri. We
hope the leadership of Hezbollah will recognize the situation and
turn iQfforts toward the Lebanese people rather than the
interests of Iran and Syria."
-- Liberal Fuad Al-Hashem penned in conservative Arabic daily
Al-Watan under the title "They Could Not Tame the Beast" (06/13):
"What is it to us if America wants to start a war with Iran?
Washington does not need Gulf territories to attack Iran because its
aircraft carriers have been in the Gulf since WWII."
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