Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT933
2007-06-17 09:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000933
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 - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR
Block Quotes
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
-- Liberal Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh sarcastically wrote in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Fatah's
Palestinian Occupation" (06/17):
"We congratulate the Hamas movement on its victory against Fatah and
its expulsion of the Palestinian occupier from the state of Gaza.
The liberated Gazan state will no doubt become a center for sisterly
Islamic movements such as the Taliban, Fatah Al-Islam and others
including the Somali Islamic Courts, Al-Qaeda, the Muslim
Brotherhood, and the Salafis."
-- Conservative Islamist MP Khdhair Al-Enezi commented in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Brothers
Fighting" (06/17):
"What is happening in Gaza now is indeed tragic and serves only to
the enemies of the Palestinian people. It also chips away at the
Palestinian people's just struggle to regain their rights."
-- Under the title "Iran Has Gone Bald" Bader Al-Bahar wrote in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (06/13):
"Our Kuwaiti brothers who are pro-Iran should now publicly change
their positions after Shamkhani's statements [that Iran would target
bases anywhere in the Gulf from which attacks on Iran are
conducted]. These remarks are a flagrant threat to kill the people
of the Gulf."
-- In conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan Mfarrej Al-Dosari argued
under the title "The Persian Octopus Spreads Destruction over Earth"
(06/17):
"Iran is but an ambitious racist state seeking with all its might to
restore past Persian glory. Its only concern is to threaten the
security of Arab states and to sow strife among Muslims."
-- "Taliban Is Prospering in Kuwait" was the title under which Dr.
Balqees Al-Najjar inquired in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas
(06/17):
"When will the Kuwaiti authorities begin to monitor and count the
number of citizens that go to Afghanistan and the number of youths
who fall prey to extremism? When will they take deterrent action
against those who seek to endanger Kuwait and its youth? For how
long will the Taliban and its supporters control and interfere in
our daily lives?"
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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 - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR
Block Quotes
--------------
Sunday, June 17, 2007
-- Liberal Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh sarcastically wrote in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Fatah's
Palestinian Occupation" (06/17):
"We congratulate the Hamas movement on its victory against Fatah and
its expulsion of the Palestinian occupier from the state of Gaza.
The liberated Gazan state will no doubt become a center for sisterly
Islamic movements such as the Taliban, Fatah Al-Islam and others
including the Somali Islamic Courts, Al-Qaeda, the Muslim
Brotherhood, and the Salafis."
-- Conservative Islamist MP Khdhair Al-Enezi commented in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas under the title "Brothers
Fighting" (06/17):
"What is happening in Gaza now is indeed tragic and serves only to
the enemies of the Palestinian people. It also chips away at the
Palestinian people's just struggle to regain their rights."
-- Under the title "Iran Has Gone Bald" Bader Al-Bahar wrote in
progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (06/13):
"Our Kuwaiti brothers who are pro-Iran should now publicly change
their positions after Shamkhani's statements [that Iran would target
bases anywhere in the Gulf from which attacks on Iran are
conducted]. These remarks are a flagrant threat to kill the people
of the Gulf."
-- In conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan Mfarrej Al-Dosari argued
under the title "The Persian Octopus Spreads Destruction over Earth"
(06/17):
"Iran is but an ambitious racist state seeking with all its might to
restore past Persian glory. Its only concern is to threaten the
security of Arab states and to sow strife among Muslims."
-- "Taliban Is Prospering in Kuwait" was the title under which Dr.
Balqees Al-Najjar inquired in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas
(06/17):
"When will the Kuwaiti authorities begin to monitor and count the
number of citizens that go to Afghanistan and the number of youths
who fall prey to extremism? When will they take deterrent action
against those who seek to endanger Kuwait and its youth? For how
long will the Taliban and its supporters control and interfere in
our daily lives?"
********************************************* *
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