Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA580
2007-06-21 13:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: CONTINUED ARABSAT BROADCAST OF AL ZAWRAA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000580
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: ETTC PREL PTER BA REGION
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CONTINUED ARABSAT BROADCAST OF AL ZAWRAA
AND AL MANAR
REF: STATE 84112
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
(C) The Ambassador June 21 delivered reftel demarche
concerning continuing Arabsat broadcast of Al Zawraa and Al
Manar to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Khalid said that Information Minister Mohammed Abdul
Ghaffar was already in Cairo for the Arab League Information
Ministers meeting and, in the Ambassador's presence, directed
his assistant to immediately fax a non-paper on the issue to
Cairo for Abdul Ghaffar. Shaikh Khalid commented that
Bahrain fully agrees that Al Zawraa and Al Manar broadcast
very bad messages.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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MONROE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: ETTC PREL PTER BA REGION
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CONTINUED ARABSAT BROADCAST OF AL ZAWRAA
AND AL MANAR
REF: STATE 84112
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
(C) The Ambassador June 21 delivered reftel demarche
concerning continuing Arabsat broadcast of Al Zawraa and Al
Manar to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Khalid said that Information Minister Mohammed Abdul
Ghaffar was already in Cairo for the Arab League Information
Ministers meeting and, in the Ambassador's presence, directed
his assistant to immediately fax a non-paper on the issue to
Cairo for Abdul Ghaffar. Shaikh Khalid commented that
Bahrain fully agrees that Al Zawraa and Al Manar broadcast
very bad messages.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE