Identifier
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07MUSCAT666
2007-07-02 05:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS
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UNCLAS MUSCAT 000666
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, NEA/PI, AND INR/R/MR
STATE PASS USTR FOR N. MOORJANI, J. BUNTIN
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
USCENTCOM FOR PLUSH
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER FOR SILAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS
UNCLAS MUSCAT 000666
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, NEA/PI, AND INR/R/MR
STATE PASS USTR FOR N. MOORJANI, J. BUNTIN
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
USCENTCOM FOR PLUSH
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER FOR SILAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS
1. On Thursday, June 28, government-owned, Arabic-language daily
"Oman" (circulation 38,000) covered the President's Islamic Center
address in tandem with news of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony
Blair's appointment as a Middle East envoy. A box in the center of
the front page featured the headline, "Blair Envoy to the Middle
East and Bush Creates Special Delegate to the Islamic World." The
text of the article was culled from wire services.
2. On Monday, July 2, privately owned English-language daily "Times
of Oman" (circulation 25,000) published a Washington File story
about the POTUS Islamic Center visit under the headline, "Bush
Speech Echoes Appreciation for Islam." The story was accompanied by
two large color photos. One photo showed the President speaking in
front of the mihrab (prayer niche) at the Islamic Center; the other
showed him greeting a smiling Abdullah Khouj, the Center's imam. A
large caption accompanying the photos was titled, "Celebrating
Diversity." A pull quote beside the article highlighted the
President's remarks about freedom of worship being "central to
America's character." The "Times" published all text of the article
up to the line that read, "'in fact it is these radicals who are
Islam's true enemy,' he said."
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, NEA/PI, AND INR/R/MR
STATE PASS USTR FOR N. MOORJANI, J. BUNTIN
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
USCENTCOM FOR PLUSH
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER FOR SILAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS
1. On Thursday, June 28, government-owned, Arabic-language daily
"Oman" (circulation 38,000) covered the President's Islamic Center
address in tandem with news of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony
Blair's appointment as a Middle East envoy. A box in the center of
the front page featured the headline, "Blair Envoy to the Middle
East and Bush Creates Special Delegate to the Islamic World." The
text of the article was culled from wire services.
2. On Monday, July 2, privately owned English-language daily "Times
of Oman" (circulation 25,000) published a Washington File story
about the POTUS Islamic Center visit under the headline, "Bush
Speech Echoes Appreciation for Islam." The story was accompanied by
two large color photos. One photo showed the President speaking in
front of the mihrab (prayer niche) at the Islamic Center; the other
showed him greeting a smiling Abdullah Khouj, the Center's imam. A
large caption accompanying the photos was titled, "Celebrating
Diversity." A pull quote beside the article highlighted the
President's remarks about freedom of worship being "central to
America's character." The "Times" published all text of the article
up to the line that read, "'in fact it is these radicals who are
Islam's true enemy,' he said."
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