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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HARARE4057 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WIN OF 57 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS BY THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN THE JUNE, 2000 ELECTIONS MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEW STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY. AFTER 20 YEARS AS A ONE-PARTY STATE, THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - PATR [...] |
2000-07-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP ZI KPAO |
| 00HARARE4445 |
MEDIA REPORT: OFFICIAL MEDIA SPIN SADC SUMMIT [...] GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE-CONTROLLED MEDIA, THE HERALD NEWSPAPER AND THE ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 04445 091251Z (ZBC), ARE SPINNING THE RESULTS OF THE JUST-ENDED SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SUMMI [...] |
2000-08-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI OIIP |
| 00HARARE4446 |
MEDIA REPORT: BUSINESSMAN STRIVE MASIYIWA RECOUNTS [...] THE AUGUST 9 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" CARRIES A PAGE-ONE STORY ABOUT BUSINESSMAN STRIVE MASIYIWA'S 1990 DETENTION BY MEMBERS OF ZIMBABWE'S CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). THE STORY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 04446 091253Z [...] |
2000-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP ZI |
| 00HARARE5362 |
MFA INQUIRES ABOUT AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET FOR HALF AN HOUR WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE AT THE LATTER'S CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05362 251504Z REQUEST SEPTEMBER 25. WUTAWUNASHE GOT TO THE POINT QUICKL [...] |
2000-09-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIIP US ZI |
| 01ABUJA1687 |
NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS [...] Summary. The Military Public Affairs Workshop organized by the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy for the public relations officers of the Nigerian armed forces and for defense journalists succeeded beyond all expectations. Director of the American Forces Information Service Cliff Bernath [...] |
2001-07-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA2226 |
STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...] |
2001-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2520 |
THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...] |
2001-10-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 |
RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ABUJA3273 |
NIGERIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ASSASSINATED [...] (U) 71-year-old Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated in his Ibadan (Oyo State) home on 23 December around 2100. According to press reports, Ige had just released his security detail so they could get something to eat. Four or five individuals entered the [...] |
2001-12-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS OIIP NI |
| 01HANOI2985 |
PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL [...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...] |
2001-11-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01HANOI3308 |
DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM [...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL), POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.), EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...] |
2001-12-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01PHNOMPENH1740 |
CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...] |
2001-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM OIIP CB |
| 01VATICAN6350 |
THREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE EVENT OF [...] EMBASSY CONTACTED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF VATICAN CITY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF A THREE-MONTH COMMEMORATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK. WE REQUESTED THAT THE VATICAN HOLD AN EVENT IN REMEMBRANCE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 1446. THE VATICAN WILL CONFIRM LATER TODAY A MEMORIAL SERV [...] |
2001-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO PREL US OIIP CWG PD |
| 02ABUJA1748 |
THE A-B-C-D OF AIDS -- NIGERIAN [...] SUMMARY: Nigerians who focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic use A-B-C-D (A-Abstain, B-Be faithful, C-use Condoms, OR D-you Die) as a mnemonic device with target audiences. Sixty activists and program leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- who attended one of the two two-day workshops in Kaduna and L [...] |
2002-06-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV KPAO OIIP SCUL NI |
| 02ABUJA2032 |
NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO OVERCOME AGOA [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership fo [...] |
2002-07-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2200 |
NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership [...] |
2002-07-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2321 |
U.S. SPEAKER ANA ARANA: WORKSHOP BRINGS TO [...] SUMMARY: A dozen journalists drawn from independent and government-owned print and electronic media in Abuja participated in a two-and- a-half-day workshop on investigative journalism, July 15-17. Ana Arana, consultant for Inter- American Press Association, used story ideas suggested by the [...] |
2002-08-02 10:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA2980 |
THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] Summary: The 9th annual conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria convened in Calabar, July 9-12, 2002. "American Studies" specialists from Nigerian federal, state, and private universities compared U.S. and Nigerian laws pertaining to ethnicity, citizenship, and democracy. [...] |
2002-11-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA318 |
NIGERIA: OFR PHASE III - SUCCESS BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3), which trained three Nigerian battalions for UNAMSIL, was successful far beyond expectations. Strikingly different from Phase I of the program, Phase III was successful because of renewed diplomatic efforts, because of personnel changes i [...] |
2002-02-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA494 |
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ENJOYS [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos saw increased usage of policy materials and coverage of mission events in Nigerian media in January compared to recent months, with 49 placements. A particular highlight was four broadcast placements of excerpts of President Bush's State of the Union address giving promi [...] |
2002-02-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP NI OPRC |
| 02ABUJA724 |
ECONOMICS AND TRADE LEAD PLACEMENTS IN FIRST [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos had 35 placements/coverages in Nigerian media the first two weeks of February, continuing a recent trend toward more placements and more diversification by subject matter. The war on terror was not the leading category for a change. Economics and trade took the honors, th [...] |
2002-03-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP NI OPRC |
| 02AMMAN2645 |
Mr. Robert McNamara - Target-of-Opportunity [...] Summary: PAS Amman organized three public concerts and two workshops for musician Mr. Robert McNamara during his program in Jordan on May 19 through May 21. Mr. McNamara's program in Jordan was the first of PAS' cultural programs to be pursued following the events taking place in the region. [...] |
2002-05-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN2954 |
DVC Program on "The Protection of Webs Sites on the [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP), PAS Amman conducted the third DVC program of a series on IPR on Monday, June 3 at 1400 GMT. Audience consisted of over sixty lawyers, judges, businessmen, and academicians who displayed great interest in the [...] |
2002-06-05 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3040 |
DVC Program on the Literary Works of Ernest [...] Summary: PAS Amman conducted the third DVC program in a DVC series entitled "Regional American Writers" at 1400 GMT on Wednesday, June 5. The program revolved around the Literary Works of legendary American writer, Ernest Hemingway. The attendance was good with an audience of about thirty un [...] |
2002-06-10 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3111 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTION PLAN: WMD- JORDAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN AGREES THAT SUBJECT PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL. THE GOJ ALREADY HAS A VERY HELPFUL POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF WMD AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PROACTIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUE WILL BE USEFUL WITH OUR AUDIENCE. GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL REALITIES IN THE REGION, PUBLIC ENGAG [...] |
2002-06-12 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAO OPRC OIIP PTER PARM |
| 02AMMAN3423 |
INVITATION TO ORDER SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION [...] THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM IS PREPARING A SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION BOOK SET INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. THE PACKAGE CONSISTS OF THREE BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC: "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE," "THE AMERICAN REA [...] |
2002-06-25 07:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN3857 |
U.S. SPEAKER, DVCS AND BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAMS: [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. AZMI TUBBEH, ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED PARA 7 FOLLOWS: --FIRST NAME, LAST NAME: AZMI TUBBEH --GENDER: MALE --POST AND OFFICE: AMMAN/PA --JOB TITLE: ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST, GRADE 9 [...] |
2002-07-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP APER AMGT AFSI OEXC SCUL JO AFOR |
| 02AMMAN4986 |
MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN [...] POST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'S BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL AND NGO ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL MEDIA. 2. IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD BE READY TO CONDUCT A "PRE- BRIEF" FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF SEN [...] |
2002-09-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN5074 |
SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR JORDANIAN AUDIENCE OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS BEHIND THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. FOLLOWING ARE OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES. 2. EMBASSY HAS COMMISSIONED THE PRODUCTION [...] |
2002-09-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN5463 |
NEED FOR PD NETWORK [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-23 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP AADP ASEC ACOA AMGT |
| 02AMMAN5597 |
Mr. Edward Eikner - Target of Opportunity Pianist: [...] Summary: This program was initiated by post. In coordination with The National Music Conservatory (NMC) and The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, PAS Amman organized two public concerts and two workshops for target of opportunity pianist Mr. Edward Eikner during his program in Jordan on Au [...] |
2002-09-30 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN5604 |
DVC Program on "The Negative Effect of Piracy on [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth and final DVC program of a series on IPR on Wednesday, September 4 at 1400 GMT. The Audience consisted of about sixty lawyers, businessmen, IT specialists, [...] |
2002-09-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6189 |
RAMADAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY 2002 [...] Following is an outline of the PD Ramadan activities which emphasize respect for Islam and shared values during the month of Ramadan. In Jordan, Ramadan is a festive time similar to the Christmas season. After the Iftar, most Jordanians spend their time on visits to family and friends, cult [...] |
2002-10-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN6205 |
DVC Program on "The Negative Effect of Piracy on [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth and final DVC program of a series on IPR on Wednesday, September 4 at 1400 GMT. The Audience consisted of about sixty lawyers, businessmen, IT specialists, [...] |
2002-10-24 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6345 |
Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing African-American Literature. 2. We expect an audience of 40 - 50 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of American Studies students from Jord [...] |
2002-10-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6523 |
REQUEST FOR DVC ON "ISLAM IN A MULTICULTURAL [...] SUMMARY: PAS AMMAN REQUESTS IIP SUPPORT IN RECRUITING AN AMERICAN EXPERT FOR AN ARABIC LANGUAGE 90 MINUTE DVC PROGRAM ON "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ISLAM." THE PROGRAM WOULD BE CONDUCTED DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. OUR AUDIENCE WOULD INCLUDE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS FROM ISLAMIC SHARIA SCH [...] |
2002-11-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6595 |
ORDERING PUBLICATION "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN [...] Post would like to order a total of 400 copies of subject title, including: 200 copies of the first booklet "Undergraduate Study", Arabic edition; and 200 copies of the second booklet "Graduate and Professional Study and Research", Arabic edition, for a total cost of U.S. Dollars 440. 2. Ple [...] |
2002-11-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 02AMMAN6710 |
ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK ANNOUNCED IN AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: 25 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 8 ARAB COUNTRIES GATHERED AT JORDAN'S DEAD SEA MOVENPICK, NOVEMBER 1-4, 2002 TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK TO BE BASED IN AMMAN. THE WORKSHOP, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AN AID WASHINGTON GRANT TO THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION A [...] |
2002-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO AID |
| 02AMMAN6812 |
U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS DELIVER MESSAGE TO [...] SUMMARY: THE ECA FUNDED U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TOUR VISITED JORDAN OCTOBER 20-22 TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO JORDANIAN STUDENTS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE WELCOME IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED DIALOGUE AND INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR HIGH-LEVEL EDUCATION CONTACTS, UNIVERSITY AN [...] |
2002-11-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC OIIP |
| 02AMMAN7124 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7128 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7190 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-11 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02HANOI1189 |
ARMY DAILY SEEKS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE PEOPLE'S ARMY DAILY IS DETERMINED TO HELP STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND MIGHT BE WILLING TO USE PAS-PRODUCED MATERIALS, ITS EDITOR TOLD AMBASSADOR ON MAY 9. THE EDITOR EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ANTI-SRV VIETNAMESE IN THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM H [...] |
2002-05-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO OIIP VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI149 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM: THE WORD IS GETTING OUT [...] EVEN DURING AN EMBASSY-SPONSORED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TRIP TO THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF HUE JANUARY 19-22, THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REMAINED A SURPRISINGLY RECURRENT THEME. IN RANDOM AND INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE [...] |
2002-01-23 04:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 02HARARE1715 |
MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME [...] No summary [...] |
2002-07-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE1785 |
MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PACT; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC peace pact: not another mirage, please" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 2 editorial to persuading the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement their peace deal, saying "this pact cannot be allow [...] |
2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1788 |
MEDIA REPORT FOOD AID IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Food aid prolongs nation's suffering" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" uses its August 1 editorial to castigate the government of Zimbabwe for causing the current food crisis and question the utility of Western food donations. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-08-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE1789 |
MEDIA REPORT GMO FOOD; HARARE [...] A press conference held on July 24 by Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), received blanket coverage by the local print and electronic media, including foreign news agencies - Reuters, Asso [...] |
2002-08-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE1851 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...] |
2002-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1879 |
MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "African Americans betraying Zimbabwe" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 19 editorial to criticizing a group of African Americans who are currently in the country at the invitation of the Zimbabwe government. The editorial accuses the gro [...] |
2002-08-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1885 |
MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRITICIZES POWELL; [...] A group of African-Americans, who flew into the country last week at the invitation of the Zimbabwean government, has accused U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell of extreme dislike of Africa. According to an article carried on page two of the August 19 edition of th [...] |
2002-08-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE953 |
MEDIA REPORT U. S. ARMS BAN; HARARE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-04-19 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL OIIP |
| 02ROME2195 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: U.S. SPEAKER FDNY CHIEF JOE [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME HOSTED A NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER FOR TWO PROGRAMS, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIREFIGHTER SAFETY, ORGANIZED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, AND A CEREMONY AND PROGRAM IN CIVITAVECCHIA, NEAR ROME, APRIL 18-20. 2. DATES: APRIL 18-20, FISCAL YEAR: FY [...] |
2002-05-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2197 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME ORGANIZED A TWO DAY SPEAKER PROGRAM FOR U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL BARONE, AUTHOR, SENIOR WRITER, U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE "ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS", MARCH 18-19, 2002 IN ROME. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18, BARONE SPOKE ABOUT HIS BOOK, "THE NE [...] |
2002-05-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2624 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKERS WIDNEY [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME BROUGHT TWO U.S. SPEAKERS KATHRYN MCMAHON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING, COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING (CAST), AND WIDNEY BROWN, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIVISION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, TO A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "21ST CENTURY SL [...] |
2002-05-30 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME287 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: DVC WITH ITALIAN NATIONAL [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: A DVC ON ECONOMIC ISSUES ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN PA ROME AND THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMICS AND LABOR (CNEL), A CONSULTING BODY TO THE PARLIAMENT AND TO THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES. PA MILAN WAS "PASSIVE" ON THE PROGRAM. [...] |
2002-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | DVC OIIP |
| 02ROME288 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: PA ITALY "TRANSATLANTIC [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: ON DECEMBER 12, PA HELD A ONE- DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11," WHICH BROUGHT FOUR U.S. SPEAKERS AND 40 ITALIAN AND AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS TOGETHER TO DEBATE ECONOMIC, SECURITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE WAKE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS [...] |
2002-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME5897 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKERS MAARTEN [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: U.S. SPEAKERS MAARTEN CHRISPEELS (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO) AND RAY BRESSAN (PURDUE UNIVERSITY) ADDRESSED AUDIENCES IN NAPLES, ROME, AND MILAN OCTOBER 21-24 ON THE BENEFITS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNCLASSIFI [...] |
2002-12-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2753 |
MEDIA REACTION: RAUL MORENO, SALVADORAN ECONOMIST, [...] September 28, "El Heraldo," a moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily, carried a full-page article on the presentation of a Salvadoran Economics expert to the Honduran national Congress. The President of the Honduran National Congress, Porfirio Lobo, had invited him to talk about the "Social Impact o [...] |
2002-09-30 21:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2819 |
MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS WILL SUPPORT THE INVASION [...] October 5, "El Heraldo" a moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily, reported on remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guillermo Perez Cadalzo, regarding Honduran support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq. "If the United States gets United Nations support, Honduras wil [...] |
2002-10-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2855 |
MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS AND THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2871 |
MEDIA REACTION: "INTEGRATION AND LEADERSHIP" [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3062 |
MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS [...] Orlando Henrquez writing in "La Tribuna" Tegucigalpa- based daily (11/05): "The Free Trade of the Americas even though it is viewed with skepticism and opposition by many Latin American countries, especially for the subsidy that U.S. agricultural sectors receive-- the trea [...] |
2002-11-07 16:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3170 |
MEDIA REACTION:"GREEN LIGHT" [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-20 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3440 |
MEDIA REACTION:"AMBASSADOR PALMER AND THE JUSTICE [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based daily "La Prensa"(liberal party periodical) (12/23),"Palmer and the Justice System": The statements of Ambassador Larry Palmer have bothered some thin-skinned members of the political establishment. Essentially, what Ambassador Palmer sai [...] |
2002-12-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO |
| 03ABUDHABI1031 |
MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT UAE PLAN FOR IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ARAB SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB SUMMIT FOR NOT INCLUDING SHEIKH ZAYID'S PLAN FOR IRAQ IN ITS FINAL RESOLUTION. EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEADERS FOR NOT CONSIDERING [...] |
2003-03-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1064 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN [...] SUMMARY: THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE UAE INITIATIVE ON IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS PRAISED SHEIKH ZAYED'S PLAN AND CRITICIZED ARAB LEADERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS IT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL APPLAUDED THE UAE INITI [...] |
2003-03-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1092 |
MEDIA REACTION: OIC SUMMIT UAE INITIATIVE [...] SUMMARY: THE OIC SUMMIT IN DOHA RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE SHOULD ALSO BE A MAIN CONCERN OF THIS SUMMIT. EDITORIALS CONDEMNED ARAB AND MUSLIM ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE. AN [...] |
2003-03-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI112 |
MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY AND THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE WERE THE DOMINANT ISSUES IN THE UAE MEDIA. WHILE NOTING THE UAE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY, UAE COLUMINST MOHAMMED AL HAMADI ARGUED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LEARN DEMOCRACY BEFORE PRA [...] |
2003-01-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1124 |
MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 7 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DELIBERATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND RECENT ESCALATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS WIDELY ASSERT THAT THE U.S. IS DETERMINED TO ATTACK IRAQ REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING AT THE UN. AN "AL KHAL [...] |
2003-03-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1136 |
PROPOSAL FOR UAE MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP [...] PROGRAM REQUEST: PAS ABU DHABI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE TO RECRUIT VETERAN JOURNALIST GIL BUTLER FOR A MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP WITH UAE JOURNALISTS FOR EARLY MAY 2003. SIMILAR TO A RECENT MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP IN AMMAN, PAS ABU DHABI REQUESTS MR. BUTLER CONDUCT TWO FIVE-DAY WORKSHOPS FOR GROU [...] |
2003-03-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1229 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 14 REMARKS ON THE ROADMAP FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE REMARKS AS A RENEWAL OF HOPE FOR ENDING THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. CONVERSELY, AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL BELIEVES [...] |
2003-03-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1266 |
MEDIA REACTION: AZORES SUMMIT, IRAQ, AND PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: THE AZORES SUMMIT GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA ALSO COVERED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AND US PARTICIPATION IN THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (IDEX 2003). IN AN UNUSUAL EDITORIAL CRITICIZI [...] |
2003-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1335 |
GETTING OUT THE WORD: PAS ABU DHABI LAUNCHES [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ABU DHABI LAUNCHED AN AGGRESSIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS WITH IRAQ, USING E-MAIL LIST-SERVES, CD-ROMS, AND OTHER IIP PRODUCTS TO GET OUT THE MESSAGE ON U.S. POLICIES TOWARD IRAQ AND OTHER KEY MIDDL [...] |
2003-03-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KIRC OIIP |
| 03ABUDHABI1341 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTS BUSH'S 3/18 ADDRESS, IRAQ, [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 18TH ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. 'AL KHALEEJ' CARRIED THE FULL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS WHILE OTHER ENGLISH AND ARABIC DAILIES CARRIED LENGTHY EXCERPTS. AN 'AKHABAR AL ARAB' EDITORIAL [...] |
2003-03-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1349 |
MEDIA REACTION AND PUBLIC OPINION: WAR AGAINST IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE INITIATION OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ ENVELOPED PRINT AND SATELLITE TV COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV IS REPORTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS LIVE FROM BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, AND OTHER PLACES IN THE REGION. ABU DHABI TV ALSO CARRIED LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S MARCH 20TH SPE [...] |
2003-03-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1356 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR WITH IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ CONTINUES TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS VOICE OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN "AL- KHALEEJ' EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE WAR SYMBOLIZES A DEFEAT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. [...] |
2003-03-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1363 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] SUMMARY: WAR IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. A PROMINENT THEME OF EDITORIALS IS "U.S. NEGLIGENCE OF ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS." AN 'AL ITTIHAD' EDITORIAL STRESSED THE URGENCY OF PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN 'AKHBAR AL ARAB' [...] |
2003-03-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1377 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...] |
2003-03-23 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1400 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FOOTAGE OF CAPTURED AND KILLED U.S. SOLDIERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CONDEMNED AL-JAZEERA'S BROADCASTING OF FOOTAGE OF DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS AND U.S. POWS. ALSO IN "AL ITTIHAD, " UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN COMM [...] |
2003-03-24 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1431 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE U.S. BOMBING OF THE AL AATHAMIA AREA OF BAGHDAD, AND UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UNDER THE HEADLINE, "A CONVENTION FOR ALL," A "GULF NEWS" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED U.S. TREATMENT OF POWS. AN "AL KHA [...] |
2003-03-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1459 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, AN ALLEGED U.S. DOUBLE STANDARD ON POWS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE "OUR PEOPLE IN IRAQ" CAMPAIGN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE, DR. HASSAN MADAN ALLEGED A DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICY TOWARDS POWS. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE DILEMMA [...] |
2003-03-26 10:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1479 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE PRINT DAILIES ALSO COVERED ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN DUBAI, VARIOUS ARAB CAPITALS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ARABS TO REALIZE THE CONS [...] |
2003-03-29 10:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1482 |
UAE STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (U) This cable is classified by Ambassador Marcelle Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: War coverage dominates most UAE print and electronic media, whether state-owned or private. Because of the federal structure of the UAE, virtually all state-owned media are owned by the [...] |
2003-03-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC OIIP KPAO KWWW TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1503 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, HUMANITARIAN AID, AND RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA AND IRAN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS AS "ISRAELI DICTATIONS." ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THESE WARNINGS ARE A [...] |
2003-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1564 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ WARNINGS TO SYRIA CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, CASUALTIES AMONG IRAQI CIVILIANS, SUICIDE BOMBERS HEADED TO BAGHDAD, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" CLAIM THAT POWELL'S THREAT TO SYRIA SERVES ISRAEL'S INTERESTS AND WHAT WAS SAID I [...] |
2003-04-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1580 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALS CRITICIZED AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS IN IRAQ. IN AN "AL ITTIHAD" OP-ED, ABDULLAH RASHEED LAMBASTED ARAB SATEL [...] |
2003-04-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI159 |
MEDIA REACTION: MEPI, IRAQ, AND NORTH KOREA [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL AND UAE MEDIA FOCUSED LARGELY ON A PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI). AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL QUESTIONED WHY WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPLY A STRONG STANCE TO NORTH KOREA SIMILAR [...] |
2003-01-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI16 |
MEDIA REACTION: A YEAR'S REFLECTIONS ON MEPI, IRAQ, [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA COMMENTED ON WHAT IT CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH'S POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, LOCAL MEDIA ALSO LABELED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA AS CONTRADICTORY. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL HOPED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS REPRESENT A NEW AMERICAN START [...] |
2003-01-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1615 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE CAPTURE AND RENAMING OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY COALITION FORCES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AS A "HUMAN CATASTROPHE" AND CRITICIZED ARABS FOR THEIR F [...] |
2003-04-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1656 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT ONLY THE U.S. AND NONE OF ITS ALLIES WILL CONTROL POST-WAR IRAQ. ANOTHER UAE COLUMNIST, DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA POINTED OUT [...] |
2003-04-07 10:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1711 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ KILLING OF JOURNALISTS [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA INSIDE BAGHDAD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR THE AL-JAZEERA AND ABU DHABI TV OFFICES AND PERSONNEL. "AL-ITTIHAD" OPINED THAT THE ATTACK OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALLEGATIONS OF AN AMERICAN DESIRE TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF TRUTH IN THE [...] |
2003-04-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1744 |
MEDIA REACTION: CHAOS IN BAGHDAD LOOTING IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF BAGHDAD TO COALITION FORCES AND LOOTING IN IRAQI CITIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. PRESIDENT BUSH'S AND PRIME MINISTER BLAIR'S STATEMENTS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE RECEIVED POSITIVE COVERAGE IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY TO TH [...] |
2003-04-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1783 |
MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF TIKRIT SYRIA IS NEXT U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF TIKRIT TO COALITION FORCES, THE IN IRAQI CITIES, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT IRAQ WAS FIRST BUT SYRIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NEXT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SADDAM'S TORTURE CHAMBERS BUT [...] |
2003-04-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1811 |
MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...] |
2003-04-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1842 |
MEDIA REACTION: MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL [...] SUMMARY: THE MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL NASSERIYA, IRAQI DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, MOSUL, AND AL NASSERIYA, AND U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. SECRETARY POWELL'S FOREIGN PRESS CENTER REMARKS AND INTERNATIONAL SIPDIS CONDEMNATION OF THE LOOTING OF BAGHDAD'S M [...] |
2003-04-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1877 |
MEDIA REACTION: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO [...] SUMMARY: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, SYRIA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. THREATS, AND THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING IN RIYADH DOMINATED NEWS COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF "AN IRAQ FOR IRAQIS." AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL ASSERTED THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE WILL [...] |
2003-04-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI193 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ, DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD, THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI), AND THE ANTICIPATED WAR ON IRAQ WERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA. UNDER THE PEN NAME OF "IBN AL DEIRA," A COLUMNIST IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOPES THAT THE U.S. DIPLOMACY WILL RECOVER ITS 'SPIRIT,' AN [...] |
2003-01-13 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1937 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ISRAEL PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: GEN. JAY GARNER'S ARRIVAL IN BAGHDAD TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE CIVILAIN CASUALTIES IN PALESTINE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE "WAR" BETWEEN PRESIDENT ARAFAT AND ABU MAZE [...] |
2003-04-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1944 |
MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW [...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...] |
2003-04-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1992 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...] |
2003-04-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2174 |
MEDIA REACTION: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA IRAQ THE [...] SUMMARY: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE SITUATION IN THE REGION FOLLOWING THE WAR IN IRAQ AND ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARDS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, NOTING THAT THE U.S. AIM IS TO PR [...] |
2003-05-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2223 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR PAUL BREMER TO LEAD THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE ROADMAP, AND ISRAEL'S DEMAND FOR SANCTIONS ON SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST, DR. ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLA NOTED IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOW SHAMEFUL IT IS THA [...] |
2003-05-07 08:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2287 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, THE ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, LABELING THE OPTIMISM SIPDIS SURROUNDING THE VISIT AS "UN [...] |
2003-05-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2289 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH AT THE [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S ADDRESS CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF U.S.-MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AREA RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ALL UAE DAILIES PUBLISHED LENGTHY EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH, AND ABU DHABI TV, AL JAZEERA, AND AL ARABIYAH BRO [...] |
2003-05-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2300 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S REMARKS TEMPER CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY: ON APRIL 18, PAO ARRANGED A TELEPHONE PRESS CONFERENCE (TPC) FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY WITH THE UAE'S MOST WIDELY READ PAN-ARAB ARABIC DAILY "AL- KHALEEJ" AND SISTER ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILY "GULF TODAY." BOTH CARRIED THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE INTERVIEW ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2003. THE D/S [...] |
2003-05-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2343 |
MEDIA REACTION: EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: THE EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH'S RESIDENTIAL EXPATRIATE COMPOUNDS, ISRAEL'S UNWILLINGNESS TO "ACCEPT" THE ROADMAP, SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION SIPDIS OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL URGED T [...] |
2003-05-14 08:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2391 |
MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST ATTACKS, ROADMAP, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RIYADH AND CASABLANCA, ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALLEGED THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THESE ATTACKS IS ISRAEL. AN "AL BAYAN" [...] |
2003-05-19 08:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2411 |
MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINE IRAQ TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: ESCALATING CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTIAN TERRITORIES, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE REGION DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS WORSENING AND THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF [...] |
2003-05-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2457 |
MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...] |
2003-05-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI246 |
MEDIA REACTION: OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, LONDON SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, EDITORIALS COMMENTED ON THE PALESTINIANS AND THE LONDON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PALESTINIAN REFORMS. MEDIA CRITICIZED ISRAEL'S DECISION TO BAR SEVERAL PALESTINIANS FROM ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WHILE ALLOWING THEIR PARTICIPATI [...] |
2003-01-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2511 |
MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI CABINET'S RESERVATIONS ON THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RECOMMENDED MEANS TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY IN IRAQ. [...] |
2003-05-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2576 |
MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...] |
2003-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2623 |
MEDIA REACTION: G8 SUMMIT POTUS EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE G-8 SUMMIT AND THE ANTICIPATED SUMMITS IN SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA AND THE RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT IS JUST TO TELL ARABS THAT THE [...] |
2003-06-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2644 |
MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: ALL UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT AND CARRIED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL WARNED ARAB LEADERS OF FURTHER CONCESSIONS AND ASSERTED THAT THE MAIN AIM BEHIND PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMEN [...] |
2003-06-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2734 |
MEPI: UAE MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP ON NEWS, [...] SUMMARY: UNDER THE MEPI GOAL OF PROMOTING A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA, VETERAN JOURNALIST PAUL MILLER CONDUCTED TWO, WEEK-LONG "NEWS, FEATURES AND ANALYTICAL WRITING" WORKSHOPS FOR THE STAFF OF THE EMIRATES NEW AGENCY. MR. MILLER COMPARED WESTERN AND ARAB MEDIA SOURCES AND FOC [...] |
2003-06-09 05:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2796 |
MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS WMD [...] SUMMARY: THE SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS, THE US "FAILURE" TO FIND WMD IN IRAQ, AND ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADERS GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S "ANNOYANCE" AT THE ASSASSINATION AT [...] |
2003-06-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2949 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES [...] SUMMARY: ESCALATION OF TENSIONS IN IRAQ AND THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AND DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE ARE SIMILAR IN STYLE AN [...] |
2003-06-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2968 |
MEDIA REACTION: POWELL'S VISIT IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISSUES FEATURED IN THE LOCAL MEDIA INCLUDED THE WEF MEETING IN JORDAN, U.S. EFFORTS TO ACTIVATE PEACE BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS, AND IRAQ. A COLUMNIST WARNED AGAINST THE WEF, SAYING THAT IT WAS FIRST INITIATED BY SHIMON PERES AND NOTING THAT THE ROOT OF THE MIDDLE EAST P [...] |
2003-06-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3113 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-BAYAN" STRONGLY CRITICIZED AN ALLEGED STATEMENT BY SENATOR GAY GLODIS (SIC) IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY CALLED FOR BURYING MUSLIMS WITH THE INTESTINES OF PIGS. THE EDITORIAL URGED ARAB AND MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE RETALIATORY MEASURES AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS TO FORCE W [...] |
2003-07-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI320 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. THE GENERAL TONE IN THE ARABIC EDITORIALS OPPOSES A WAR WITH IRAQ OF WHICH "NO ONE CAN ANTICIPATE THE CONSEQUENCES." HOWEVER, THE SAME EDITORIALS URGED IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH UN RES [...] |
2003-01-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3248 |
MEDIA REACTION: AL KHALEEJ EDITORIAL ON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN THE SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" DESCRIBED THE SITUATION OF U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ AS "A COSTLY DILEMMA." THE EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT THE US LAUNCHED THE WAR BASED ON "DECEPTION, FORGERY, AND LIES" AND THAT THE U.S. HAS "BEGUN TO HARVEST THE RESULT OF ITS DE [...] |
2003-07-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3265 |
SHAYKH AL-KUBAYSI "MODERATES" TONE WITH LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ON JULY 3-4, ABU DHABI'S ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY "AL ITTIHAD" PUBLISHED A TWO-PART INTERVIEW WITH ISLAMIC MUFTI DR. AHMAD AL-KUBAYSI. PER REFTELS, AL-KUBAYSI HAD CRITICIZED THE U.S.-LED WAR AND AUTHORITY IN IRAQ SEVERELY DURING PREVIOUS PUBLIC APPEARANCES. MOST NOTABLE W [...] |
2003-07-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3584 |
MEDIA REACTION: AL KHALEEJ SAYS "HI" MAGAZINE A "STATE [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ON 07/31, SHARJAH-BASED PAN- ARAB DAILY "AL KHALEEJ" LABELED "HI" MAGAZINE AN "OBVIOUS" "STATE DEPARTMENT" ATTEMPT TO "CONTROL THE MINDS OF ARAB YOUTHS." DESPITE THE NEGATIVE RHETORIC, THE UAE'S MOST WIDELY READ ARABIC DAILY WILL LIKELY GENERATE SIGNIFICANT INTEREST TO [...] |
2003-08-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3709 |
MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN WEST BANK LEBANON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISRAELI INCURSIONS INTO THE WEST BANK AND LEBANON AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" CLAIMED THAT THE REGION NEEDS TO BE SAVED FROM "SHARON'S FIRES." AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED TERRORISM AS A [...] |
2003-08-11 09:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3731 |
MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE" FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOT [...] |
2003-08-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3789 |
MEDIA REACTION: MEMBERS OF IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND THE SITUATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL'S VISIT TO THE UAE AS A GOOD CHOICE THAT WILL IMPROVE THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S H [...] |
2003-08-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3823 |
MEDIA REACTION: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE [...] SUMMARY: SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD AND IN EAST JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GOVERNMENT RELEASED A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACKS AND URGING WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNING COU [...] |
2003-08-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3876 |
MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL PALESTINE IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IN "AL ITTIHAD," KUWAITI COLUMNIST DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA CRITICIZED THE ARABIC SATELLITE TV NETWORKS AND OTHERS FOR LABELING THE ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ AN ACT OF LIBERATION. AN "AL ITTIHAD" [...] |
2003-08-25 08:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3930 |
MEDIA REACTION: SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WEST BANK IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE VISIT OF FAROUQ AL SHARA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SYRIA, AND EVENTS IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERROTORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE "BRAVE" FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDIT [...] |
2003-08-27 08:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3973 |
MEDIA REACTION: ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD BAQR AL HAKIM IN NAJAF, IRAQ, THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION, AND THE SITUATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ," "AL ITTIHAD," AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" COMMENT [...] |
2003-09-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4012 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT WELCOMING THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" WROTE THAT THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS [...] |
2003-09-03 08:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4105 |
MEDIA REACTION: UAE SUPPORT FOR IGC ABU MAZEN'S [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE, THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS AKA ABU MAZEN, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAMAS LEADER SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN, THE US DRA [...] |
2003-09-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4192 |
MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL ARAFAT POWELL VISITS IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASIR ARAFAT AND THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TO IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT. ANOTHER EDIT [...] |
2003-09-15 07:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4366 |
MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT MEETINGS OF THE QUARTET AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTININAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON THE ELECTORAL DILEMMAS FACING US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR DUE TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ. AN "AL [...] |
2003-09-29 08:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI437 |
STILL RELEVANT: ARABIC BOOKS AT THE SHARJAH [...] SUMMARY: THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE IN ABU DHABI RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, ONE OF POST'S MAJOR ANNUAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. PAO DISPLAYED AND SOLD MORE THAN 300 TITLES TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AN [...] |
2003-01-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4396 |
WITH THE ARAB WORLD WATCHING, USG AND IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE DUBAI 2003 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) AND WORLD BANK (WB) ANNUAL MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION (PA) AT THE US EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI WORKED WITH USG, COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA), AND IRAQI OFFICIALS TO ENGAGE THE PRESS ON RECONSTRUCTION ISSUES IN IRA [...] |
2003-09-30 06:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4479 |
CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL ABIZAID TELLS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 28, US CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH REGIONAL ARABIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL ABU DHABI TV. DURING THE INTERVIEW, GENERAL ABIZAID NOTED THAT MOST OF IRAQ IS CALM, BLAMED ELEMENTS OF THE FORMER REGIME AND TERRORISTS FOR CURRENT UN [...] |
2003-10-06 04:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI46 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, MEPI, AND DEMOCRACY IN THE GULF [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA FOCUSED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S RECENT SPEECH AT FORT HOOD MILITARY BASE IN TEXAS. "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THE FACTS ON THE GROUND PROVE PRESIDENT BUSH'S ALLEGATIONS ON IRAQ HAVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ARE NOT TRUE. WRITERS AND OP- EDS ALSO COMMENTED ON MEPI IN THE ARABIC D [...] |
2003-01-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4680 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, THE AMERICAN DECISION TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FORCES AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" CRITICIZED AS HYPOCRITICAL PRIME MINISTER SHARON'S STATEMENT THAT EXPELLING ARAFAT IS AGA [...] |
2003-10-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4761 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN BOTH "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" NOTED THAT THE PALESTINIANS WOULD BECOME IMPRISONED BECAUSE OF THE SECOND FENCE SHARON IS PLANNI [...] |
2003-10-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4791 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISLAM REPRESENTS BIGGEST [...] SUMMARY: SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 10/28 FRONT-PAGED A STORY DATELINED IN WASHINGTON CLAIMING THAT DURING A MEETING IN JERUSALEM THAT INCLUDED AMERICAN AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS AND EX-OFFICIALS THE TWO PARTIES AGREED TO CONSIDER ISLAM AS THE PRINCIPAL THREAT FOR BOTH NATIONS. END [...] |
2003-10-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4805 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" COMMENTED ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ THAT WEAPONS ON THEIR OWN WILL NOT DEFEAT TERRORISM. UAE POLITI [...] |
2003-10-29 12:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4850 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AL-ITTIHAD BUSINESS COLUMNIST [...] SUMMARY: THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OCTOBER 25-31, JOURNALIST SHIHAB GERGASH OF AL-ITTIHAD WROTE A 7-PART SERIES DESCRIBING A TRIP TO IRAQ. HIS UPBEAT ARTICLES NOTE THAT IRAQ UNDER BREMER IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, THAT THE MARKETS IN BAGHDAD AND OTHER IRAQI CITIES ARE FULL OF GOODS AN [...] |
2003-11-04 03:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI486 |
MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ, DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIM [...] |
2003-01-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4871 |
RAMADAN 2003 PD STRATEGY: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] THE EMBASSY WILL HOST TWO FORMAL IFTARS: THE AMBASSADOR WILL HOST AN INTIMATE IFTAR FOR HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS; PAO WILL HOST ONE FOR PRIMARILY MEDIA CONTACTS IN ABU DHABI. DCM, PAO AND POLOFF WILL ATTEND VARIOUS IFTAR AND MAJELIS MEETINGS. IN DUBAI, OFFICERS FROM THE CG ON DOWN HAVE ATTENDED NUM [...] |
2003-11-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03ABUDHABI4889 |
MEDIA SUMMIT IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA SUMMIT IN DUBAI (OCTOBER 7-8, 2003) WAS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE WAS "WAR AND THE MEDIA." AMONG THE SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO SPOKE IN THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID, SH [...] |
2003-11-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4890 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ISRAEL [...] SUMMARY: WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI PENETRATION IN IRAQ AND EUROPEAN OPINION REGARDING ISRAEL DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN OPINION IS RESPECTED AT TIMES AND NEGLECTED AT OTHERS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED [...] |
2003-11-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4903 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S SPEECH COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IN WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 6 DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS BASHED THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. END SUMMARY. 2. NOTING THA [...] |
2003-11-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI506 |
MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA COVERED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS EXTENSIVELY, UNDERSCORING HIS REMARKS ON THE NEED FOR IRAQ TO DISARM OR BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH SIMULTANEOUS ARABIC TRANSLATION, WHILE DUBAI TV ALSO REPORTED THE SPE [...] |
2003-02-01 04:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5130 |
MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND ARAB HYPOCRISY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5136 |
MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S IRAQ VISIT; SHARON'S GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: "AL-KHALEEJ" AND "GULF NEWS" FEEL THAT BUSH'S VISIT TO IRAQ WAS A FAILURE, BOTH AS A MEANS TO BOOST THE LOW MORAL OF US TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AS A PUBLIC RELATION PLOY IN HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN. ANOTHER EDITORIAL ALSO IN "AL-KHALEEJ" OPINES THAT SHARON'S US-BACKED GOVERNMENT HAS CLOSE [...] |
2003-12-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5298 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE ARREST OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY: THE ARREST OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE FALL OF SADDAM IS AN UNEXPECTED GIFT FOR THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SINCE IT WILL HELP HIM IN THE ELECTIONS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT [...] |
2003-12-16 04:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5342 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE ARREST OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY: THE ARREST OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" NOTED THAT NOW THERE IS A NEW FREE IRAQ AFTER SADDAM WAS CAPTURED. UAE COLUMIST ABDULLAH RASHEED MENTIONED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS BETTER THAT SADDAM WAS CAPTURED BY T [...] |
2003-12-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5367 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE GCC SUMMIT IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE GCC SUMMIT IN KUWAIT AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. IN HIS "AL ITTIHAD" COLUMN, DR.SHAMLAN AL EISSA EXPLAINS THE CHALLENGES FACING GCC COUNTRIES BUT ENCOURAGES THESE COUNTRIES TO CONFRONT TH [...] |
2003-12-22 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5428 |
US SPEAKER PHILIP REEKER DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: PHILIP REEKER, SPOKESMAN-AT-LARGE AND FORMER DOS DEPUTY SPOKESMAN AND DAS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, VISITED THE UAE ON DECEMBER 15. HIS PROGRAM INCLUDED A VISIT TO THE EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY, A VISIT TO THE EMIRATES CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND RESEARCH, A ONE-ON- ONE WITH THE UAE SE [...] |
2003-12-30 09:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5438 |
MEDIA REACTION: REBUILDING CONTRACTS IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED WROTE IN ABU DHABI BASED SEMI-OFFICIAL ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" 12/29 THAT THE U.S. ENJOYS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE REBUILDING CONTRACTS IN IRAQ. HE NOTED THAT BECAUSE THE U.S. SACRIFICED ITS PEOPLE AND RESOURCES AND MANAGED TO RID IRAQ FROM THE BAATHI [...] |
2003-12-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5445 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THE U.S. IN IRAQ IS TO HAND OVER IRAQ TO THE IRAQIS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" REQU [...] |
2003-12-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI553 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUED TO COMMENT NEGATIVELY ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. ONE EDITORIAL CALLED FOR AN ARAB SUMMIT TO ELIMINATE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE JUNGLE. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT AMERICA IS THE ONLY NATION THAT PREVIOUSLY USED NUCLEAR AND OTHER [...] |
2003-02-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI629 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S FEBRUARY 5 UNSC [...] SUMMARY: THE SPEECH OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL WAS WIDELY COVERED IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH ARABIC TRANSLATION. HEADLINES IN SEMI-OFFICIAL "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE SPEECH AS "A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST IRAQ," AND ITS EDITOR [...] |
2003-02-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI725 |
MEDIA REACTION: MORE ON POWELL'S UNSC SPEECH AND MEPI [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO REPORT EXTENSIVELY ON SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH AT THE UNSC. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC SIPDIS DAILIES NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS PLANNING TO ATTACK IRAQ IN ORDER TO CONTROL ARAB AND IRAQI RESOURCES, MAINLY OIL. THE EDITORIALS ALSO CLAIM THAT THE ATTACK WO [...] |
2003-02-09 13:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI784 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY COVERED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AND REACTION AGAINST A MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAQ. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA CRITICIZED WHAT THEY CALLED A WEAK ARAB STANCE TOWARDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZES U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST, NOTING THIS IS NOT [...] |
2003-02-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI844 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S MEDIA. EDITORIALS LAUDED THE FRENCH AND GERMAN POSITIONS AND URGED THE ARABS TO SUPPORT THESE POSITIONS IN FACE OF U.S. DETERMINATION FOR A WAR AGAINST IRAQ. THE EDITORIALS CRITICIZED ARABS' FAILURE T [...] |
2003-02-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI896 |
MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...] |
2003-02-24 10:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI946 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POSTURING AT THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: COVERAGE RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. UAE DAILIES LARGELY COVERED UAE'S PARTICIPATION AT THE NAM CONFERENCE AND ITS CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL UNSC RESOLUTIONS REGARDING IRAQ AND PALESTINE. EDITORIALS CONTINUED TO LAUD THE FRE [...] |
2003-02-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUJA1330 |
NIGERIA "ENGAGING ISLAM IN NIGERIA: THE TWO - [...] (SBU) Summary: In late January an unprecedented forum initiated by the Emir of Kano brought together Embassy officials, American scholars, and Moslem leaders from northern Nigeria to explore perceptions of the US and Islam, U.S. Middle East Policy, the Global War on Terrorism, and economic dev [...] |
2003-08-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA1679 |
USAID SUCCESS STORIES SURPRISE NIGERIANS, COUNTER [...] Summary. Nigerians reacting to Mission-sponsored media reports June - September 2003 on U.S.-Nigeria partnership successes on health, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, education, and conflict resolution, say they are amazed at the level of support given to Nigeria by the U.S. Government. They expressed [...] |
2003-09-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC |
| 03ABUJA1949 |
Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SOCI |
| 03ABUJA2007 |
Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] (U) This is in response to an action request. This telegram has been cleared by DCM Rick Roberts. 2. (U) As in previous years, the Mission in Nigeria, including PAS, is planning an active schedule of events. 3. (U) Washington File. PAS will distribute President Bush's Ramadan message [...] |
2003-11-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03ABUJA2207 |
Success Stories Take Media Beyond Visas [...] Summary. Dozens of PAS success story placements over the last six months broadened Nigerians' perception of USG involvement in southern Nigeria. Beyond the routinely negative visas stories, audiences now see, and want more, stories on the positive USG programs in agriculture, health and edu [...] |
2003-12-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC |
| 03ABUJA2208 |
World AIDS Day Activities in Nigeria [...] Summary. The U.S. mission held events in Lagos and Abuja in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, as well as throughout the month. PAS Abuja on December 1 screened the AIDS film documentary, "A Closer Walk," to a variety of government officials, NGO activists, and journalists, and [...] |
2003-12-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KPAO OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA630 |
IALOGUE BETWEEN U.S. AND NORTHERN [...] Summary: Hosted by the Emir of Kano, a two day dialogue to discuss perceptions about U.S. Middle East Policy, the U.S. and Islam, the Global War on Terror and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Nigeria took place in the ancient Northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 27-28. The conference, t [...] |
2003-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PREL OIIP NI |
| 03AMMAN141 |
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK [...] Summary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000 supplement for Amman's Arabic Book Program. Funds will be used to encourage greater initiative on the part of publishers and to expand program capacity to publish books in support of ME [...] |
2003-01-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN1880 |
TFIZ01: JORDANIAN STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. WE ASSESS JORDAN'S STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ TO BE REACTIVE AND CAUTIOUS, RATHER THAN INCITEFUL. REFLECTING BROAD OPPOSITION AMONG JORDANIANS TO THE WAR AND ADMIRATION FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED MEDIA HAVE ADOPTED AN EDITORIAL LINE AGAINS [...] |
2003-03-29 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP |
| 03AMMAN2132 |
IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...] |
2003-04-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ |
| 03AMMAN2403 |
SPEAKER REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S [...] SUMMARY: IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 17, PA REQUESTS THE RETURN OF U.S. SPECIALIST DARYL GLENNEY, A COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT, MAY 17-26, 2003, TO ASSIST WOMEN CANDIDATES IN PREPARING FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE 2003 PARLIAMENTARY EL [...] |
2003-04-22 06:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN2468 |
Request for Two American Cultural Specialists - FY [...] Summary: The Amman Public Affairs section requests two ACULSPECS, Ms. Lynne Allen and her husband Mr. Sergei Tsvetkov for July/August 2003. SIPDIS A.) Ms. Lynne Allen, Professor of Art and Director of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Department of Visual Arts, Mason Gross S [...] |
2003-04-24 08:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN2536 |
ORDER FOR 4TH OF JULY PAPER SHOW [...] POST WISHES TO ORDER ONE 4TH OF JULY: AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION PAPER SHOW IN ENGLISH. PLEASE USE APO SHIPMENT: CAO DONNA WINTON AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION APO AE 09892 - 0205 UNIT 70205 2. PLEASE CHARGE THE COST OF U.S. DOLLARS 40 FOR THE PAPER SHOW P [...] |
2003-04-30 08:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3135 |
ELECTION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary. In the three remaining weeks before the June 17 Parliamentary elections the Mission is coordinating with MEPI-funded NGOs, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) to strengthen the electoral process and traditions, to enco [...] |
2003-05-29 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN3454 |
2003 Jazz Ambassadors Fall Tour [...] PAS wishes to be included in the Jazz Ambassadors Program for the fall FY03. We request the Jazz Ambassadors, Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope for four or five program days during their fall tour. We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity. There is a great interest here in Latin jazz, [...] |
2003-06-11 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN4979 |
SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK [...] Per REF: A) post would like to place the following publications order: ITEM QTY COST/ITEM U.S. DOLS ---- --- --------- --------- 01-A 100 2.50 250.00 01-E 100 2.50 250.00 02-A 50 1.60 080.00 02- [...] |
2003-08-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 03AMMAN5575 |
CONSULTANT EMPOWERS JORDANIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS [...] Summary: Jordanian and Palestinian female Members of Parliament and municipal officials praised the workshops and individual consultations by political consultant Daryl Glenney, who focused the newly-elected representatives on their role in advancing both women's empowerment and citizen partic [...] |
2003-09-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN5905 |
American Studies Books For Amman [...] Post would like to re-confirm request for two sets of "Library of America" and two sets of "Gale Collection", the first set of each to be provided by ECA/A/E/USS as noted in emails. Funding information for the second of each set included below. 2. Post understands costs for second sets as f [...] |
2003-09-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN6820 |
American Corners In The Middle East [...] Post requests 4 (four) American Corners collections and supporting equipment to be hosted at the institutions listed individually below. Post estimates the cost of each Corner at approximately USD 102,000 based on module costs provided by IRO and current procurement costs of equipment and su [...] |
2003-10-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP |
| 03AMMAN6912 |
Media Training Workshop combines Iraqi, [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman, in cooperation with PA Jerusalem and Baghdad organized a three-day workshop (October 6-8) on "Relations between Journalists and Media Officials." Boosting PA Amman's ongoing media professional [...] |
2003-10-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN8254 |
OUTCOME OF SUCCESS STORIES INITIATIVE IN JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: LAST SEPTEMBER (FY03), THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN AMMAN PARTICIPATED IN A STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF U.S. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN MEDIA (TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND INTERNET), 10 U.S.-FUN [...] |
2003-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO OIIP ECPS OEXC JO KMDR EAID PREF |
| 03AMMAN8347 |
ORDERING THE NEW PRINT PUBLICATION "U.S. [...] POST WOULD LIKE TO ORDER 225 COPIES OF THE ARABIC EDITION OF SUBJECT TITLE AND 175 OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE SUBJECT TITLE FOR A TOTAL COST OF U.S. DOLLARS 380. 2. PLEASE CHARGE THE ORDER AND SHIPPING COST TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL DATA: APPROPRIATION: 1940113.0 [...] |
2003-12-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 03AMMAN8520 |
Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing the influence of African Americans in Popular American Music. 2. We expect an audience of 60 - 70 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of st [...] |
2003-12-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN878 |
Request for a DVC Series on the Arts [...] Summary: Post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a new series of DVCs on the Arts for FY 2003. The series will be conducted in coordination with the newly established College of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan and will serve to educate and introduce the students at t [...] |
2003-02-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN902 |
Order for Earth Day 2003 Poster [...] Post wishes to order ten 10-poster packages for the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Please use APO shipment: CAO Donna Winton American Embassy Amman Cultural Affairs Office APO AE 09892 2. Please charge the cost of U.S. dollars 65 for th [...] |
2003-02-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN938 |
Jordan Media Training: Workshop on Feature and [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, veteran journalist Gil Butler conducted a 3-day "feature and analytical writing" workshop for Jordanian journalists January 21-23. The program was part of PAS Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization [...] |
2003-02-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN940 |
IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...] |
2003-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO |
| 03ANKARA2319 |
MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR [...] Two years of patience, persistence and cooperation among Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful conclusion to a remarkable series of legal exchanges. By the end of 2002, nearly 600 Turkish jurists had participated in discussions and workshops, debating solutions to problems w [...] |
2003-04-10 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU |
| 03ANKARA4130 |
THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners in three of the most dynamic business cities of the country. The venues are the headquarters of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in those cities. We believe that the venues are on [...] |
2003-06-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KIRC |
| 03COLOMBO1008 |
MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 10) Tokyo Conference: Colombo [...] Summary. Tamil newspapers reserved pride of place for optimistic headlines about an interim administration and the future of the peace talks. Donor money and international support of the peace process were also well-represented subjects. English and vernacular government-owned and independe [...] |
2003-06-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1015 |
MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 11) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the Tokyo Conference, Sri Lankan English and vernacular media was in high gear. Tamil newspapers ran positive headlines about Tokyo's outcome, but reflected concern about opposition party views of donor money. Tamil editorials encouraged the LTTE to return to pe [...] |
2003-06-11 08:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1028 |
MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 12) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. Sri Lankan media coverage of the Tokyo Donor Conference and its implications lessened somewhat, but was still energetic. Tamil newspapers' lead headlines concentrated on the LTTE rejection of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's suggested interim administration for the north and e [...] |
2003-06-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1048 |
MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1273 |
Media Play: "Mystery American" attends Sri [...] On Sunday, 7/14, readers of the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekender), one of Sri Lanka's mass circulation newspapers, woke up to front-page, above-the- fold headlines: "Mystery American at government intelligence meetings." The gist of the allegation: an AmCit had participated in me [...] |
2003-07-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1323 |
MEDIA PLAY: "Mystery American" attends Sri Lankan [...] As reported in reftel, from 7/14 through 7/22 Sri Lankan newspapers had a field day reporting that an AmCit -- a "mysterious American" -- had participated in meetings of the GSL's intelligence community. Several dailies carried straightforward coverage of the allegation. Others treated the s [...] |
2003-07-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1408 |
MEDIA PLAY: U.S. "NOTES WITH CONCERN" LTTE CAMP, [...] On 8/7 Colombo issued a press release reiterating the 8/6 Washington File article, "U.S. Looks Forward to Resumption of Sri Lankan Peace Talks ... State's Reeker says U.S. concerned about rebel activity." The statement said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is "undermining conf [...] |
2003-08-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1517 |
MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA ACCUSE U.S. of [...] In a 9/1 editorial, "Self-inflicted wounds," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily), launched one of the most vigorous criticisms of U.S. policy seen in Sri Lanka's mainline press since the occupation of Iraq. "Self- inflicted wounds" accuses the U.S. of searching for "a new bogeyman" [...] |
2003-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1551 |
MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S., [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-08 05:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO174 |
PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] As reported in reftel (B), Colombo provided Worldnet coverage of the State of the Union address to three Sri Lankan telecasters for use during prime-time on 1/29. ITN (government-owned, island-wide penetration) and Rupavahini (government-owned, island-wide penetration), took extensive clippi [...] |
2003-01-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO183 |
MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Address; [...] "Flights of fancy? We hope not" Independent English daily, Daily Mirror, commented (1/31): "The key phrase is `where it began'. Yes, it all began in the United States, a country responsible for the mayhem that the world is in today and the coming cataclysm. "It is the United States lopsi [...] |
2003-01-31 06:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO1888 |
MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] On 11/1 the LTTE unveiled its long-await response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals (see septel). The LTTE counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous press coverage. Some headlines covered straightforward reportage: "LTTE hands over IA proposals; copies to President and par [...] |
2003-11-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1901 |
MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] In reftels Colombo reported on the 11/1 unveiling of the LTTE's long awaited response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals. As noted in reftel (B), the counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous coverage: all major front pages carried the story, and three English, two Sinhala, a [...] |
2003-11-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1940 |
MEDIA PLAY: POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Since the eruption of Sri Lanka's latest political crisis, the English and vernacular media have been in a frenzy. Over the weekend, television stations and newspapers in Sri Lanka avidly chronicled the political tug-of-war between President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and P [...] |
2003-11-10 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1953 |
MEDIA PLAY: THE LATEST ON SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan English and vernacular media's intense scrutiny of the political stand-off between the Prime Minister and the President continued. The Prime Minister's decision to meet with the President dominated the headlines in all languages. The reaction of political players in [...] |
2003-11-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1967 |
MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lankan President Meets PM, [...] Summary. The 11/12 meeting between the President and the Prime Minister dominated the headlines in Sri Lankan English and vernacular media. Government-owned television and newspaper headlines predictably slanted toward the President, but the independent press was less positive. The media al [...] |
2003-11-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1980 |
MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL CRISIS CONTINUES [...] Summary. Over the weekend, English and vernacular media headlines focused on reaction to Norway's recent comments about the Sri Lankan Government's political crisis and their impact on the peace process. The President's comments also made splashy headlines. Meanwhile, media reports of the P [...] |
2003-11-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO2041 |
POST EVALUATION ON CLASSICAL PIANISTS PROGRAM [...] Headline: COLOMBO BRINGS AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST TO SRI LANKA 2. The enduring value of performing arts programs was illustrated once again when the American Pianists Association, Embassy Colombo, and ECA brought Michael Sheppard, a gifted, young American classical pianist to Sri Lanka. [...] |
2003-11-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL CE OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO228 |
UPGRADING POSITION, IRC DIRECTOR, COLOMBO (N721- [...] IN NOVEMBER 2002, COLOMBO'S IRC DIRECTOR, MS. MANORANI "MANO" KARUNANAYAKE, RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE MISSION. THE DIFFICULT SEARCH FOR A SUCCESSOR BROUGHT FORCIBLY TO OUR ATTENTION SOMETHING ON WHICH, FRANKLY, WE SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED EARLIER: THE POSITION IS GRADED [...] |
2003-02-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP |
| 03COLOMBO396 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly), "Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...] |
2003-03-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS |
| 03COLOMBO428 |
MEDIA PLAY: AMBASSADOR WILLS VISITS JAFFNA [...] Ambassador Wills' 3/11 visit to Jaffna (see reftel) was noted in segments of the English and Sinhala press, and garnered substantial and positive coverage in the Tamil press. 2. English and Sinhala dailies. Under the front-page headline "Wills says 'peace at hand'" the DAILY MIRROR (indep [...] |
2003-03-13 10:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO458 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily says that the "ides of Bush" indicate "the creation of a new god who demands that all other nations must worship him and subscribe to his policies...." Under the headline "`The hour has come!' the ides of Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwid [...] |
2003-03-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OPRC OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO463 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] On 3/20 the ISLAND (opposition daily, islandwide circulation) said "there is no doubt which way the war will go," but predicted that it will not only "bring about radical changes in the politics of ... the Middle East but ... will also turn the new political order ... topsy turvy," as the "the [...] |
2003-03-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO473 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily wonders whether "war on Iraq [will] free US from terrorists threat." Under the headline "Will war on Iraq free US from terrorists threat?, the ISLAND (opposition English daily, islandwide circulation) wrote on 3/21: The question arises whether elimination of the S [...] |
2003-03-21 04:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO480 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend Colombo's newspapers continued to criticize the war. "Stop this war forthwith," insisted the independent English DAILY MIRROR. The government-owned Sinhala weekender, DINAMINA, spoke of the "Middle East war environment: crisis and impact." "Alas! War" said the opp [...] |
2003-03-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO508 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] As reported in reftel (b), Colombo's weekenders (3/22- 23) widely criticized what is usually described as an "American war" in Iraq. At mid-week, however, interest is subdued. 2. True, the war dominates Wednesday's (3/26) front-page, above the fold headlines. "Six Iraqi war tanks destroye [...] |
2003-03-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO519 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] In reftel we noted that as of mid-week (3/26) the war in Iraq was receiving substantial front-page treatment but limited editorial coverage. The trend continued into Thursday (3/27): the war dominates this morning's front- page above-the-fold headlines. Again, however, only one of Sri Lanka [...] |
2003-03-27 04:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO522 |
MEDIA PRIMER [...] Newspapers (English). ----- DAILY MIRROR, a popular, centrist independent daily published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. The MIRROR is available on line at . DAILY NEWS, a government-owned daily. The DAILY NEWS is the English medium flagship of the Lake House newspapers, all of which are go [...] |
2003-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO535 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English front pages found room for only two war-related headlines: "US-led forces destroy Iraqi column" and "US-led troops poised to enter Baghdad as week two begins." The vernacular dailies, by contrast, splashed the war across all front pages with headlines such as "Iraq `Repub [...] |
2003-03-28 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO550 |
MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English-medium front pages found room for only two war-related headlines on 4/1: "U.S. pounds Baghdad, battles to the south," said one; "U.S. in first major clash with Republican guard" said the other. More -- and more strident -- headlines appeared on the vernacular front pages, [...] |
2003-04-01 09:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO556 |
MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Under the front-page headline, "CBK hits out at Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwide circulation) pursues a leitmotiv that often appears in the Sri Lankan media's coverage of the war: mixing local issues with news from Iraq. (See reftel, which reported that an edito [...] |
2003-04-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO629 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lankan front-page readers woke up to headlines describing the Iraqi regime's collapse and to photographs of coalition forces and Iraqi civilians enjoying each other's company. English front pages ran headlines such as "Saddam's rule collapses in chaos," "Saddam's rule crumbles," and "U.S. [...] |
2003-04-10 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO650 |
MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ - 4/11/03 [...] In Sri Lanka the 4/11 front pages anticipate -- and celebrate -- a conclusion to the conflict in Iraq. They also ponder post-war scenarios. "America to hoist flag of victory very soon" says a Sinhala daily. "Pentagon studying whether to announce end of war" and "100 Iraqi tanks in American [...] |
2003-04-16 00:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO670 |
MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. As [...] |
2003-04-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO682 |
MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE - [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. La [...] |
2003-04-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO695 |
MEDIA PLAY - LTTE SUSPENDS PEACE TALKS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it suspending peace talks scheduled for April 29 in Thailand. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had no [...] |
2003-04-23 08:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO707 |
PRESS RELEASE - "US AMBASSADOR'S REACTION TO LTTE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE PTER EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO714 |
MEDIA PLAY - AMBASSADOR WILLS' 4/24 REUTERS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...] |
2003-04-25 05:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO721 |
MEDIA PLAY - MORE COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR WILLS' [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...] |
2003-04-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO744 |
MEDIA PLAY -- EMBASSY COLOMBO EMPLOYEES INDICTED [...] On 5/2 Colombo's Administrative Officer and her husband, who had been employed by the mission as a Consular Associate, were indicted on visa fraud and alien smuggling charges. PD issued a press release regarding the indictments, noting that they were the result of an 11- month investigation. [...] |
2003-05-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO779 |
MEDIA PLAY: International "Safety Net" for Sri Lanka's [...] Summary: The fate of the peace talks, together with international efforts to coax the LTTE back to the negotiating table, dominated the week's press. English and vernacular headlines chronicled a string of international visitors who made their way to the Wanni to encourage the LTTE to retur [...] |
2003-05-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO790 |
MEDIA PLAY: COHABITATION CRISIS RETURNS [...] Sri Lanka's chronic cohabitation problems resurfaced on Friday (5/9) when President Kumaratunga announced her intention to remove the Development Lotteries Board from the Ministry of Economic Reforms and put it under presidential purview. Media reaction was quick. Some Saturday (5/10) headli [...] |
2003-05-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO831 |
MEDIA PLAY: Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca [...] Summary: The media received Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca's May 11-14 visit to Sri Lanka positively and interpreted her visit as further indication of international support for the Island's peace process. English, Sinhala and Tamil television coverage of Rocca's visit was extensive. [...] |
2003-05-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO898 |
MEDIA PLAY: Armitage to Attend Tokyo Conference [...] Summary: On 5/23 Washington announced that Deputy Secretary Armitage would attend the Tokyo Conference on SIPDIS reconstruction for Sri Lanka. Post issued a similar press release to local media on 5/24. Independent and government-owned television stations heralded Armitage's decision in [...] |
2003-05-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO906 |
PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY HIV/AIDS [...] Reftel requested posts to use IIP materials to publicize the president's new HIV/AIDS initiative. 2. Colombo used two IIP products to splash the rollout across the Sri Lankan press. - News File. During noon and evening newscasts "News File" clips describing the initiative were used by MT [...] |
2003-05-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP IR ZP CE |
| 03COLOMBO965 |
MEDIA PLAY (JUNE 5): TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the run-up to the Tokyo conference, June 5 coverage is apprehensive. Will the LTTE go to Tokyo? Will the conference, donor contributions, and the peace process itself be adversely affected if the Tigers aren't there? Headlines are anxious. Vernacular editorialists are silent o [...] |
2003-06-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO979 |
MEDIA PLAY Subject: Media Play (June 6): Tokyo [...] Summary. As the Tokyo conference approaches, the media scene grows dyspeptic. "Ways to solve [the] dispute ... can be found," the Prime Minister is reported to argue, but others speak of racists, i.e., Sinhalese nationalists, who want the LTTE to miss Tokyo, while voices closer to the LTTE b [...] |
2003-06-06 06:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO982 |
MEDIA PLAY: (June 7) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan media continued its feverish coverage of whether or not the Tigers will go to Tokyo. The LTTE's Tamilchelvan said that if the Tigers' request for an interim administration is met, they might yet go to Japan. Tamil newspaper headlines buzzed with Minister Moragoda's pr [...] |
2003-06-09 05:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO983 |
MEDIA PLAY: (June 8) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. On the eve of the Tokyo Conference, a frenetic Sri Lankan media was consumed with talk of an interim administration for the north and east and the fate of donor money sans LTTE participation. Tamil newspapers were engrossed with Tokyo-related issues large and small - but especially [...] |
2003-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03HARARE1222 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...] |
2003-06-16 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP ZI |
| 03HARARE1223 |
MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "Uganda must be condemned" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to accusing Uganda of throwing spanners into the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "The United Nations, [...] |
2003-06-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP ZI |
| 03HARARE224 |
PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] President Bush's State of the Union Address received good placement in both the print and electronic media (radio). All four state-run radio channels - 3FM, SpotFM, FM Zimbabwe, and Radio Zimbabwe - carried excerpts of the Presidents speech starting with the 17 [...] |
2003-01-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OIIP KPAO ECPS KMDR OEXC ZI |
| 03HARARE261 |
MEDIA REACTION POWELL EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQ; [...] Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 presentation to the UN Security Council was barely visible in the Zimbabwean media. An AFP report published on page 4 of the government-owned "Herald" and a wire service-based report read on the government- owned Zim [...] |
2003-02-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ECPS OIIP OPRC OEXC ZI |
| 03HELSINKI1579 |
U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...] |
2003-11-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO FI |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY413 |
PAS/ECON HO CHI MINH CITY EVALUATION OF APRIL [...] Summary: At our second annual Earth Day roundtable, the ConGen's economic and public affairs sections joined efforts to invite two U.S. company country directors to discuss environmental protection, corporate responsibility and national development. Two Vietnamese economics publications ran [...] |
2003-05-10 06:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP ECON SEVN |
| 03KUWAIT1147 |
PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR IN KUWAIT'S STATE MEDIA [...] After months of public hedging and equivocation for the benefit of the media and the Arab League, the GOK has come out in strong support for the war on Iraq, and Kuwaiti public opinion is following its lead. Embassy has received hundreds of calls expressing support from ordinary Kuwaitis, many [...] |
2003-03-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ |
| 03KUWAIT222 |
(U) ONE AMCIT KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU/NF) At approximately 9:20 a.m. local time, two U.S. citizen civilian DoD contract employees working at Camp Doha, Kuwait were shot in their vehicle, a Toyota Prado, while it sat at a traffic light at the intersection of Route 85 and Route 7, heading from Camp Doha. They were wearing civil [...] |
2003-01-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT4961 |
REQUEST FOR US SPECIALIST ON POLITICAL ACTION [...] Summary: Post requests a US speaker/specialist to provide training recommendations for a Kuwaiti NGO focusing on women's political activism for the period December 6-10, 2003, or for anytime in January if the December timeframe is not possible. The speaker/specialist recruited should be exper [...] |
2003-10-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KMPI OIIP |
| 03KUWAIT4989 |
REQUEST FOR AMERICAN CORNERS FUNDING [...] FUNDING REQUEST: PAS Kuwait requests $52,376.52 to fund an American Corner at the main library of Kuwait University. We have agreed with the Dean of Arts and Sciences that this resource, if approved, will serve as the basis for an American Studies program in the College of Social Sciences. [...] |
2003-10-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KMPI OIIP SCUL KPAO KU |
| 03KUWAIT5184 |
KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC [...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...] |
2003-11-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5186 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...] |
2003-11-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5189 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] SUMMARY: On November 7, two Arabic daily newspapers front- paged coverage of Secretary Powell's Iftar, quoting the Secretary as saying, "I learned a lot about Islam." The SIPDIS President of the US Branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students, Khamees Al-Mutairi, attended the Iftar and hi [...] |
2003-11-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5317 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 15-19: TIMETABLE FOR IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the timetable for transfer of sovereignty in Iraq has been limited to one editorial that ties the decision to the upcoming US presidential elections. Commentary on democratization in the region reflects a lack of faith in regional governments to carry out reforms, but al [...] |
2003-11-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT533 |
NEW FDA BIOTERRORISM REGULATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OIIP OTRA TBIO KU |
| 03KUWAIT5381 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...] |
2003-11-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5737 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF [...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...] |
2003-12-18 05:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5807 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...] |
2003-12-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5808 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...] |
2003-12-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT595 |
EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...] |
2003-02-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT804 |
(SBU) ANOTHER SHOOTING NON-INCIDENT [...] (C) On the morning of March 5, a USMC convoy from Camp Commando had a 7-ton vehicle break down just past the on-ramp onto Highway 80. Convoy personnel heard shots impacting nearby. The convoy commander crossed the highway to find out where the fire originated; he found some Kuwaiti officers [...] |
2003-03-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS OIIP KU |
| 03LAGOS2379 |
Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...] Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslim community leaders. 2. The Media Message: During Ramadan, ConGen Lagos reached out to southern Nigeria's Muslim com [...] |
2003-11-20 07:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO NI KISL |
| 03OTTAWA1605 |
G8; MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY [...] "We'd be better off with the G-Zero." Columnist William Watson noted in the conservative English-language daily the Montreal Gazette (6/3): "The big news story in France yesterday was the length of the handshake on Sunday when Jacques Chirac welcomed George W. Bush to the G8 summit. The Fren [...] |
2003-06-06 19:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2104 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...] |
2003-07-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2128 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...] |
2003-07-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2129 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...] |
2003-07-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2149 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...] |
2003-07-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2173 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; ECONIMIC ISSUES/WTO; [...] "The Plague" Editorialist Mario Roy wrote in the centrist La Presse (7/29): "Five years ago the main obstacle to fighting AIDS was the cost: $10,000 per year per patient. Today AIDS victims can be treated for less than a dollar a day. Important financial contributions are presently being ma [...] |
2003-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2174 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...] |
2003-07-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2235 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; [...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...] |
2003-08-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP |
| 03OTTAWA2236 |
MEDIA REACTION: LIBERIA [...] "Share the burden" The conservative National Post opined (8/1): "Liberia's 14-year-old civil war may finally be ending. Last Wednesday, the country's giant neighbour, Nigeria, agreed to send 1,300 peacekeepers to help end hostilities.... On Monday, the European Union voiced support for a mu [...] |
2003-08-07 18:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2237 |
MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM; MIDDLE EAST; [...] "Secrets of Sept. 11" The leading Globe and Mail (7/31) editorialized: "...The intelligence and technical flaws, many of which were already known or the subject of intense speculation, are detailed in a damning report [the joint U.S. congressional inquiry into the terrorist attacks of Sept. [...] |
2003-08-07 19:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2260 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...] |
2003-08-08 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2306 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...] |
2003-08-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2358 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA [...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...] |
2003-08-19 14:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2385 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; LIBERIA; [...] "Terrorists sproutinq under nose of American troops?" Under the sub-headinq, "Americans don't quite know what they are talkinq about when it comes to where the resistance is cominq from," editorial paqe editor emeritus Haroon Siddiqui wrote in the liberal Toronto Star (8/14): "...The Baqhda [...] |
2003-08-21 18:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2387 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Bittersweet liberty" Andre Pratte editorialized in Montreal's centrist French language daily La Presse (8/20): "...No one knows who is trying to put a spoke in the American's wheel...but one thing is certain, their macabre task will be rendered easier by the fact that they will find suppo [...] |
2003-08-21 19:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2388 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA [...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...] |
2003-08-21 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2389 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...] |
2003-08-21 19:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2420 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ [...] "Shared vision can spare us from descent into barbarism" Columnist Catherine Ford observed in the right-of- center Calgary Herald (8/22): "...Moderation shouldn't be the dirtiest word in the lexicon of the Middle East, but it might as well be. As soon as the voice of reasonable compromise r [...] |
2003-08-25 18:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2429 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...] |
2003-08-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2452 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST [...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...] |
2003-08-27 20:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2473 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S. [...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...] |
2003-08-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA591 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "No really, it could work" Under the sub-heading, "Though counterintuitive, Bush's warpath might lead to Mideast peace," columnist Marcus Gee commented in the leading Globe and Mail (2/28): "...As Mr. Bush sees it, solving the Arab-Israeli dispute would remove one of the grievances that help [...] |
2003-03-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA592 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NAM [...] "Only George Bush could make Chirac look like a dove" Columnist Paul Knox commented in the leading Globe and Mail (2/26): "...Mr. Bush has managed to drive the deepest wedge in half a century between the United States and Europe over an issue tangential to counterterrorism, which is the cen [...] |
2003-03-04 15:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP |
| 03OTTAWA610 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "A volley of propaganda" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (3/3): "...[W]hat I dislike even more than Saddam's nasty regime are government lies and propaganda. Since 9/11, Americans have been subjected to the most intense propaganda campa [...] |
2003-03-06 16:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA658 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "The American 'dream palace'" Columnist Jeffrey Simpson commented in the leading Globe and Mail (3/4): "...The 'dream palace' will be one in which the Americans are led by their political and military leaders through unfamiliar cultural territory, using largely inappropriate means toward lo [...] |
2003-03-10 20:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA659 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY [...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...] |
2003-03-10 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA660 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY [...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...] |
2003-03-10 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP |
| 03OTTAWA679 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...] |
2003-03-11 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA680 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Victory? Not yet" The conservative National Post opined (3/11): "...The truth is that nothing has yet been 'won' in Iraq - notwithstanding the wishful thinking we hear from Mr. Chretien, French President Jacques Chirac and the other world leaders whose desperation to avoid war is blurring [...] |
2003-03-11 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA695 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; UN; NORTH KOREA [...] "The truth that Blix can't hide" The nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (3/12): "The United States and Britain are angry with Hans Blix, the United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, over the information he deliberately withheld from his most recent public report to the Security Counci [...] |
2003-03-13 15:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA701 |
MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...] |
2003-03-13 21:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA709 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA [...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...] |
2003-03-14 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03RANGOON900 |
BURNING FOR BOOKS IN BURMA: HIGH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: American Center publications and library programs are currently enjoying new highs of popularity. The military government of Burma censors the press, dictates radio and television broadcasts, limits access to the internet, and controls every educational institution across Burma, c [...] |
2003-07-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP KDEM PGOV BM |
| 03ROME1455 |
EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK (AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES ON THE ISSUE OF "IRAQ AND THE JUST WAR THEORY" FEBRUARY 7- 10. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE WAS TO CLARIFY THE JUST NATURE OF U.S. IRAQ POLICY TO INFLUENTIAL ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES, INC [...] |
2003-04-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 03ROME1735 |
EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN (EMORY UNIVERSITY) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AUDIENCES IN MILAN, FLORENCE, ROME, NAPLES, PALERMO, CATANIA, AND MESSINA ON THE TOPIC "U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 9/11," MARCH 4-15, 2003. DR. STEIN, PROFESSOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY AND ISRAELI STUDIES [...] |
2003-04-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 03ROME2331 |
BIOTECH OUTREACH: GREEN REVOLUTION TO GENE [...] SUMMARY. WITH SUPPORT FROM PD, USAID AND USDA, MISSION ITALY, AT THE INITIATIVE OF CONGEN FLORENCE, IS COSPONSORING A FOUR DAY CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MAY 28-31. HEADLINING THE PROGRAM IS NOBEL PRIZE PRIZE WINNER NORMAN BORLAUG, AND SWISS SCIENTIST [...] |
2003-05-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL OIIP IT PRC |
| 03SANAA1313 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA1718 |
MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR HULL'S ARTICLE ON [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, an opinion article on Iraq by Ambassador Edmund Hull, entitled "Toward a Free Iraq: Security, Economic, Political Efforts on Track" was widely distributed to the Yemeni press. Out of about 29 newspapers, six independent papers published the article plus the al-Sahwa.net we [...] |
2003-07-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2258 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on September 7 has so far been mentioned only in one government and one opposition paper. The opposition paper, which is usually very anti-American, only published excerpts of the speech with no commentary. Only the government paper carried c [...] |
2003-09-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2474 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BURNS'S VISIT TO YEMEN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns's visit to Yemen received wide and positive coverage in the Yemeni media in general. Without commenting on the visit, some papers published straight coverage of his meetings with President Saleh and with the Supreme Commissi [...] |
2003-10-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA253 |
INITIAL YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2730 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...] |
2003-11-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA2763 |
MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...] |
2003-11-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA3016 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...] |
2003-12-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA611 |
STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the tone of the Yemeni State owned and operated media was subdued in the first few days of the war, it has become more strident with developments in the theater of war as well as in the wake of increasing protests in yemen and the Arab world. Nevertheless, state-controlled [...] |
2003-03-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENT | |