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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
04ABUDHABI643	2004-03-09 03:55	2011-08-26 00:00	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Abu Dhabi

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Diana T Fritz  03/15/2007 03:07:49 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           March 09, 2004


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 643 - UNKNOWN)          

TAGS:     OIIP, KMDR                                             

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  MEDIA REACTION:  GREATER MIDDLE EAST/IRAQ/HUMAN RIGHTS 
          REPORT                                                 

Ref:      None                                                   
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 00643

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: PAO 
    INFO:   ECON POL AMB DCM 
Laser1:
    ACTION: PAO 

DISSEMINATION: PAO
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER
DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB
CLEARED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER

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FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3452
RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABU DHABI 000643 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA; 
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA 
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC 
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA 
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD 
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR O'FRIEL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT:  MEDIA REACTION:  GREATER MIDDLE EAST/IRAQ/HUMAN RIGHTS 
REPORT 
 
 
¶1.  SUMMARY:  THE NEW U.S. "GREATER MIDDLE EAST" INITIATIVE AND 
THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND 
ELECTRONIC MEDIA.  AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE 
ARAB ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE AMERICAN PROJECT WAS "DIVIDED, AS 
USUAL."  ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" POINTED OUT THAT THE 
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSACRES IN IRAQ.  ALSO, 
THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY 
THE GULF NEWS' BUREAU CHIEF, NADEEM KAWACH UNDER A VERY POSITIVE 
TITLE.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  COMMENTING ON POSTPONING THE SIGNING OF THE INTERIM IRAQI 
CONSTITUTION AND NOTING THAT ALL CONFLICT SHOULD STOP, ABU DHABI- 
BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 03/07: 
 
". DOES THE GOVERNING COUNCIL, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT 
IRAQ, NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT IRAQ'S HIGHEST INTEREST NEEDS MORE 
COOPERATION, HONEST EFFORTS, AND REALISTIC STEPS TO ACHIEVE 
IRAQ'S UNITY AND TO IMPLEMENT PLANS TO RE-BUILD IRAQ WITHOUT 
EXCLUDING ANY PARTY OR RELIGION FROM THESE PREPARATIONS, AND THAT 
ALL ARE IRAQIS AND THEY ARE ALL IN ONE BOAT?" 
 
¶3.  NOTING THE ARAB ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE "GREATER MIDDLE EAST" 
INITIATIVE, SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 
EDITORIALIZED 03/06: 
 
". IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE ARAB ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE AMERICAN 
PROJECT WAS DIVIDED, AS USUAL, WHEN DEALING WITH ANY SIMILAR 
PROJECT.  SOME DISAPPROVE WITH SHAME, SOME APPROVE IN SECRET, AND 
SOME ARE CONFUSED BETWEEN APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL, AND EVERYONE 
IS TRYING NOT TO GET THE U.S. ANGRY, ALTHOUGH WHAT IS PUT FORWARD 
INCLUDES EVERYONE AS A WHOLE." 
 
¶4.  COMMENTING ON THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, "AL 
ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 03/06: 
 
". THE 'PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST' PHRASE NO LONGER EXISTS 
AND IS LOST BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER MANIPULATIVE PHRASES SHARON IS 
USING TO CURTAIN THE WORLD'S SIGHT FROM THE DESPERATE SITUATION 
IN PALESTINE, WHICH IS A RESULT OF HIS POLICY THAT IS BEING 
IMPLEMENTED IN THE PALESTINIAN LANDS." 
 
¶5.  NOTING THAT WITH NO SOLUTION TO THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE, THERE 
WILL BE NO REFORM, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" 
EDITORIALIZED 03/05: 
 
". ARABS DO NOT HATE REFORM, BUT THEY DISAPPROVE OF REFORM BEING 
IMPOSED ON THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE GENERAL ARAB OPINION WANTS 
REFORM TO ORIGINATE FROM ITS OWN WILL, NOT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S 
WILLS AND THOUGHTS THAT MIGHT NOT BE SIMILAR TO OUR CUSTOMS AND 
ISLAMIC BELIEFS.  IF WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETE 
REFORM THEN WE CAN'T IGNORE MIDDLE EAST ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE 
PALESTINIAN CAUSE WHICH IS 'THE MOTHER OF ALL CAUSES.'  WE CAN'T 
TALK ABOUT A BIGGER AND MORE REFORMED MIDDLE EAST WITHOUT TALKING 
ABOUT THE REGION'S CRISES THAT INCLUDE WMD NOW, SINCE ISRAEL'S 
WEAPONS ARE INCREASING. THERE IS ARAB ACCEPTANCE OF REFORM, BUT 
THERE IS A MAJOR POINT IN REFORM WHICH SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED 
AND THAT IS THE 'ABSENT' PEACE." 
 
¶6.  UNDER THE HEADLINE "SO IRAQ WILL REMAIN FOR IRAQIS," "AL 
KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 03/04: 
 
". IT IS JUST NORMAL TO PLACE THE BLAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN 
BAGHDAD AND KARBULA ON THE AMERICAN TROOPS, SINCE THEY ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SECURITY FOR IRAQIS BY INTERNATIONAL 
LAW.  IT IS NOT FAR FROM TRUTH THAT ISRAEL MIGHT HAVE A HAND IN 
THIS MASSACRE AND PLANNING FOR IT SINCE IT IS THE NUMBER ONE 
BENEFICIARY.  THIS CONFLICT SERVES BOTH SIDES, THE FIRST (U.S.) 
USING THE EXCUSE OF ENSURING IRAQI SECURITY, WILL CONTINUE ITS 
OCCUPATION IN IRAQ FOR AN UNKNOWN TIME, THE SECOND (ISRAEL) WILL 
SPREAD ITS ARMS TO POUR OIL ON FIRE.  WHAT IS REQUESTED FROM 
IRAQIS, ALL IRAQIS, IS UNITY OF WORD, OVERCOMING CONFLICTS, AND 
RISING ABOVE ALL PAINS AND WOUNDS SO IRAQ WILL REMAIN A UNITED 
COUNTRY FOR ALL IRAQIS AND IN ORDER TO DEFEAT ALL EVIL PROJECTS 
DIRECTED TO THEIR COUNTRY." 
 
¶7.  DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A PROMINENT 
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ITS BUREAU CHIEF NADIM KAWACH ON 03/04 UNDER 
THE HEADLINE "US PRAISES UAE'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD," AND SUB 
HEADLINE "DUBAI'S PRISON CARE PLAN COMMENDED": 
 
"THE UNITED STATES HAS PRAISED THE UAE'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AND 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE COUNTRY'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE BETTER PRISON 
CONDITIONS AND BAN ON TORTURE. THE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ALWAYS 
CRITICAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES, ALSO HIGHLIGHTED DUBAI'S 'VICTIM CARE' PROGRAM." 
WAHBA

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