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04AMMAN7571 2004-09-13 10:22 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Amman
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 AMMAN 007571 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR, 
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN 
USAID/ANE/MEA 
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH 
PARIS FOR O'FRIEL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
 
TAGS: KMDR JO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF 
9/11 ATTACKS 
 
 
                        Summary 
 
-- The third anniversary of 9/11 attacks received 
extensive coverage in Jordanian dailies September 1, 
12 and 13 .  A number of commentaries discussed the 
event with a tone of despair, viewing the world as 
increasingly polarized and dominated by the struggle 
between United States and its "terrorism" on one hand 
and Osama Ben Laden and Al-Qaeda on the other. 
 
                 Editorial Commentary 
 
-- "The industry of American terrorism" 
 
Columnist Ghassan Muamar writes on the op-ed page of 
independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/13):  "September 
11 is a day like no other, for it not only revealed 
how threatening some movements could be to the 
security of Western capitals, but it also revealed how 
threatening the West could be to us should it decide 
to put us in its sights.  As a result of this day, 
this dangerous equation became apparent, allowing the 
West justification to march its armies to any part of 
the world to control it..  There is a new reality at 
work wherein extremist religious trends in the United 
States, that are based on principles of extremism and 
exaggeration in the adoption and interpretation of the 
Christian belief and whose objectives match the 
existence of the Zionist State, have taken control of 
the White House, and have placed the importance of 
Israel's existence, survival and safety opposite that 
of mankind's safety and international security.. 
While the world saw in 9/11 an attack on the security 
of American territories, the neo-conservatives saw 
more..  What happened on that day affected the United 
States and the world with a series of changes that 
made extremist religious groups in the United States 
more convinced of their extremist beliefs and their 
support for the existence of the state of Israel.. 
The most dangerous thing about that day is that it 
pushed the world to believe the American tale, namely 
that terrorism is the making of fundamental Islamic 
trends." 
 
-- "Lessons learned, issues unsolved" 
 
Centrist, influential among the elite English daily 
Jordan Times (09/13) editorializes:  "The third 
anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on 
New York and Washington DC has come and gone with some 
lessons learned, but also with some issues unsolved. 
Fortunately, not a single similar terrorist attack has 
occurred within the United States since that infamous 
day, suggesting that the U.S. security apparatus has 
learned a lesson or two on how to thwart such 
attacks..  Yet, the broader issues of terrorism remain 
unanswered.  Osama Ben Laden and his Al-Qaeda 
organization are still on the loose.  The war in 
Afghanistan . is not going too well for the United 
States, with parts of the country still under the 
Taleban control.  The war in Iraq is not going well 
either..  More important, the root causes of terrorism 
have yet to be identified, much less addressed.. 
Preventative measures to combat terrorism are on the 
agenda of not only the United States but of the rest 
of the international community as well.  Police and 
military actions alone cannot be the answer.  The 
United States and the international community must dig 
deeper in search for the real reasons that prompt 
people to commit acts of terrorism.  Is it only 
economic deprivation or poverty that drives people to 
despair?  Is it the denial of freedom and democracy? 
Or is it something else that has yet to be 
identified?" 
 
-- "Our satellite televisions as they mourn!" 
 
Daily columnist Urayb Rintawi writes on the back-page 
of center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour 
(09/13):  "On the third anniversary of the 9/11 
attacks, most of our Arab satellite television 
stations mourned the victims of the horrible attack.. 
We feel very distressed at the sight of this hypocrisy 
that is overtaking the land and space of the Arab and 
Muslim world.  We feel humiliation as we follow the 
episodes of the faraway `American wound' while we 
close our eyes to the human tragedies inflicted upon 
hundreds of innocent people who fall victim on a daily 
basis in Abu Ghraib, Falujah and Najaf as a result of 
American missiles that do not distinguish between the 
innocent and the guilty, the child and Abu Musab Al- 
Zarqawi.  We become angrier as we watch the news of 
the war of extermination being launched by Israel in 
Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza..  It is as if the Iraqis 
and the Palestinians have no one to cry for them, as 
if their martyrs have no lives and no dreams and 
aspirations, . as if our blood . is of a different 
kind.  We understand that the western media in 
general, and the American and Israeli media in 
particular, would play the game of discrimination and 
double standards.  We understand that their newspapers 
and television stations would take on a racist color 
that puts us down as less than human beings.  But we 
do not understand that our own people would play that 
same dirty game of degradation and double standards, 
thus turning our satellite television stations into 
circles for wailing and mourning." 
 
-- "9/11 and the teaching curricula" 
 
Columnist Khalil Sawahiri writes on the op-ed page of 
center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour 
(09/13):  "The biggest disaster brought upon us by the 
American Zionist 9/11 attacks is this horrible attack 
against our culture, our religion and our Arab and 
Muslim morals, turning us into scapegoats all around 
the world for a crime that was orchestrated by the 
Jewish-like minds, fundamentalists and Jews within the 
U.S. administration..  Since matters are judged by 
their results, the American September is without a 
doubt of American Jewish making that achieved its 
objectives on many levels, most serious of which is 
the crime of changing the teaching curricula (away) 
from the religious, humanity and civilization 
viewpoints, as well as instigating hatred against 
Islam and Muslims and turning them into outcasts 
wherever they go." 
 
 
-- "A reading in the theory of "who benefits?" 
 
Daily columnist Bater Wardam writes on the op-ed page 
of center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour 
(09/13):  "A great number of intellectuals, 
politicians and reporters in the Arab world employ a 
very attractive (conspiracy) theory in explaining 
disasters caused by a group of Arabs and Muslims that 
then lead to the defamation of just Arab causes and 
the reputation of Arabs and Muslims.  It is the theory 
of `who benefits?'..  Such a theory however, while 
popular in the Arab world, is very easily criticized 
and refuted should we possess some level of self- 
criticism and honesty..  The theory of `who benefits?" 
might be tempting for anyone who likes to deny the 
truth, but is usually wrong.  It is time to grow up 
and find the courage to diagnose the bitter reality 
that we, ourselves, have created and from which our 
enemies are benefiting.In the beginning (days after 
9/11), the Arab world was in denial.  But Shaykh Osama 
Ben Laden appeared on the satellite channels 
announcing Al Qaeda's responsibility for this heinous 
act and announcing the `invasions' of Manhattan and 
New York (sic) and so it was not possible to continue 
the denial.So, Al Qaeda is responsible for the 
attacks, be it out of unprecedented political 
stupidity or as part of a plan by the neo- 
conservatives.  Whatever it is, the idea of raising 
photos of Ben Laden and considering him a hero is the 
expression of a huge malfunction in the Muslim mind 
that must be addressed." 
 
-- "The world after September 11" 
 
Center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour 
(09/12) editorializes:  "What are the Arabs and 
Muslims guilty of, when all the evidence showed that 
Osama Ben Laden and his organization were the creation 
of the American intelligence apparatus, when all 
justifications for launching the war on Iraq are 
completely false, and when the United States appears 
on the map of the Middle East as a force occupying all 
the oil sources and unites with Israel, not just in 
the fight against terrorism, but also in the manner of 
launching attacks on Iraqi and Palestinian cities and 
villages.  We were about to answer the question, `why 
do they hate us' that was put to the Arab and Muslim 
world when they came back with `we do not care about 
your answer'.  We were about to hold ourselves 
responsible for rebutting the claim of those who fight 
their battles in the name of Islam and disown them, 
when the expression `crusader wars' came from 
Washington and the expression `the pure Jewish state' 
came from Tel Aviv, telling us: it is not enough, not 
even necessary, when the objective is to control the 
region..  We wanted to learn the lesson and, with all 
good intentions, we wanted to be part of a world that 
rejects violence and condemns terrorism, a world where 
we mourn American victims and Americans mourn our 
victims.  But those who planned to take control of the 
world, to steal its oil and riches, and to put all the 
people under Israel's control, knew that what happened 
was part of the plan, while the other part is to keep 
us apologizing to them for their aggression against 
us." 
 
--  "September 11, three years of terrorism" 
 
Daily columnist Samih Ma'aytah writes on the back-page 
of independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/11): The weeks 
that followed the attacks of September 11 brought to 
the U.S. much sympathy, even from Arabs and moderate 
Islamist movements who condemned the attacks.  But the 
U.S. was not concerned with this outpouring of 
sympathy.  It had designs of its own, and the eyes of 
its armies were focused on targets, many of which had 
nothing to do with the attacks. But under pretext of 
fighting against terror the U.S. administration went 
berserk.  Between September 11 and the present the 
U.S. not only squandered the goodwill that came to it, 
it also revealed an unusual face of terrorism." 
 
--  "Three years after the explosions: much death, 
little safety and freedom" 
 
Yaser Abu Hilaleh writes on the op-ed page of 
independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/11): "The 
security failure of the American authorities has made 
September 11 a historic day.  But the more important 
failure was cultural, ideological, and political. 
Since then, the U.S. addressed some of its security 
failure, but it continues to fail in the other areas. 
Arabs equally live in failure as if the towers have 
not collapsed.If U.S. security agencies had been 
successful (in thwarting the 9/11 attacks) would the 
world be much different than it is today?  In reality, 
not much in depth, but very much on the surface. 
America would not have invaded Iraq nor even 
Afghanistan, despite what is being said about the 
plans of the neo-conservatives.  Saddam Hussein would 
still be in his job, and so would Mullah Omar and 
Osama Ben Laden.We have to remember that the Arab 
world was the one to stand against Colin Powell's plan 
of imposing `smart sanctions' against Iraq.  Sanctions 
would have been sufficient to keep Saddam in power for 
another 100 years as well as maintaining the flow of 
oil to the U.S. at the lowest of prices in return for 
easing the suffering of the Iraqi people.  As for 
Afghanistan, cruise missile strikes would have been 
sufficient.As for the Palestinians, had it not been 
for September 11, Bush would be now on the White House 
lawn talking with Abu Amar (Yasir Arafat).  This is on 
the surface.  Deep down, the Palestinian issue would 
not be solved, nor would the Iraqi, Chechen, Kashmiri 
issues.  The most important thing is that the cultural 
and intellectual conflict would have remained on the 
brink of explosion" 
--  "The September earthquake . has the world 
changed?" 
 
Basem Al-Tuweisi writes on the op-ed page of 
independent Arabic daily Al-Ghad (09/11): "It is clear 
that conflicts today happen between poles, each one of 
which wants to change the world by force.  This is 
[the philosophy] that the U.S. has expressed since it 
found itself alone at the apex of the world's power 
pyramid. It wanted to dismantle the world and forge it 
anew, to ensure the continuity of its dominance.  This 
is the same outlook expressed by the new forces in the 
Arab and Islamic East.  One must admit that the 
theories propagated in the early nineties about the 
clash of civilizations are true not because such a 
clash is foreordained, but because certain powers 
willed it to be true. Clearly there will be more wars 
and occupations ahead, which do not bespeak a will for 
change, but despair of it." 
 
--  "September 11" 
 
Urayb Al-Rintawi writes on the op-ed page of center- 
left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour (09/11): 
"Washington knows full well that the end of its war on 
terror is still very far off.  What it has not seemed 
to learn is that its policies, which have only 
increased in arrogance and disregard for the just 
causes of Arabs and Muslims since September 11, sow 
more seeds of hatred, and make greater areas fertile 
ground for Arab and Islamic enmity for Washington and 
its policies. Washington will not be able to curb Arab 
and Islamic enmity towards the United States as long 
as it continues to dismiss their just demands, 
particularly in Palestine." 
 
--  "Reflections on the anniversary of the quake" 
 
Mohammad Amayreh writes on the op-ed page of center- 
left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour (09/11): 
"America has gone to excess in its vengefulness, 
assuming that it had the right of revenge to start 
with, after it found or fabricated information that 
allowed it to blame Arabs and Muslims for the quake 
that shook it and the world.  This excess and 
indulgence pose questions regarding American culture, 
morals and values.  It make us pose that big question 
by Bush and the theorists of American politics: `Why 
do they hate us?' to them in reverse:  Why do you hate 
us?!" 
 
--  "Two terrorist camps play with the fate of 
mankind" 
 
Mahmoud Al-Rimawi writes on the op-ed page of semi- 
official, influential Arabic daily Al-Rai (09/12): 
"One of the most interesting outcomes of the September 
catastrophe is that it opened the door for an even 
more dangerous type of terrorism carried out by states 
and armies, complete with full ideological ammunition 
based on illusions of a monopoly on righteousness and 
virtue, and on the right to carry out genocide and 
ethnic cleansing.  The other terrorist camp wages 
total terror, not only with the latest weapons of mass 
destruction, but also through its disdain for the UN 
and its resolutions, disregard for international law, 
and dismissal of national sovereignty and public 
opinion." 
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