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SUBJECT:  SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON 
 
¶1.  Summary:  A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" described the war against 
Lebanon as international hooliganism, stressing that peace can not 
be achieved through violence.  "Al-Khaleej" carried an editorial 
describing the plans for democracy which Rice presented to Lebanon 
as a "poisoned stew" whose aim is to further more strife and 
massacres.  "Al-Bayan" concludes that the Rome summit today will not 
do the Lebanese any good.  End Summary. 
 
¶2.  Kuwaiti columnist, Dr. Ali Al-Tarrah, wrote in his weekly op-ed 
headlined "War against Lebanon is nothing but international 
"hooliganism" " in Abu Dhabi-based semi-official Arabic daily 
"Al-Ittihad" (circulation 65,000) 07/24: 
"The U.S. policy is based on violence.  It sees the current war as 
part of its war on terror.  It also sees force as the only solution 
to defeat the culture of terror.  This policy will bring pain to 
those who prefer a reasonable and moderate approach.  Today, the 
number of Hezbollah supporters is increasing, so is hatred against 
the U.S.  The people of the Arab states who support U.S. policy, are 
changing their minds.  Saudi Arabia, which described the war as an 
adventure lead by Hezbollah, could only refuse the U.S. conditions 
to a cease-fire because they were based on the rule of force and 
violence...  We want our states which are connected to the U.S. to 
understand that there should be common interests and that no country 
should pursue its interests without any consideration to the others. 
 Our connection with the U.S. is imbalanced and is not based on 
common interests.  This connection will cause more loss on our side. 
 The U.S. policy will double terrorism and will bring about more 
destruction in the Arab region.  The idea of being moderate will not 
materialize in any country, as long as the U.S. ignores the 
interests of the people of the region.  There will be no light at 
the end of the tunnel as long as we ignore the fact that peace 
cannot be achieved with the logic of international bullies." 
 
¶3. Under headline "Rice and her poisoned stew", Sharjah-based 
pan-Arab daily "Al-Khaleej" (circulation 90,000) wrote 07/26 
editorial: 
 
"U.S. President George Bush says that he supports democracy in 
Lebanon.  Is there anything left in Lebanon to adopt the "U.S. 
style" democracy?  Should all the countries, who Bush wants to adopt 
democracy, be doomed to massacres, the destruction of their 
infrastructures and a shift backwards such as in Iraq and what is 
happening in Lebanon?  Bush's democracy and Rice's Middle East are 
the aircraft, gun, and warship which are used by Zionist war 
criminals to liquidate all the Lebanese people.   These are the same 
weapons that threaten all Arabs whose countries are unilaterally 
targeted in order for Israel to achieve its expanding greed under 
the custody and protection of the U.S." 
 
 
¶4. Under headline "Shall peace emerge from Rome?", Dubai-based 
Arabic daily "Al-Bayan," (circulation 85,000) wrote a 07/26 
editorial: 
 
"If the Rome Summit adopts the bilateral U.S.-Israeli position, then 
the Lebanese people will reap nothing but sweet words that do not 
fatten or alleviate hunger.  Without forcing Israel to first cease 
its aggression, withdraw from Shebaa farms and release Lebanese 
prisoners from its jails, the Rome Summit will be futile, unless its 
purpose was to pass the imposition of the so-called "New Middle 
East" through the use of Israeli war machinery.  If the Rome summit 
went according to the whims of Israel and followed the path of 17 
May 1983, its results will ultimately resemble the results which 
follow the agreement of the May 17, which ended up being cancelled 
by the Lebanese people, because it was against their interests." 
 
 
 
SISON