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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06MUSCAT1181	2006-08-01 11:24	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Muscat

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UNCLAS        MUSCAT 01181

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    INFO:   AMB DCM POLE

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CHARGE: PROG

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MUSCAT 001181 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PPD, NEA/PI, AND INR/R/MR 
STATE PASS USTR FOR N. MOORJANI, J. BUNTIN 
LONDON FOR TSOU 
PARIS FOR ZEYA 
USCENTCOM FOR PLUSH 
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER FOR SILAS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION:  CRISIS IN LEBANON 
 
REF: MUSCAT 1173 
 
¶1.  SUMMARY:  Government-owned daily "Oman" expresses hope that 
the Rome conference may end Israel/Hezbollah combat; privately 
owned "Al-Watan" sees the Palestinians as victims of Israeli and 
"superpower" interests; "Oman" predicts retaliation for the Qana 
bombing; a columnist for "Oman" compares American and Israeli 
visions of the "New Middle East;" participants in online 
discussion exchange views of the United States."  END SUMMARY. 
 
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COVERAGE 
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¶2.  Israeli/Hezbollah combat dominated Oman's Arabic and English 
newspapers this week; reftel provides detail.  Large photographs 
of dead and wounded Lebanese civilians dominated the front pages, 
especially following the Qana incident. 
 
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BLOCK QUOTES:  ROME CONFERENCE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE 
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¶3. Government-owned "Oman" (circulation 38,000) editorialized 
July 26 about "Israeli Aggression and the Rome Conference," 
hoping for an end to the present violence: 
 
"The Rome conference presents a great opportunity for 
comprehensive peace in the region.  However, chances are that the 
U.S.-Israeli conditions will prevail.  The aggressive war that is 
destroying Lebanon is a war on humanity.  The crimes committed by 
the Israelis there must be paid; there must be compensation for 
the destruction of Lebanon. The Rome conference should solve 
matters completely, shunning rhetoric from one country toward 
another.  This region cannot endure more wars and conflicts.  It 
needs a just and comprehensive peace." 
 
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PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS VICTIMS OF ISRAELI, SUPERPOWER INTERESTS 
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¶4. "Al-Watan" (privately owned daily, circulation 42,000) 
published a July 26 editorial entitled "The Bravery of Watching": 
 
"How can we be so rude, doing nothing but watching television 
images of Lebanon and dying children?  Can we just keep watching 
without doing anything while the Zionists are burning the flesh 
of our children in Lebanon and Palestine? This is merely a 
conflict of interests between superpowers mixed with the 
interests of the Israelis and the victims are Palestinian and 
Lebanese families and children." 
 
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QANA:  EXPECT "REVENGE...AGAINST ALL MANKIND" 
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¶6. On July 31, "Oman" reported the ongoing escalation of the 
Israeli military operation in Lebanon and the likelihood of "A 
Second Qana": 
 
"The Lebanese Government decided to refuse U.S. Secretary of 
State Rice's visit because any negotiations under the hell of 
Israeli bombardment would be meaningless.  Will it be sufficient 
for the martyrs to receive expressions of sympathy from the world 
community?  Or will those torn bodies and pure souls find someone 
from this or the coming generation to carry out revenge, not only 
against the killer but against all mankind?  The counter violence 
that the superpowers fear shall indeed be staged blindly, without 
differentiating between the killer and the innocent." 
 
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THE NEW MIDDLE EAST...AGAIN 
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¶7. "Oman" carried a second editorial on July 31, "Rice's Dreams 
for A New Middle East," by columnist Abdullah al-Uliyan: 
 
"The calls of Rice regarding the new Middle East are identical to 
Shimon Peres' former notion of the New Middle East... Israel 
seeks to restructure the region in a way that suits its own 
ambitions and the Torah's dreams.  This time [the New Middle 
East] would be built instead on destruction and the killing and 
displacement of innocent civilians; whatever is necessary to make 
the Israeli dream come true." 
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OMAN ONLINE: WARNING TO AMERICAN EMBASSY 
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¶9. Participants in Oman's largest online discussion forum "al- 
Sablah" discussed their attitudes toward America this week, an 
exchange spurred by continuing Israel/Hezbollah violence.  One 
participant posted a "warning" to the American Embassy that it 
should be alert, because the apparent security for its employees 
might become a "Fire that turn[s] their lives into Hell." The 
writer added, "Yes, let [the] American Embassy and all American 
bases and interests in Oman be warned for what its administration 
and Zionist entity [are] doing and the insult of the Arab that 
has upset the peaceful Omani."  The topic appeared on July 30, 
quickly generated over 2,200 hits and over 73 responses. Of those 
responding, 80% disagreed with the author's sentiments, saying 
they trusted the nation's religious and political leaders to 
handle the issue instead and requesting that site administrators 
close the topic. 
 
¶10.  Negative responses from posters included the following 
(posted, unusually for this proudly Arabic-language outlet, in a 
mixture of English and Arabic):  "We should kill every Zionist 
American... We should conduct a demonstration towards American 
Embassy meet the Ambassador and give him our protest letter... 
American Ambassadors should be kicked from all Islamic 
countries... The warning is not enough; we demand to freeze all 
agreements between Oman and America as a way of protest from the 
Omanis including the FTA... This is the right action, we don't 
want to kill or destroy but play a fair political game using this 
type of pressure... Let the Ambassador and his team in the 
Embassy knows that they are not welcomed." 
 
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