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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 000728 
 
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USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: UNREST IN THAILAND, 
TERRORISM/INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH, IRAQ, G-20 SUMMIT; 
NEW DELHI. 
 
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media 
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press. 
The Mission reports on English-language media via email 
through the daily "Early Edition" summary. 
 
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UNREST IN THAILAND 
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¶1. "UNREST IN THAILAND" editorial in April 14 independent 
Bengali daily ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The cancellation of 
the ASEAN summit in Thailand due to anti-government 
unrest is unparalleled, even in the entire South East 
Asia... It will affect Thailand's credibility as a safe 
investment destination... The government has shown ample 
patience while dealing with the ongoing trouble, but 
Thaksin and his followers need to show similar restraint. 
Both parties should try to avoid violence and bloodshed 
at any cost, and solve differences through negotiation, 
but Thaksin and his red brigade have not demonstrated 
much tolerance so far." 
 
¶2. "THAILAND CRISIS" editorial in April 14 centrist 
Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The ugly crisis in Thailand is 
another law-and-order worry for neighboring Asian 
countries. While PM Abhisit Vejjajiva sought to reassure 
the world that the government was restoring order, the 
unrest has pitted Thailand's security forces against the 
Red Shirt protesters, led by Thaksin Shinawatra whom the 
prime minister ousted in a 2006 military coup. Continued 
instability and mayhem on the streets of Bangkok will 
further damage an economy already badly battered by the 
global economic downturn." 
 
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TERRORISM/INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH 
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¶3. "THREE COUNTRIES, ONE ISSUE" editorial in April 13 
right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "It is high 
time that India, Pakistan and Bangladesh form a 
federation on anti-terrorism initiatives. It is not 
appropriate to go complaining to America about each 
other, because American ministers and diplomats sing 
different tunes in different places. Today, terrorism 
threatens all. If these countries want their people's 
welfare, they will have to move ahead shoulder-to- 
shoulder." 
 
¶4. "PAKISTAN: STONE AGE" editorial in April 1 Bhubaneswar 
Oriya daily SAMBAD: "The recent attack at a Lahore police 
training center is a reminder of Pakistan's flawed policy 
of helping extremist groups directly and indirectly... 
America's pressure on Pakistan to eliminate these terror 
groups in the wake of the 9/11 attacks has boomeranged, 
as these groups have started retaliating...  It is a 
question of survival for Islamabad.  Pakistan may 
disintegrate due to internal conflict, but the danger 
will not end.  It will continue to have nuclear weapons, 
even if it slips into Stone Age." 
 
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IRAQ 
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¶5. "SIX YEARS OF IRAQ'S FALL", editorial in April 13 
right-of-centre Urdu daily INQUILAB: "If President Obama 
is sincere, he will have to give real independence to 
this ruined country. Merely withdrawing American forces 
from Iraq within 18 months is no solution, because in the 
last six years, American imperialism has made human lives 
appalling beyond any imagination. Iraq's infrastructure 
is ruined; its trade and economic structure shattered. 
Employment is almost non-existent. Schools and colleges 
are razed to rubble. If Obama thinks that mere withdrawal 
of forces will be enough to compensate the problems 
created by George W. Bush, it would crafty and insincere 
on his part. Obama will have to adopt the policy of 
sympathy toward the Iraqi people, by fulfilling their 
justifiable demands." 
 
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G-20 SUMMIT 
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¶6. "G-20: PROBLEMS GALORE," editorial in April 2 Cuttack 
Oriya SAMAJA:  "Although the global economic meltdown got 
top priority at G-20, there are other problems such as 
environment that leaders needed to address. It is well 
known that the global economic crisis is a result of 
America's reckless policies.  If the U.S. is eager to put 
its house in order, it is understandable. Some other rich 
nations are also trying to safeguard themselves. In these 
circumstances, collective policy measures to pep up the 
global economy look improbable." 
BURLEIGH