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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 001362 
 
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E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, 
MADOFF FRAUD; 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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PAKISTAN 
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¶1. "FAILED COUNTRY PAKISTAN," editorial in June 30 right-of-center 
Urdu daily, INQUILAB: "Defeat of the Taliban will not resolve all 
the problems of Pakistan. The country will have to tackle the 
problems like food scarcity, water shortage, power failure, 
unemployment and many more. Without taking care of these problems, 
it cannot find a place in the list of successful countries. If the 
Pakistani leadership is not taking stock of the prevalent situation, 
 
then they should understand that Pakistan is inching towards a 
horrible disaster." 
 
¶2. "FEARS OF A NUCLEAR PAKISTAN," op-ed article in June 30 
centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The situation in 
Pakistan is completely out of the government's control and 
the Islamic terrorists are trying hard to get access of the 
weapons of mass destruction. The Pakistani army is not 
willing to hand over the control of the country's nuclear 
weapons to the civilian leadership. It is noteworthy that 
among all the nuclear states of the world Pakistan is the 
only nation where the army has the nuclear control in its 
hands. Pakistan is afraid that if its nukes would be in any 
kind of danger, the U.S. would not hesitate in removing or 
destroying them. India should be aware of the consequences of 
destruction of the state system in Pakistan." 
 
¶3. "FUNDAMENTAL CONDITION OF A SUCCESSFUL DIALOGUE," 
commentary in June 30 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIA: 
"Pakistan military operations against the Taliban are nothing 
but an attempt to please the U.S. for extracting more 
economic aid. The truth is just the opposite -- the ISI is 
supporting the Taliban. The situation is totally out of 
President Zardari's hands. India will have to take these 
facts into account while thinking in terms of resuming talks. 
 
The U.S. and its allies want India-Pakistan talks to be 
resumed. But they feel that India cannot be forced to hold 
another meaningless dialogue with Pakistan. India needs to 
tell the international community that no significant dialogue 
can be possible if Pakistan continues to support terrorism." 
 
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IRAQ / AFGHANISTAN 
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¶4. "A NEW BEGINNING IN IRAQ," editorial in July 1 centrist Marathi 
daily, PRAHAAR: "It is indeed welcome that the U.S.-led occupation 
forces have begun withdrawing from Iraq. The Obama administration 
has kept its word on this count, especially after realizing that the 
 
mission was a failed one. Now a new beginning can be made in war- 
torn, unstable Iraq, provided the internal political tussle between 
 
 
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the Shias and Sunnis is sorted out peacefully. Also greater 
attention needs to be paid towards Al Qaeda sleeper cells, which are 
 
most likely to be activated now in Iraq." 
 
¶5. "AMERICAN STRATEGY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN," editorial in June 30 
 
right-of-center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "One of the reasons of the 
proposed withdrawal of American forces from Iraq is that America has 
 
accomplished its intentions to a great extent. America cannot bear 
the burden of the loss of lives and properties anymore. On the other 
 
hand, America's prestige is at stake in Afghanistan. The Taliban are 
 
the real targets of America, because it does not like hard-core 
Muslims. Withdrawal of forces from Iraq means reinforcement in 
Afghanistan. In a nutshell, Obama's strategy does not seem to be 
different from that of his predecessor George W. Bush." 
 
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IRAN 
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¶6. "IMPERIALIST INTRIGUES," editorial in June 30 right-of-center 
Urdu daily, URDU TIMES: "Nowadays, America is repeating the same 
intrigues as in Iran when the elected and constitutional government 
 
had raised voice against the imperialist forces back in 1951. The 
CIA-sponsored riots and demonstrations made Mossadeq unpopular. The 
 
rest is the history. Now, the CIA is involved in a similar mission 
against Ahmadinejad. But the difference between Mossadeq and 
Ahmadinejad is that behind the latter, there is a powerful Islamic 
revolution, which had thrown the emperorship of Raza Shah Pahlavi 
into the dustbin of history." 
 
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MADOFF FRAUD 
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¶7. "MADOFF SCANDAL: AMERICAN FRAUD, LESSONS FOR INDIA," editorial in 
 
July 1 left-of-center Marathi daily, LOKSATTA: "The maximum sentence 
 
served to 71-year-old Bernard Madoff, who defrauded thousands of 
investors of billions of dollars, is a telling comment on the 
American judicial system, which has so far meted out unsparing 
punishments to the perpetrators of fraudulent schemes. Unlike in 
India, where swindlers and conmen go behind bars for mysteriously 
short terms, the U.S. courts at least ensure that criminals, who 
have perpetrated extraordinarily evil irregularities, are placed 
into permanent lock-up." 
BURLEIGH