US embassy cable - 04KUWAIT1356

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001356 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/ARP, NEA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2014 
TAGS: OPDC, PARM, PREL, IZ, KU 
SUBJECT: (C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ 
 
REF: STATE 91439 
 
Classified By: CDA JOHN MORAN; REASON 1.4 (B, D). 
 
1.  (U) CDA delivered reftel letter from President Bush 
addressed to the Amir, to Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs 
Shaykh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah April 25.  Director of the 
Amir's Office Ibrahim al-Shatti and A/DCM sat in.  Receipt of 
the letter was announced in the Kuwaiti media, as the 
Minister had said it would be, but the specific contents were 
not divulged. 
 
2.  (C) In response to the letter and CDA's oral 
presentation, Shaykh Nasser assured CDA that Kuwait 
understands and supports what we are trying to accomplish in 
Iraq.  He went on to complain about the great damage being 
done by Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and - to a lesser extent - Abu 
Dhabi satellite TV stations.  He insisted that if the USG 
wanted to, it could fix Al-Jazeera's hostile slant "with one 
word" to the Qatari government.  On the way out, Shatti 
suggested the USG coopt Lebanese TV stations to counter the 
poisonous propaganda of Al-Jazeera and others.  He said many 
Lebanese want to be on America's side. 
MORAN