US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI1782

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UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA

Identifier: 04ABUDHABI1782
Wikileaks: View 04ABUDHABI1782 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2004-05-31 12:55:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL PTER TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                             May 31, 2004


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1782 - ROUTINE)         

TAGS:     PREL, PTER                                             

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA     

Ref:      None                                                   
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 01782

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   ECON DCM P/M RSO AMB 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: A/DCM:HOLSIN-WINDECKER

VZCZCADI657
RR RUEHC RUEHZM
DE RUEHAD #1782 1521255
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 311255Z MAY 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4577
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001782 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PTER, TC 
SUBJECT:  UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN 
SAUDI ARABIA 
 
 
1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for 
Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al- 
Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May 
29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in 
Al-Khobar.  The official statement quoted HBZ as 
saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the UAEG, and 
the Emirati people would "put their resources at the 
disposal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and further 
reaffirm their readiness to work alongside the Saudi 
leadership to eliminate those thugs who are bent on 
destruction, bloodletting, terrorism and wreaking 
havoc without any iota of conscience." 
 
2. The UAE's leadership had used harsh words to 
condemn past bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, 
but HBZ's language was perhaps the toughest we have 
seen in a while, including the UAEG's reaction to the 
November 2003 bombing at a residential compound in 
Riyadh.  HBZ's pledge of solidarity with the Saudi 
government echoed earlier UAEG promises of support for 
the Saudis' anti-terror drive after the November 2003 
bombing. 
WAHBA 

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