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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI2649 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI2649 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-08-10 13:46:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | OIIP KMDR TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 11:52:40 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM August 10, 2004
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2649 - UNKNOWN)
TAGS: OIIP, KMDR
Captions: None
Subject: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02649
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: PAO
INFO: ECON AMB POL DCM
Laser1:
ACTION: PAO
DISSEMINATION: PAO
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER
DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB
CLEARED: NONE
VZCZCADI245
OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR
RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC
DE RUEHAD #2649 2231346
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 101346Z AUG 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5426
RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0825
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0862
RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA//
RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002649 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA; INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC SECDEF FOR OASD/PA USCINCCENT FOR POLAD LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA LONDON - PASS TO MOC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OIIP, KMDR, TC SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB 1. SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" (CIRCULATION 85,000) NOTED THE NEW CONFESSIONS OF THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA ENGLAND REVEALING THAT ALL OF THE TORTURE THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT ABU GHRAIB PRISON WAS RECEIVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT THIS REVEALED THAT THE TORTURE WAS CONDONED AND APPROVED BY OFFICIALS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, SUCH AS SECRETARY RUMSFELD. THESE TORTURES DISGRACED THE U.S. AND THE SIPDIS AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD START REALIZING WHAT BAD THINGS THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AND REPRESENTING. END SUMMARY. 2. "THE NEW CONFESSIONS REVEALED BY THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA ENGLAND REGARDING ABU GHRAIB PRISON AND THE BRUTAL TORTURES THAT TOOK PLACE THERE BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS AGAINST IRAQI PRISONERS MEANS THAT THIS SCANDAL WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION IF IT REMAINS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR NOT. THE SOLDIER REVEALED THAT WHOEVER TORTURED THE PRISONERS WAS RECEIVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING U.S. OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE TORTURE WAS A DECISION MADE BY HIGH POLITICAL LEVELS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFEILD. THIS IS WHY THE TRIAL OF SIPDIS THE LOW-RANKING SOLDIERS WHO TORTURED THE PRISONERS IS ONLY A DIVERSION OF THE REAL SOURCE OF IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THERE ARE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION THAT SHOULD BE TRIED - NOT THE LITTLE SCAPEGOATS. REGARDLESS, THE DISGRACE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF THESE BRUTAL ACTIONS IN ABU GHRAIB PRISON IN IRAQ WILL NOT BE ERASED EASILY, AND THERE ARE MORE SCANDALS BY THE OFFICIALS OF BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION TO BE REVEALED SOON. THE HOPE IS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL REALIZE WHAT KIND OF ADMINISTRATION IS REPRESENTING THEM." ALBRIGHT
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