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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI4179 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI4179 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-11-22 11:31:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |
| Tags: | KPAO TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 02/05/2007 04:04:32 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 04179
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: PAO
INFO: DCM ECON POL AMB
DISSEMINATION: PAO
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: DCM:RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER
CLEARED: NONE
VZCZCADI576
RR RUEHC RUEHZM
DE RUEHAD #4179 3271131
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 221131Z NOV 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6858
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004179 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR NEA/PPD, NEA/ARP AND IIP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KPAO, TC SUBJECT: CHIEF OF ABU DHABI TELEVISION FIRED 1. (U) The chief of Abu Dhabi Television (ADTV) was removed from his post after the station resumed normal programming sooner than appropriate during the official mourning period for the death of the late president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Ahmed Ali Al Baloushi was in charge of Abu Dhabi TV in his capacity as Director-General of Emirates Media Inc. (EMI) and has been asked to "stay at home." The Minister of Information and Culture Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, one of the late president's sons, was quoted in the English language Khaleej Times on Nov. 13 as saying that the decision was taken following a certain "blunder." Ali Al Ahmed, director of ADTV, has been appointed as acting director-general of EMI. The Khaleej Times was the only local paper that covered the story. 2. (SBU) Sources told the embassy that Al Baloushi was supposed to coordinate the return to normal programming with Dubai TV sometime after the three day period during which all private businesses were closed (public sector was closed until November 20). Instead, ADTV went on the air a day before it had been agreed upon, embarrassing the Abu Dhabi leadership. Coming on the heels of a financial fiasco in which ADTV reportedly overpaid by millions of dirhams to produce several entertainment shows rather than buying canned product, the slight to the emiri family reportedly enraged Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, who ordered Al Baloushi's departure. SISON
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