US embassy cable - 05TUNIS1503

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BEN ALI CONDEMNS LONDON BOMBINGS

Identifier: 05TUNIS1503
Wikileaks: View 05TUNIS1503 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Tunis
Created: 2005-07-08 14:22:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PTER TS
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L TUNIS 001503 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/MAG (LAWRENCE) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PTER, TS 
SUBJECT: BEN ALI CONDEMNS LONDON BOMBINGS 
 
 
Classified By: Ambassador William J. Hudson for reasons 1.4 (b); (d) 
 
1.  (U)  All major press July 8 carried President Ben Ali's 
message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and PM Blair, in which 
he "condemned the odious crime" which had resulted in 
horrible damage and loss of life, and "expressed Tunisia's 
sympathy for the United Kingdom, the families of the victims 
and the British people."  There was no editorial comment June 
8. 
 
2.  (C)  Comment:  We are engaging both Tunisian contacts and 
Arab diplomats here to urge more public statements condemning 
violence of all kinds in the name of Islam or in supposed 
defense of Arab causes.  The Egyptian DCM, after accepting 
our condolences on the killing of Egypt's senior diplomat in 
Iraq, said "the reaction from Cairo will come slowly, but it 
will come."  Tunis will report further reaction after a 
review of the weekend press. 
HUDSON 

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