US embassy cable - 02AMMAN5074

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Identifier:	02AMMAN5074
Wikileaks:	View 02AMMAN5074 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2002-09-08 06:29:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	KPAO PREL OIIP JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS AMMAN 005074 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, PREL, OIIP, JO 
SUBJECT: SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN 
 
REF: STATE 163125 
 
1.  EMBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR 
ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 
DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR JORDANIAN AUDIENCE OF THE TRAGIC 
EVENTS BEHIND THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM.  FOLLOWING ARE OUR 
MAJOR ACTIVITIES. 
 
2.  EMBASSY HAS COMMISSIONED THE PRODUCTION OF A THREE- 
VOLUME COMMEMORATIVE BOOK SET OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, 
READINGS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AND OTHER SELECTIONS OF 
AMERICAN PROSE WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC BOUND 
AS A BOXED SET.  EMBASSY HEADS OF SECTION WILL DISTRIBUTE 
THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOK SETS IN CALLS ON PRINCIPAL JORDANIAN 
CONTACTS ON SEPTEMBER 11.  CHARGE WILL DELIVER A SET OF THE 
COMMEMORATIVE BOOKS TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER SEPTEMBER 10 
IN A BRIEF EVENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THAT WILL BE 
COVERED BY THE JORDANIAN PRESS.  PA WILL ISSUE A PRESS 
RELEASE TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK 
SETS. 
 
3.  POST WILL RUN AN EDITORIAL BY THE AMBASSADOR IN THE 
THREE HIGHEST-CIRCULATION JORDANIAN DAILIES BASED ON THE 
THEMES IN REFTEL.  PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION WILL ALSO 
DISTRIBUTE IIP-PROVIDED MATERIALS RELATED TO SEPTEMBER 11 TO 
CONTACTS IN THE PRESS, TARGETTED, IN PARTICULAR AT 
JOURNALISTS PREPARING ARTICLES, SUPPLEMENTS AND NEWS 
PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY. 
 
4.  POST HAS CREATED A SPECIAL "SEPTEMBER 11: ONE YEAR 
LATER" WEBPAGE ON THE EMBASSY WEBSITE THAT WILL FEATURE 
PHOTO GALLERIES, USG OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, IIP ELECTRONIC 
JOURNALS, AND LINKS TO OTHER USG 9/11-RELATED WEBSITES. 
 
5.  IN HOUSE, ON SEPTEMBER 11, WE WILL HOLD A BRIEF 
COMMEMORATIVE EVENT FOR THE EMBASSY COMMUNITY.  JTV AND 
JORDANIAN PRINT MEDIA PLAN TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO RECORD 
THIS EVENT.  WE FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT JTV IS NEGOTIATING 
TO SECURE RIGHTS TO AIR THE ROBERT DENIRO-HOSTED 9/11 
SPECIAL FOR THE LOCAL JORDANIAN TELEVISION AUDIENCE. 
  BERRY