US embassy cable - 05ABUDHABI3264

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UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING

Identifier: 05ABUDHABI3264
Wikileaks: View 05ABUDHABI3264 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2005-07-25 11:25:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 03264

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL
    INFO:   DAO USLO PAO MEPI P/M ECON RSO AMB DCM

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MJSISON
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: A/DCM:HOLSIN-WINDECKER USLO:RSIMM LEGAT:ALIEN RSO:TBARNARD

VZCZCADI487
RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE RHMFIUU RHEHNSC
DE RUEHAD #3264 2061125
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 251125Z JUL 05
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0835
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 5262
RHMFIUU/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003264 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/EX, DS/IP/NEA, DS/ICI/PII, DS/IP/ITA, AND 
CA/OCS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, ASEC, PREL, KPAO, MCAP, TC 
SUBJECT: UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING 
 
REF: NCIS BAHRAIN IIR 5399011905 
 
1. An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE 
to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk 
attack.  The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 
2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was 
posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an 
unidentified individual and quoted in Bloomberg News July 24. 
 Al Sakifah carries statements attributed to Al Qaeda in 
Iraq. 
 
2. The threat message, entitled "Opening a new Jihad front in 
the UAE," criticizes the UAE for letting US naval vessels 
dock at Jebel Ali port near Dubai and permitting shore leave 
for the crew of aircraft carriers USS Kittyhawk, USS John F. 
Kennedy, and USS Harry S Truman.  The Web statement calls for 
the removal of the U.S. Ambassador to the UAE.  "If you 
refuse to do this, we ask God to settle the matter or we will 
settle it with our own hands."  In addition, the statement 
criticizes the UAE for training Iraqi police (although it 
does not specify that the training was conducted by the 
German Federal Police at UAE police facilities); warns the 
UAEG not to allow churches and temples to be built in the UAE 
and on the Arabian Peninsula; calls on the UAE to close 
liquor stores and night clubs; and warns that UAE leaders 
would be punished by God for allowing Muslims to leave 
prayers during the Dubai Shopping Festival. 
 
3. The statement was originally posted on March 18 on the 
Islamist Web site "Tajdeed" that belongs to extremist Saudi 
dissident Mohammed Al Masaari, according to a UAEG source 
quoted in the "Gulf News" July 25.  The "Tajdeed" Web site 
had requested that the message be spread to other forums. 
Responding to questions from Bloomberg News, Embassy PAO said 
that "all threats are taken seriously." 
 
4. A source from the UAEG reacted to the statement by telling 
"Gulf News" that the UAE's "preventive measures are there to 
ensure security and stability," and adding that "such 
baseless statements are only meant to confuse authorities. 
They are absurd and have no value." 
 
5. Septel to report RSO actions in view of subject warning 
and general threat profile based on recent events in the 
region. 
SISON 

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