US embassy cable - 05SANAA3009

UNCLAS SANAA 003009 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA, NEA/ARP, NEA/PD, NEA/RA, NEA/RRU, 
DS/OP/NEA AND S/CT 
CENTCOM FOR POLAD 
NEA/PPD FOR AFERNANDEZ 
THE WHITE HIUSE PLEASE PASS TO NSC 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, KMDR, PHUM, PTER, KISL, YM 
SUBJECT:  THE ECHO CHAMBER IN YEMEN. 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY:  Over the past several weeks Post has 
initiated a dynamic series of programs in response to U/S 
Hughes' Echo Chamber cables.  End Summary. 
 
2.  (U) IRAQ REFERENDUM (Echo Chamber dated October 13): 
Post has translated the text of U/S Hughes' Echo Chamber 
cable on the October 15 referendum and has circulated it by 
fax and email to media contacts.  Post will continue to 
emphasize and monitor citations and placement of the points 
raised in this cable to Yemeni media sources. 
 
3.  (U) AID TO PAKISTAN (Echo Chamber dated October 12): 
Post has added multiple links to the Embassy website 
highlighting USG efforts to assist earthquake victims in 
Pakistan.  Ambassador continues to address USG actions in 
meetings with ROYG officials and other contacts. 
 
5.  (U) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY SPEECH (Echo 
Chamber dated October 7): Official government daily Al- 
Thawra (circulation 35,000-40,000) published a front-page 
article summarizing and excerpting President Bush's speech 
at the National Endowment for Democracy, while offering no 
editorial comment on the President's remarks.  A link to the 
speech was added to the Embassy website. 
 
7.  (U) HURRICANE KATRINA (Echo Chambers dated September 7, 
September 9):  On September 15, the independent daily Al- 
Ayyam (circulation 35,000-40,000) published Ambassador 
Krajeski's op-ed on the subject of Hurricane Katrina.  The 
Ambassador thanked the Yemeni government and the Yemeni 
people for their expressions of concern and condolence in 
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and for their financial 
donation and enumerated the USG response in the aftermath of 
the storm. 
 
8.  (U) UNGA AND AFGHAN ELECTIONS (Echo Chamber dated 
September 5) Post launched an IIP-maintained link on the 
subject of the UN at 60 on the Embassy website.  The site 
offers a webcast link to President Bush's address to the UN. 
It also offers a link to the UN reform outcome document and 
another link to Ambassador John Bolton's remarks that that 
document is but "an important first step in what will be a 
long process." 
 
9.  (U) Post will continue to maximize outreach on 
forthcoming Echo Chamber cables to ensure media contacts are 
aware of U.S. policy and views.  We will continue to post 
USG links on the Embassy website on salient issues raised in 
these cables. 
 
KRAJESKI