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| Identifier: | 05ABUDHABI4537 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05ABUDHABI4537 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2005-11-01 14:32:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | OIIP KMDR TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 08/27/2006 06:01:43 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 04537
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: PAO
INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM
DISSEMINATION: PAO
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER
DRAFTED: PAO:AHOSHAN
CLEARED: PAO:WWROBERTSON
VZCZCADI774
OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RHRMDAB
RHWSMRC
DE RUEHAD #4537 3051432
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 011432Z NOV 05
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2239
RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0952
RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT
RHWSMRC/MCF01 SACCS USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004537 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA; INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC SECDEF FOR OASD/PA USCINCCENT FOR POLAD LONDON FOR MCKUNE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OIIP, KMDR, TC SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION:CRITICISM OF AMR MOUSA 1. SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST DIRECTED STRONG AND UNPRECEDENTED CRITICISM TO ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA, BLAMING HIM FOR DISREGARDING A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE LATE SHEIKH ZAYED, THUS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. THE COLUMNIST URGES MOUSA TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS MISTAKE AND SUBMIT HIS RESIGNATION. END SUMMARY. 2. Under the headline "Will Amr do it?", Rashed Saleh Al-Uraimi wrote in his daily column in Abu Dhabi-based semi-official Arabic daily "Al-Ittihad" (circulation 65,000) 10/31: "Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, recently revealed that just prior to the outbreak of war, Saddam Hussein and the U.S. agreed to an initiative launched by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in which Saddam would have gone into exile. Observers, historians, and other nations want to know the reason this golden opportunity was lost. It could have spared the unnecessary blood of many Iraqi victims. The answer can only come from the Arab League Chief who opposed including the initiative on the agenda for the Arab summit held in Sharm Al Sheikh. He should have acted to protect the national security of Arab nations, the security and stability of the Iraqi nation and the sovereignty and unity of Iraq, for which he now sheds crocodile tears." 3. ".The paradox today is that we see the Secretary-General visiting cities in Iraq and making grand statements and promises that the Arab League will soon present an initiative that will solve all of Iraq's problems. This all could have been avoided with the adoption of Sheikh Zayed's noble initiative. Personally, I think the Secretary-General wasted this golden chance and is a political failure. He should admit he made a historic mistake for which the Iraqi nation is still paying a dear price. and tender his resignation as a token of his apology. But will Amr do it?" SISON
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