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TELEGRAM                                         January 29, 2003


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From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 486 - UNKNOWN)          

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Subject:  MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ                     

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SUBJECT:  MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ 
 
 
 1.  SUMMARY:  ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF 
THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ.  EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC 
PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ, 
DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO 
AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR.  ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT 
WASHINGTON SEES ONLY THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE UN REPORT TO USE 
THEM AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR A WAR ON IRAQ.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 2. COMMENTING ON THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, DUBAI-BASED 
BUSINESS-ORIENTED DAILY "AL-BAYAN" ON 1/28 EDITORIALIZED: 
 
"THE ENTIRE WORLD, EXCEPT FOR THE U.S., BRITAIN AND ISRAEL, 
REJECT THE OPTION OF WAR BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A CATASTROPHE 
WHOSE CONSEQUENCES MAY EXTEND BEYOND THE REGION ... HOWEVER, THE 
EUROPEAN UNION REFUSES TO SURRENDER TO THE AMERICAN-BRITISH WILL 
(TO GO TO WAR) ... SO FAR, ALL SIGNALS INDICATE THAT FRANCE AND 
GERMANY REPRESENT A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR AN AMERICAN-BRITISH 
THIRST FOR WAR.  THE VOICE OF WISDOM SHOULD URGE US TO ALLOW THE 
UN INSPECTORS MORE TIME TO FINISH THEIR JOB ..." 
 
 3.  UNDER THE HEADLINE "TIME IS NOT LOST FOR A SOLUTION", ABU 
DHABI-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AKHBAR AL-ARAB" ON 1/28 
EDITORIALIZED: 
 
"... IRAQ REQUIRES MORE TIME TO MAKE ESSENTIAL CHANGES IN ITS 
SYSTEM, IDEOLOGIES, AND BEHAVIOR.  IT ALSO NEEDS MORE TIME ... TO 
TALK TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND OTHER FORCES THAT WOULD 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING A NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ ... HOWEVER, IF 
IRAQ STRONGLY REJECTS A POLITICAL SOLUTION, THE WORLD COMMUNITY 
HAS THE PROPER TOOLS TO COMPEL THE IRAQI REGIME TO ACCEPT 
PEACEFUL INITIATIVES." 
 
 4.  CRITICIZING THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION'S INTERPRETATION OF THE 
UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS, PAN-ARAB SHARJAH-BASED DAILY "AL- 
KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON 1/29: 
 
"IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE U.S. HAS CHOSEN TO USE ONLY THE NEGATIVE 
PARTS OF THE UN REPORTS IN ITS ACCUSATION OF IRAQ'S NON- 
COMPLIANCE ... THE AMERICAN POSITION REGARDING THE UN REPORTS 
RESEMBLES ITS PREVIOUS POSITIONS.  IN FACT, WASHINGTON USES THE 
NEGATIVE CONTENT IN THE REPORT AS A JUSTIFICATION TO ATTRACT 
OTHER NATIONS TO OPT FOR WAR, CLAIMING THAT IRAQ'S WMD CAN ONLY 
BE ELIMINATED BY FORCE ..." 
 
WAHBA