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Viewing cable 05PARIS3354, MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION -

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05PARIS3354 2005-05-17 10:56 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 003354 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR INR/R/MR; IIP/RW; IIP/RNY; BBG/VOA; IIP/WEU; AF/PA; 
EUR/WE /P/SP; D/C (MCCOO); EUR/PA; INR/P; INR/EUC; PM; OSC ISA 
FOR ILN; NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR 
AND PASS USTR/PA; USINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO/PA; MOSCOW/PA; 
ROME/PA; USVIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR FR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION - 
AFGHANISTAN YUKOS TRIAL EU REFERENDUM - EU DEFENSE - ROLE OF 
EUROPE 
PARIS - TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005 
 
(A) SUBJECTS COVERED IN TODAY'S REPORT: 
 
KORAN DESECRATION - AFGHANISTAN 
YUKOS TRIAL 
EU REFERENDUM - EU DEFENSE - ROLE OF EUROPE 
 
B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: 
 
THE MIXED RESULTS OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRADITIONAL WHIT 
MONDAY HOLIDAY AND THE EU REFERENDUM DOMINATE IN TODAY'S 
COVERAGE. ANALYSES ON WHIT MONDAY AS A WORKDAY CONCLUDE FOR 
THE MOST PART THAT THE FRENCH PEOPLE LACK CONFIDENCE IN THEIR 
GOVERNMENT. PM RAFFARIN WILL SPEAK THIS EVENING ON FRANCE 2 
TELEVISION TO EXPLAIN HIS POLICY IN FAVOR OF SOLIDARITY FOR 
THE AGED. ON THE EU REFERENDUM, THE LATEST POLL GIVES THE LEAD 
TO THE `NO' WITH 51 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS, ACCORDING TO LE 
FIGARO- IPSOS. THE REFERENDUM AND RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS A 
UNIFIED EU DEFENSE AND HOW CHINA PERCEIVES EUROPE ARE THE 
SUBJECTS OF SEVERAL COMMENTARIES (SEE PART C), WHILE FM 
BARNIER PENS AN OP-ED IN LA TRIBUNE: "THE CONSTITUTION RENDERS 
A EUROPEAN DEFENSE INITIATIVE OPERATIONAL. THERE WILL BE NO 
EUROPEAN STABILITY WITHOUT A JOINT EUROPEAN DEFENSE. OUR 
AMBITION FOR A EUROPEAN DEFENSE AND OUR ATTACHMENT TO NATO 
COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER." 
 
AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL STORIES, THE UZBEK UPRISING IS FRONT- 
PAGED IN LE FIGARO, WHILE LIBERATION NOTES THAT "INTERNATIONAL 
REACTIONS ARE TIMID. FM BARNIER CALLS FOR A POLITICAL 
DIALOGUE. AND SECRETARY OF STATE RICE HAS CALLED FOR REFORMS. 
THE BRITISH ARE THE MOST CRITICAL. WITH FM SNOW CALLING THE 
SHOOTING OF CIVILIANS `UNJUSTIFIED.'" 
 
THE YUKOS OIL VERDICT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE EDITORIAL IN LE 
FIGARO BY PIERRE ROUSSELIN WHO ACCUSES THE KREMLIN OF "WANTING 
TO GRAB RUSSIA'S OIL SECTOR." A PAGE-TWO REPORT IS TITLED "THE 
YUKOS AFFAIR TARNISHES MOSCOW'S IMAGE." (SEE PART C) 
 
NEWSWEEK'S STORY ON THE DEFAMATION OF THE KORAN AT GUANTANAMO 
IS CENTERED ON THE DEBATE OVER NEWSWEEK'S PARTIAL RECANTING, 
THE ORIGINAL INFORMANT AND ALLEGED PRESSURES FROM THE U.S. 
ADMINISTRATION. LE MONDE REPORTS ON PRESIDENT KARZAI AND HIS 
CRITICISM OF THE U.S. ARMY FOR ARRESTING AFGHANS BUT ALSO 
QUOTES KARZAI'S RENEWED AFFIRMATION THAT HE "WISHES TO PROLONG 
THE ALLIANCE WITH THE U.S."  (SEE PART C) 
 
FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE LEADS WITH THE REBOUND OF THE DOLLAR 
"THANKS TO U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH." IN HIS EDITORIAL PASCAL 
AUBERT WONDERS ABOUT THIS UPWARD TREND: "THERE ARE MANY 
AMBUSHES ON THE ROAD TO A PERMANENT STRONGER DOLLAR. BUT BUSH 
II HAS APPARENTLY LEARNED FROM THE FAILURES OF BUSH I. THE 
PROGRESSIVE REHABILITATION OF THE DOLLAR SHOULD LOGICALLY 
CONTINUE." 
 
(C) SUPPORTING TEXT/BLOCK QUOTES: 
 
KORAN DESECRATION - AFGHANISTAN 
 
"NEWSWEEK'S `MEA CULPA'" 
ALEXANDRA VOINCHET IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER FRANCE SOIR (05/17): 
"WAS THE INFORMATION REVEALED BY NEWSWEEK AN INVENTION OR WAS 
IT FALSE INFORMATION? OR HAS FRIENDLY `PRESSURE' FROM THE U.S. 
ADMINISTRATION LED THE WEEKLY TO RECANT ITS STORY? WHILE THE 
STORY WAS PRACTICALLY IGNORED IN THE U.S., IT CAUSED MUCH 
ANGER IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. WITH THE MOST VIOLENT REACTIONS IN 
AFGHANISTAN. THE U.S. IS SOMEWHAT SHAKEN BY THE CONTROVERSY 
AND HAS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. THE CONTROVERSY HAS INDEED 
FUELED VIOLENT FEELINGS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN THE MUSLIM 
WORLD, ALREADY EXACERBATED BY THE SCANDAL OF ABU GHARAIB." 
 
"AMERICA'S EMBARRASSMENT" 
THOMAS CANTALOUBE IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN (05/17): "WHO 
IS TO BE BELIEVED? WHEN AN AMERICAN `HIGH OFFICIAL' TELLS THE 
STORY OF THE KORAN HAVING BEEN THROWN IN A TOILET IN 
GUANTANAMO, THE ONLY THING NEW IS THAT THE REVELATION COMES 
FROM AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL. SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN 
REPORTED BY FORMER PRISONERS. AND AS NEWSWEEK SAYS, 
`CONSIDERING OTHER INCIDENTS, THE ACT MAY APPEAR SHOCKING, BUT 
IT REMAINS IN THE REALM OF THE PROBABLE.' FURTHERMORE, THE 
DRAFT HAD BEEN SHOWN TO PENTAGON OFFICIALS WHO AT THE TIME HAD 
NOT DENIED THE STORY." 
 
"KARZAI CRITICIZES THE U.S. ARMY" 
FRANCOISE CHIPAUX IN LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE (05/17): "KARZAI 
HAS INTIMATED THAT HIS NEIGHBORS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT 
ANTI-AMERICAN PROTEST IN AFGHANISTAN, AND PAKISTAN IN 
PARTICULAR. KARZAI WHO IS WELL AWARE OF THE POLITICAL STAKES 
EMANATING FROM THE ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS HAS CRITICIZED 
THE ATTITUDE OF THE U.S. ARMY BUT HAS ALSO REITERATED THAT 
WITHOUT IT `AFGHANISTAN WOULD IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO CHAOS.' IN 
SPITE OF HIS CRITICISM OF THE AMERICANS, KARZAI HAS REAFFIRMED 
HIS DESIRE TO PROLONG THE ALLIANCE WITH THE U.S.: `WE KNOW 
THAT WITHOUT OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S., 
AFGHANISTAN CANNOT SUCCEED IN BECOMING A SOVEREIGN AND 
INDEPENDENT STATE.'" 
 
YUKOS TRIAL 
 
"GRABBING YUKOS" 
PIERRE ROUSSELIN IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (05/17): "THE 
FATE OF THE YUKOS COMPANY IS ALREADY KNOWN: IT WILL BE 
DISMANTLED SO THAT THE KREMLIN CAN GET ITS HANDS ON RUSSIA'S 
OIL INDUSTRY. IN A RUSSIA IN FULL REGRESSION, KHODOROWSKI WILL 
PAY THE PRICE FOR HIS TOO BLATANT SUCCESS. HE WILL BECOME AN 
EXAMPLE FOR BREAKING A PACT WITH THE KREMLIN WHEN HE 
ADVERTISED HIS POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND FINANCED LIBERAL 
RUSSIANS. BY RUINING AND HUMILIATING THE RUSSIAN MILLIONAIRE, 
THE MEN IN THE KREMLIN ARE PROVING THEIR AUTHORITY. WITH THE 
SUPPORT OF A PUBLIC OPINION MOVED BY A SPIRIT OF REVENGE, IT 
WILL BE EVEN EASIER FOR THEM TO GRAB OTHER RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL 
SECTORS PRIVATIZED TOO QUICKLY BY YELTSIN." 
 
EU REFERENDUM - EU DEFENSE - ROLE OF EUROPE 
 
"THE STAKES OF A UNIFIED DEFENSE" 
RETIRED ADMIRAL LACOSTE IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (05/17): 
"THERE IS NO WORTHWHILE JOINT EUROPEAN DEFENSE WITHOUT THE 
SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE. VOTING `YES' TO THE EU 
REFERENDUM MEANS ALLOWING OUR ARMIES TO PURSUE THEIR AMBITIOUS 
REFORMS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EU EXPANSION. INTERNAL AND 
EXTERNAL SECURITY ISSUES CAN NO LONGER BE SEPARATED. 
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM IS THE MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLE IN 
FAVOR OF COOPERATION BETWEEN ARMIES, POLICE AND THE JUDICIAL 
SYSTEMS AT THE NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. A 
YES VOTE WILL GIVE FRANCE AND EUROPE THE MEANS TO BE 
CONSIDERED FULLY CREDIBLE AND RESPECTED PARTNERS AMONG THE 
CONCERT OF GREAT NATIONS." 
 
"THE EU AS SEEN FROM CHINA" 
PIERRE HASKI IN LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION (05/17): "IT TOOK A 
LONG TIME FOR THE CHINESE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EUROPE EXISTED. 
CHINA WHICH ONLY KNOWS FORCE, HAS NOW RECOGNIZED THAT ON TRADE 
ISSUES EUROPE SPEAKS IN ONE VOICE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 
POLITICAL EUROPE, IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MATTER. FOR 
BEIJING, THERE IS NO POLITICAL EUROPE. THE MULTIPOLARITY THAT 
IS EMERGING WITH CHINA'S GROWING WEIGHT ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
SCENE IS NOT QUITE WHAT PARIS HOPED FOR. FOR CHINA, WASHINGTON 
IS THE ONLY VIABLE INTERLOCUTOR. THE EUROPEANS ARE ESSENTIALLY 
ONLY USEFUL TO ANNOY WASHINGTON. THE AMERICANS, WHO WERE FOR A 
TIME DISTRACTED BY THE WAR ON TERROR, HAVE NOW PLACED THE 
EMERGENCE OF CHINA AT THE HEART OF THEIR WORLD STRATEGY. A 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA IS SLOWLY EMERGING, 
BASED ON WELL-UNDERSTOOD ECONOMIC INTERESTS AS WELL AS ON AN 
ACKNOWLEDGED STRATEGIC RIVALRY. THE EUROPEANS, WHOSE VALUES 
HAVE NOT MUCH IN COMMON WITH THE AMERICANS' BUT EVEN LESS WITH 
CHINA'S, MAY WELL LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY ANY WEIGHT. 
BECAUSE SEEN FROM BEIJING, FRANCE'S DEBATE ON THE EU 
CONSTITUTION IS EVOLVING AS IF THE WORLD WAS NOT ON THE MOVE, 
AS IF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAD NOT CHANGED SINCE 
MAASTRICHT. WHILE THE REFERENDUM AND THE CONSTITUTION WILL 
ALLOW THE EU TO HAVE A PRESIDENCY WITH MORE WEIGHT, IT WILL 
NOT BE ENOUGH TO MAKE FOR A EUROPEAN JOINT FOREIGN POLICY AND 
WILL NOT ELICIT RESPECT FROM CHINESE LEADERS. THE ONLY IMPACT 
FROM REJECTING THE CONSTITUTION WILL BE CONFIRMATION OF 
BEIJING'S POINT OF VIEW: THAT EUROPE DOES NOT EXIST 
POLITICALLY AND THAT THE CENTER OF THE SOLE WORLD POWER SITS 
IN WASHINGTON." WOLFF