Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 05PARIS5422, MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #05PARIS5422.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05PARIS5422 2005-08-09 10:54 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 02 PARIS 005422 
 
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 - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE 
IRAQ MIDDLE EAST - ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM GAZA AND HAMAS 
PARIS - TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2005 
 
 
(A) SUBJECTS COVERED IN TODAY'S REPORT: 
 
IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE 
IRAQ 
MIDDLE EAST - ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM GAZA AND HAMAS 
 
B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: 
 
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADS WITH IRAN AND ITS DECISION TO 
RESUME ITS URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES: "IRAN CHOOSES 
CONFRONTATION." FOR ITS EDITORIALIST PIERRE ROUSSELIN 
TEHERAN'S CHOICE IS AN "OPEN CHALLENGE" TO THE WEST, WHILE 
FRANCE'S FM DOUSTE-BLAZY CONSIDERS THAT IRAN HAS OPENED THE 
DOOR TO "A SERIOUS CRISIS." HE CALLS UPON THE INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY TO REMAIN "UNITED" IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. IN 
HER REPORT FROM WASHINGTON, LE FIGARO CORRESPONDENT 
GUILLEMETTE FAURE EXPLAINS THAT THE U.S. "IS NOT OVERREACTING 
TO IRAN'S POSITION BECAUSE IT DID NOT EXPECT MUCH FROM THE 
NEGOTIATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE EUROPEAN TROIKA." (SEE PART C) 
 
POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER FRANCE SOIR REPORTS ON THE POSSIBILITY 
FOR SOME GIS TO RETURN FROM IRAQ BY EARLY 2006, AND CARRIES A 
SCATHING COMMENTARY TITLED: "DOES THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE ARMY 
DESERVE ITS NAME?" (SEE PART C) 
 
REPORTS ABOUT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S RESIGNATION FROM THE 
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE, WITH COMMENTATORS AGREEING THAT 
IT CHANGES NOTHING FOR SHARON'S PLANS TO PULLOUT FROM GAZA. AN 
OP-ED IN LE FIGARO BY OLIVIER ROY, AN EXPERT ON THE MUSLIM 
WORLD, IS TITLED "CAN HAMAS CHANGE?" (SEE PART C) 
 
(C) SUPPORTING TEXT/BLOCK QUOTES: 
 
IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE 
 
"IRAN'S CHALLENGE" 
PIERRE ROUSSELIN IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (08/09): "IRAN 
HAS CHOSEN CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST. EVEN IF WE ARE 
ACCUSTOMED TO TEHRAN'S DRAMATIZATION, EVEN IF THE EUROPEANS 
CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR AN OUT IN ORDER TO HIDE THEIR FAILURE, 
THE RESUMPTION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT BY IRAN MARKS A POINT OF 
NO RETURN AND SIGNALS THE BEGINNING OF AN INTERNATIONAL 
CRISIS. IRAN FOOLS NO ONE WHEN IT PRETENDS THAT ITS AIM IS 
ONLY TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY. CONSIDERING IRAN'S INTRANSIGENCE 
THERE IS NO POINT IN DILLY-DALLYING: THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO 
GO BEFORE THE UNSC IN ORDER TO ADOPT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, 
AS THE U.S. HAS BEEN PROPOSING FOR SOME TIME. THE COUNTDOWN 
HAS STARTED. THE TONE USED BY TEHRAN IN ANSWER TO THE 
EUROPEANS' PROPOSALS PROVES TO WHAT EXTENT IRAN FEELS IN A 
POSITION OF STRENGTH. THE U.S. IS MUCH TOO BUSY WITH IRAQ TO 
CONSIDER MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN. IN ISRAEL, THE 
ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE PULLOUT FROM GAZA. GREAT BRITAIN 
HAS ITS HANDS FULL WITH ITS HUNT FOR TERRORISTS. AS FOR 
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, THE PRICE OF OIL PROTECTS IRAN FROM AN 
EMBARGO THAT WOULD PENALIZE THE WEST, WHOSE ONLY OPTION IS TO 
REMAIN UNITED AND DETERMINED." 
 
"WASHINGTON BETTING ON THE UNSC" 
GUILLEMETTE FAURE IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (08/09): "THE 
U.S. IS HANDLING THE IRANIAN ISSUE WITH DISCRETION. IT IS 
CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION LIES WITH THE UNSC. IRAN'S 
`NO' TO THE EUROPEANS HAS NOT HAD THE SAME DRAMATIC IMPACT IN 
THE U.S. AS IT HAS IN EUROPE. WASHINGTON WAS NOT OPENLY 
COMMITTED TO THE LATEST CRISIS. IF THE IRANIAN POSITION HAS 
ELICITED SUCH LITTLE REACTION FROM THE U.S. IT IS BECAUSE 
WASHINGTON DID NOT EXCEPT MUCH FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE NEW 
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN, JOHN BOLTON, HAS BEEN WORKING ON 
THE IRANIAN ISSUE FOR YEARS AND CANNOT WAIT TO GET HIS HANDS 
ON IT. THE UN COULD WELL BE THE KEY TO RESOLVING THE CRISIS. 
EVEN IF MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE 
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND THE EUROPEANS ONCE THE 
QUESTION OF SANCTIONS IS BROACHED." 
 
IRAQ 
"DOES THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE ARMY DESERVE ITS NAME?" 
RIGHT-OF-CENTER FRANCE SOIR (08/09): "FACED WITH THE QUAGMIRE 
THAT IRAQ HAS TURNED INTO, THE U.S. ARMY HAS BEEN LACKING AND 
SHOWN ITS LIMITATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF NUMBERS. THE 
THREE MAIN PRIORITIES IT SET AT THE START OF THE CONFLICT, 
ENDING SADDAM'S REGIME, MAINTAINING ORDER AND RECONSTRUCTING 
IRAQ'S INFRASTRUCTURE, REQUIRED, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, CLOSE 
TO 460,000 MEN. BUT ONLY 138,000 MEN ARE PRESENT IN IRAQ. THE 
U.S. ARMY IS SUFFERING FROM A CRUEL LACK OF PERSONNEL. ONE CAN 
LEGITIMATELY QUESTION THE ABILITY OF THE YOUNG RECRUITS WHO 
ARE ABOUT TWENTY YEARS IN AGE AND WHO FOR THE MOST PART SPEAK 
ONLY SPANISH, TO HELP MAINTAIN THE PEACE IN IRAQ. HOW IS IT 
POSSIBLE THAT THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE ARMY MISESTIMATED THE 
TASK TO THIS EXTENT? . THE CREDIBILITY AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE 
U.S. ARMY HAVE BEEN TARNISHED EVEN IF THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE 
A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE." 
 
MIDDLE EAST - ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM GAZA AND HAMAS 
 
"CAM HAMAS CHANGE?" 
OLIVIER ROY IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (08/09): "AFTER THE 
ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM GAZA, HAMAS WILL HAVE CONTROL OF THE 
AREA. THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO IMPOSE 
ITSELF. THIS NEW SITUATION WILL FORCE HAMAS TO MAKE A CHOICE 
BETWEEN A STRATEGY THAT HAS BEEN DEFINED BY THE STRUGGLE TO 
LIBERATE PALESTINE AND A POLICY FOR MANAGING THE REGION. THE 
CULTURE OF COMBAT WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THAT OF HAMAS 
WILL NOT DISAPPEAR IN A DAY. THE ROLE THAT ISLAM WILL PLAY IN 
THE ATTITUDE ADOPTED BY HAMAS REMAINS AN OPEN QUESTION. UNTIL 
NOW, ISLAM HAS PLAYED THE ROLE OF A MOBILIZING FORCE WITHIN 
HAMAS IN ITS WAR FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION. IN THE LONG RUN IT 
WOULD BE LOGICAL FOR HAMAS TO TURN FROM A CULTURE OF WAR TO A 
CULTURE OF POLITICAL POWER. IN THE SHORT TERM IT WILL TRY TO 
NAVIGATE BETWEEN THE TWO." HOFMANN