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Viewing cable 06PARIS5360, MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba

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06PARIS5360 2006-08-08 11:34 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris
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Lucia A Keegan  08/08/2006 05:21:36 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Lucia A Keegan

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 005360 
 
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. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR FR
 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba 
PARIS - Tuesday, August 08, 2006 
 
 
(A) SUBJECTS COVERED IN TODAY'S REPORT: 
 
Lebanon 
Cuba 
 
B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: 
 
The shutting down of America's largest oil field and the new surge 
in the cost of oil are today's front page story in Le Figaro which 
also prominently features a color photograph of President Bush 
during his press conference, with the caption: "President Bush 
Against Israeli Troop Withdrawal" (from Lebanon). "Bush Rejects 
Immediate Israeli Pull Out" says Le Figaro: "The U.S. President 
wants the end of the hostilities and the UN resolution to be adopted 
quickly." But, says the report, "a pullout would create a vacuum 
propitious to a re-arming of Hezbollah" according to the U.S. 
position. Le Figaro announces that Secretary Rice will attend the 
debate this evening at the UN on Lebanon: "This would indicate that 
the draft resolution is unlikely to be adopted before tomorrow." 
Liberation announces on its front page that the Arab League supports 
Lebanon's peace plan, which is "a minimum gesture of solidarity 
towards Beirut." 
 
Le Figaro reports that FM Douste-Blazy has asked the U.S. to 
"postpone the introduction of the resolution so that 'amendments' 
can be added, including the withdrawal of Israeli troops." FM Douste 
Blazy a guest on FR3 television said that "France will not send its 
troops unless there is a complete cease-fire and a political 
agreement". He also said that France was a "mediator between Lebanon 
and the Arabs country, and Israel and the United States". 
 
La Croix reports that President Bush "is said to understand the 
objections" to the U.S.-French plan at the UN but "repeats his 
willingness to reach the adoption of a text 'as soon as possible.'" 
 
 
France Soir leads its reportage of the conflict with a photo of a 
distressed Arab Israeli woman and the title "Cries." A sidebar 
quotes President Bush from a press conference at Crawford, Texas: 
"We are going to cooperate with our partners to find a solution as 
soon as possible." France Soir also carries an interview with 
Israeli diplomat Avi Primor, who says he is "accustomed" to Israel's 
opponents' "exaggerations"; he claims Israel withdrew from Gaza and 
southern Lebanon only to be brought into war by Hamas and Hezbollah 
 
The electronic media reports on the Arab League's support for 
Lebanon and Fouad Siniora's tears when he evoked the destruction of 
his country. For FR2, Bush, "who is an unconditional friend of 
Israel, will accept a quick vote for a cease fire, without Israeli 
withdrawal from southern Lebanon". 
 
In Le Figaro researcher Fadi Assaf revisits Lebanon's various crises 
and comments: "The Hezbollah attack on Israel has given it a new and 
firmer position in Lebanon, something which other Lebanese 
communities did before Hezbollah... While Hezbollah's timing was 
Iranian, the outcome will be a Lebanese, Pan-Arabic and Islamic 
affair." 
 
In Liberation a Moroccan anthropology professor is interviewed about 
Hezbollah's hold on the Lebanese population: "This is a movement 
perceived as one that could 'finally' work effectively within the 
Lebanese political system." 
 
Le Figaro reports that a new party, 'the Specter' is going to 
'haunt' Tony Blair: "The families of soldiers who died in Iraq are 
creating a new political party" hoping to present 70 candidates in 
the next election. 
 
Le Figaro Economie leads with the closing of BP's oil field in 
Alaska and the rise in oil prices, "which is adding strain to a 
market already under pressure because of the new conflict in the 
Middle East." La Tribune lead story and editorial are devoted to "a 
small leak with tremendous impact" on the oil market. 
 
(C) SUPPORTING TEXT/BLOCK QUOTES: 
 
"Siniora Gets Support of Arab League" 
Georges Malbrunot in right-of-center Le Figaro (08/08): "The Arab 
League is sending an envoy to the UN to discuss modifications of the 
Franco-American draft resolution... Arab nations have quieted their 
differences in order to give their support to Beirut, after their 
initial dilly dallying, adopting the Lebanese stance and objections 
to the Franco-American text." 
 
"Minimal Support From Arab League" 
Christophe Boltanski in left-of-center Liberation (08/08): "After 
having harshly condemned Hezbollah's 'adventurism' Saudi Arabia is 
now faced with no other alternative but to show its solidarity with 
Lebanon. Solidarity for Lebanon from Gulf nations is first and 
foremost of a financial nature, with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia 
depositing two and a half billion dollars in Lebanon's central bank 
in order to help the Lebanese currency. This financial aid is also 
their way of counterbalancing the financial support coming from 
Islamic humanitarian associations. But on the political side, Arab 
nations are being much more discreet." 
 
"A Surreal Geo-strategy in the Middle East" 
Philosopher Andre Glucksman in right-of-center Le Figaro (08/08): 
"The indignation of some observers elicits my own indignation. For 
public opinion around the world, some Muslim deaths weigh more than 
others: double standards are at work here. Why do the massacred 
civilians in Darfur fail to elicit the same reactions as those 
triggered by the Lebanese victims? Why are the thousands of dead 
civilians killed in Iraq relegated to the back pages, while the 28 
civilians killed in Qana extolled as crimes against humanity? Must 
we consider that when Muslims kill other Muslims, it does not count 
for either the Muslims or the West? Must we believe that what 
Ahmadinejad is saying out loud is what many are thinking? Why are 
the West's reactions boosted when Israeli bombs are at stake? If the 
images of the Lebanese destruction are so shocking it is because 
they are implicitly captioned by a surreal geo-strategy. The 
leitmotif of a cataclysm or a solution on the banks of the Jordan is 
on everyone's mind... But those who see the Middle East as the pivot 
for world order are hypocritical..." 
 
Cuba 
 
"Behind the Scene Talks in Cuba" 
Alain Ammar in left-of-center Liberation (08/08): "Behind the 
scenes, negotiations are on between Washington and Havana, despite 
President Bush's open criticism of the anti-democratic power 
transfer... The new players in Cuba want to establish bridges with 
their neighbor, as they were doing up until 2004... It is in 
Washington's interest to establish the bases for a post Castro era: 
the fear of seeing hordes of boatpeople landing on its shores 
remains very real." STAPLETON