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Viewing cable 06DAMASCUS4679, Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war maneuvering, UN

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06DAMASCUS4679 2006-09-26 15:18 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Damascus
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FM AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1757
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN 6297
RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT 4119
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 2694
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 7306
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1314
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 4684
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0901
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA//
INFO RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA 7036
UNCLAS DAMASCUS 004679 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR PA, NEA/ARN, INR/IC/CD, INR/S:STHIBEAULT AND 
JMCCARTER, VOA NEWS CA, NEA/PPD:CBOURGEOIS, DBENZE AND 
AFERNANDEZ, IIP/G/NEA-SA RWINCHESTER 
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC 
CENTCOM FOR CCPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
SUBJECT: Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war maneuvering, UN 
Investigation of Hariri assassination, War on terrorism, 
Lebanon, Visit of UK delegation (9-24-25) 
 
 
1.  Summary:  Syrian papers covered the latest Brammertz Report, 
focusing on the idea that Syria has been generally cooperative in 
the U.N. commission's investigation.  The papers also covered a 
meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al Mouallem and 
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who "expressed his gratification 
and satisfaction over the positive outcomes of his latest visit 
to Damascus and his meeting with President Bashar al-Assad." 
 
Also covered was a secret US intelligence document which states 
that the invasion of Iraq has spawned a new wave of Islamic 
radicalism and increased the global threat of terrorism.  The 
document contradicts the Bush Administration's claims that the 
invasion of Iraq and the ouster of Saddam Hussein have made 
America safer, not weaker. 
 
The Syrian press also covered a visit to Damascus by a UK 
delegation. The delegation, headed by a conservative MP, met with 
Vice Premier Abdullah al Dardari, who briefed the guests about 
economic reforms that have been achieved by the Syrian government 
in the past couple of years. 
 
On Lebanon, the papers covered calls by pro-Syria Lebanese 
politicians for "a national government." Al Baath daily focused 
on General Aoun's statement describing the parliamentary majority 
as "illusory" and the government as "illegal." 
 
 
End of summary. 
 
  2.   Selected Headlines: 
 
"The White House accused publishers of publishing only parts of a 
classified US intelligence document: Invasion of  Iraq has 
nourished terrorism" (Government-owned Tishreen, 9/25) 
 
"Aoun:  The majority is illusory.. the government is illegal" 
(Government-owned Al Baath, 9/25) 
 
Syrian-British talks:  Al-Dardari reviews reform measures with a 
UK delegation (Government-owned Al-Thawra, 9/25) 
 
Receiving 22 ambassadors at the Vatican, the Pope expresses his 
respect for Islam and reiterates the necessity of dialogue to 
overcome tensions (Government-owned Al-Thawra, 9/26) 
 
[Iraqi President Jalal] Talibani wants a long-term US presence in 
Iraq (Government-owned Al-Baath, 9/26) 
 
 
 
3.  Editorial Block Quotes: 
 
 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
"The US Foreign Policy Opera" 
 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
Khalf al Jarad, Chief Editor of government-owned Tishreen, 
commented (9/25):  "[Writers and analysts] are mistaken when they 
imagine that there is a conflict between opposing camps among the 
components of the (US) policy.  That is because they see issues 
only on the surface, and do not see the essence of the harmonic 
operation in distributing missions and roles [among the 
Administration's figures.]" 
 
"A handful of the US media that control newspapers, magazines, 
movie companies and TV networks help form a consensus of public 
opinion vis-a-vis issues related to the Middle East" 
 
"The widely-spread negative, simplified  concepts about Arabs and 
Muslims [created by the US media] have facilitated taking... 
decisions in the Arab region, such as the 1958 intervention in 
Lebanon, the repeated aggressions against Iraq in the 1990s and 
 
 
invading and occupying it in 2003. And now these concepts are 
paving the way for further attacks and wars against other Arab 
and Muslim states, under different pretexts." 
--------------------- 
 
"Un-announced facts" 
 
--------------------- 
 
Muhammad Khei al Jamali, an editorialist in government-owned Al- 
Thawra, wrote (9/25):  There are two explanations that elucidate 
why the US was taken by surprise on 9/11, despite the fact that 
it has developed technology and military equipment, as well as 
intelligence personnel all across the world:  intelligence 
nonfeasance, or intelligence and intentional (Administration) 
silence, to allow things to happen. 
 
"Since the first possibility is too weak to be considered, the 
more realistic and convincing one is that the US Administration 
colluded to allow the incident to occur, to become a pretext for 
the new strategy set by the Neo-Conservatives, in order to lay 
the foundation for the unipolar system, which converted America 
from a democracy to a totalitarian empire that dominates the 
entire world with oppressive armed force, under the auspices of 
combating terrorism.... 
 
"This only proves that the entire Neo-Conservative Administration 
closed its eyes in order to harvest the fruits of the incident: 
occupying Afghanistan and Iraq, and shaping the world according 
to its strategic interests." 
 
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Fertilization of Terrorism 
------------------- 
 
Ali al Kassem, an op-ed writer in al Government-owned al-Thawra, 
wrote on 9/26:  " So far the US Administration has not commented 
on the intelligence report which states that the invasion of Iraq 
has increased the global threat of terrorism.... This means that 
the premeditated plan of the US Administration has not changed 
[and will not change] even if new warnings are issued daily, 
unless its goals have been accomplished." 
 
"To face all of this, it is imperative now to have an 
international position ... to stop the American impetuousness, 
whose price is paid by humankind, and to reconsider [its 
consequences] which, fertilized by US policy, threatens to spread 
even more terror than we have seen so far." 
 
 
Corbin