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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES1192, MEDIA REACTION; THE GAZA STRIP; USG ASKING THE ARGENTINE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES1192 2007-06-19 17:21 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0020
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DE RUEHBU #1192/01 1701721
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 191721Z JUN 07 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8441
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001192 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, 
WHA/EPSC 
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION; THE GAZA STRIP; USG ASKING THE ARGENTINE 
GOVERNMENT TO PASS ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION; US DEFENSE EXPENDITURES; 
06/19/07 
 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover the state 
of affairs in the Gaza Strip as well as the next steps to be taken 
by the Bush and Olmert administrations; the USG praises the 
Argentine Government for its approval of an anti-terrorist draft 
bill and requests for the passage of anti-T.I.P. legislation; and 
the record US defense expenditures. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS 
 
- "The Palestinian territories - a civil war in a country that was 
not able to become a State" 
 
Oscar Raul Cardoso, international analyst of leading "Clarin," 
writes (06/16) "There could be much more to be sorry about in the 
incipient Palestinian civil war, which has been focused on the Gaza 
Strip so far... than the more than one hundred casualties during the 
latest five days of clashes between Hamas and Al Fatah. 
 
"... Under these circumstances, Gaza is no more than a humanitarian 
crisis on the verge of explosion, for which the international 
community does not seem better prepared than for, let's say, the 
Rwanda crisis by the mid-'90s. 
 
"... There is almost content in Washington and Jerusalem circles 
about how things have turned out so far. The Bush and Olmert 
administrations have almost applauded the way the Palestinian 
president and his military commanders managed to flee the Gaza Strip 
to take refuge in the Western Bank in an attempt to save face as a 
government. Hamas has less military capability in the West Bank than 
in Gaza. 
 
"However, more important than this is the fact that Abbas finally 
made the decision to fire his PM Ismail Hamiya, a Hamas supporter, 
which finally seems to remove the unacceptable election triumph 
obtained by Hamas. 
 
"Olmert and Bush are scheduled to meet in a few days in Washington 
and, according to some versions, the Israeli PM could bring a plan 
to definitely dismantle the Gaza Strip by isolating it with troops 
and walls, which are the central elements of the current Israeli 
policy on the Palestinian issue. 
 
"The mastermind of this scheme seems to be Avigdor Lieberman, 
minister for Strategic Affairs, considered a true extremist, whose 
political party put forward the expulsion of Israeli citizens of 
Arab origin. According to the latest issue of 'The Jerusalem 
Report,' Lieberman wants to lay siege to Gaza, cut its electric 
energy and water supply, thereby separating the Gaza Strip not only 
from Israel, but also from the rest of the Palestinian National 
Authority. Then, they would hold negotiations with Abbas and forget 
about the Gaza Strip... 
 
"... The Gaza Strip issue promises to be more than Washington's 
stubbornness to create more and more terrorists. It is not a remote 
dilemma for Argentina, whose legislators have just passed an alleged 
antiterrorist draft bill that was conceived of by the US Republican 
Government, which is not necessarily related to the needs of the 
country and which keeps in store execrable potentialities for 
Argentines' liberties." 
 
- "Washington gives praise to and makes demands on the Argentine 
Government" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (06/16) "Argentina's approval 
of a draft bill repressing terrorist activities and financing was 
'welcomed' yesterday by this city, which has long pleaded for the 
hemispheric coordination of security policies. However, its approval 
also fed the US interest over a draft bill against TIP. 
 
"According to two USG officials, the US State and Homeland Security 
Departments avoided making public statements over the approval of 
said legislation, in part to avoid getting involved in the election 
debate in Buenos Aires. 
 
"According to one USG official, 'We applaud the passing of the draft 
bill. It is positive for the Government, the country and the 
region.' The other emphasized that it also removed risks to the 
local financial system. 
 
"Referring to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the source 
pointed out that 'It is good for the Argentine banks not to face the 
possibilities of FATF sanctions.' The US interest is now focused on 
the approval of a draft bill against TIP. 
 
 
 
"... The struggle against terrorism is one of the points that most 
unite and separate the US and Argentina. 
 
"US Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere Thomas Shannon 
often praises the country for its 'hemispheric leading role' in 
avoiding nuclear proliferation and coordinating 'anti-terror 
efforts.' 
 
"Nonetheless, several reports of the US Department of State, the 
Senate, the Lower House and the Treasury Department repeatedly warn 
about the existence of terrorist groups or, at least, terrorist 
financing of clandestine networks on the Triple Border. This tension 
is also reflected in the US mass media." 
 
- "Record armament expenditures" 
 
Leading "Clarin" carries an editorial (06/16) "The hope of the 
so-called 'peace dividends,' which was fed by the end of the Cold 
War era of nuclear terror and arms race, seems to be darkened in 
face of the record increase in armament expenditures registered in 
the first years of the 21st century. 
 
"... The US leads this armament expenditure by concentrating almost 
half of the global expenditure... The US military expenditure, which 
had grown since the end of last decade, had a marked increase since 
George W. Bush took office, and, particularly, since the September 
11 attacks and the war in Iraq. 
 
"... Far from providing more international security, this increase 
in defense expenditure has been accompanied by an increasing number 
of clashes and violent episodes. In this way, the lack of a global 
confrontation beween superpowers has led the way to an unrestrained 
increase in the arms race in the framework of greater instability 
and imbalance. It is hard to put a brake on this global insecurity 
spiral." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
WAYNE