Cablegate: Media Reaction Report - War On Terrorism

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 005142

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 - WAR ON TERRORISM

PARIS - PARIS - JULY 26, 2005

(A) SUBJECTS COVERED IN TODAY'S REPORT:

1. WAR ON TERRORISM

B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE:

AMBASSADOR CRAIG STAPLETON'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS REPORTED IN
REGIONAL DAILY OUEST-FRANCE AND IN DAILY LE PARISIEN AS WELL
AS IN AFP AND AP WIRES.

TODAY'S NEWS STILL FOCUSES ON TERRORISM FROM VARIOUS ANGLES.
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO HEADLINES "LONDON ON THE TRACK OF
TERRORISTS". FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE, "GOVERNMENTS MUST
DEFY HARASSING TERRORISM" WHILE CATHOLIC LA CROIX HEADLINES ON
TERRORISM IN IRAQ "EVERYDAY IRAQ GOES TROUGH TERROR AND
CHAOS." (SEE PART C).

DANONE MAKES THE HEADLINES OF ECONOMIC NEWSPAPERS AS WELL AS
SEVERAL EDITORIALS IN THE PRESS. "DANONE: FOLLOWING FEVER, THE
POLEMIC" HEADLINES RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO ECONOMIE WHILE
ECONOMIC LES ECHOS'S EDITORIAL COMMENTS: ".WHAT SHOULD WE
THINK OF ALL THIS POLITICAL FUSS THAT STARTED A RUMOR THAT
FINALLY SEEMS UNJUSTIFIED? . WHAT HAPPENED? . (ECONOMIC
MINISTER) THIERRY BRETON WAS RIGHT TO REITERATE YESTERDAY THAT
IT IS FIRST OF ALL THE CEO'S WORK TO PREVENT TAKEOVERS."

FOLLOWING ITS NEW CHALLENGE OF OFFERING TELEVISION ARCHIVES,
GOOGLE MAKES THE HEADLINE OF LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION,
"GOOGLE THE NUMERICAL OGRE." THE PAPER ALSO DEVOTES TWO PAGES
TO THE SUBJECT AMONG WHICH AN EDITORIAL ENTITLED "BIG BROTHER"
THAT ASKS: "HOW LONG WILL GOOGLE MANAGE TO EXPLOIT FREE
RESOURCES FROM THE WEB TO RECYCLE THEM IN NUMERICAL
ADVERTISEMENTS WITHOUT THE WRITERS AND PRODUCERS ASKING FOR
THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE? AND HAVE THE CONSUMERS WORRY ABOUT THE
USE MADE OF COLLECTED PERSONAL DATA?"

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S UPCOMING LAUNCH IS REPORTED IN
VARIOUS PAPERS THAT ALL POINT OUT THAT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A
MISTAKE THIS TIME.

AFTER THE FAILED HYDROCHLORIC ACID ATTACK ON A JEWISH SCHOOL
BY SOME YOUTHS IN THE 18TH ARRONDISSEMENT IN PARIS, INTERIOR
MINISTER SARKOZY IS REPORTED AS VISITING THE SCHOOL AND SAYING
"WHEN A JEWISH PERSON IS THREATENED, IT IS THE REPUBLIC THAT
IS THREATENED." HE CALLED FOR A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY ON ANTI-
SEMITIC ACTS.

(C) SUPPORTING TEXT/BLOCK QUOTES:

WAR AGAINST TERRORISM

"PATHOLOGY OF TERROR"
BRUNO FRAPPAT IN CATHOLIC LA CROIX (07/26) "RADICALIZATION OR
COMMITMENT UP TO DEATH BECOME WAYS OF EXISTING THAT CAN ONLY
FEED THEMSELVES FROM HATRED FOR OTHERS HATE OF ALL THOSE THAT
HAVE - OR SEEM TO HAVE - A COMFORTABLE IDENTITY. THUS
TERRORISM FINDS - IF NOT ITS LEGITIMACY - AT LEAST ITS AGENTS,
THROUGH A QUEST FOR ONESELF THAT SEES ACCOMPLISHMENT OF
ONESELF THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S DEATH. TO DRY UP THE SOURCE
MEANS TO DRY UP A DOUBLE HATRED: HATRED OF ONESELF, HATRED OF
THE OTHER. POLICE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. WE NEED A COALITION OF
ALL THE ENERGIES OF WHAT MAKES US HUMANS, WHAT MAKES US
SIMILAR. SO THAT NO ONE IS TEMPTED TO TURN ON ONE'S BROTHER."

"DOUBLE OR NOTHING FOR AL-QAEDA"
GILLES KEPEL IN LE FIGARO (07/26) "THE NUMERICAL REVOLUTION
AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION HAVE
TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ISLAM.
THE WEB HAS BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE.BY THE MOST EXTREME GROUPS, .
ACCELERATING THE CIRCULATION OF JIHADIST IDEAS IN AN
EXPONENTIAL WAY . THIS INDOCTRINATION CONCERNS A LOT OF YOUTH
(YOUNGER AND YOUNGER) FOR WHOM THE WEB HAS BECOME THE
INSTRUMENT OF RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION . AND COMES AS A
SUBSTITUTION FOR INTEGRATION IN REAL SOCIETY. NOW IT IS THIS
SOCIAL INTEGRATION THAT REPRESENTS THE ONLY ANTIDOTE AGAINST
TERRORISM BY

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