Saturday, October 22, 2005
Syria v Lebanon
The UN report implicating Syria in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has elicited a mixed response in newspapers across the Arab world.
As we can see below, the mass media truely reflects the country's stance on the issue, as well as the allies of the countries.
Saudi Arabia sees this issue as neutral. Syria is defending herself while Lebanon is attacking Syria. Saudi Arabia remains neutral.
Interesting finding? read source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4367042.stm
Syria's media:
* All laws in the world regard a suspect as innocent until proven guilty; therefore, on what ground is Mehlis incriminating Syria if he himself says that what he has in his hands is only 'conjecture?'
* Despite all Syria's cooperation with the investigation committee, the report alleged that Syria's cooperation was neither sufficient nor substantial... this just shows preconceived opinions and prefabricated accusations against Syria.
Lebanon's media:
* The report... makes mixed but powerful political and legal statements, which spell trouble for Syria and the wider debilitating tradition of security-run Arab regimes...
The most important question... is whether indigenous Arab political and legal forces will be able to harness the credibility, power and courage to continue challenging and taming the modern Arab security state, now that the combination of mass Lebanese citizen activism and legitimate international intervention have paved the way for this historic possibility.
Saudi Arabia's media:
* The Lebanese and Syrian governments should combine their efforts to study the report and cooperate, in order to find the true criminals and bring them to justice as soon as possible, as this is something in the interest of both countries.
Sudan's media:
* There is no doubt that Syria will face hard times in the near future, and tension will also spread in Lebanon... There is no other way out for Syria but to stick... to what the report stated, that is, all those mentioned in the report will remain innocent until proven guilty.
As we can see below, the mass media truely reflects the country's stance on the issue, as well as the allies of the countries.
Saudi Arabia sees this issue as neutral. Syria is defending herself while Lebanon is attacking Syria. Saudi Arabia remains neutral.
Interesting finding? read source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4367042.stm
Syria's media:
* All laws in the world regard a suspect as innocent until proven guilty; therefore, on what ground is Mehlis incriminating Syria if he himself says that what he has in his hands is only 'conjecture?'
* Despite all Syria's cooperation with the investigation committee, the report alleged that Syria's cooperation was neither sufficient nor substantial... this just shows preconceived opinions and prefabricated accusations against Syria.
Lebanon's media:
* The report... makes mixed but powerful political and legal statements, which spell trouble for Syria and the wider debilitating tradition of security-run Arab regimes...
The most important question... is whether indigenous Arab political and legal forces will be able to harness the credibility, power and courage to continue challenging and taming the modern Arab security state, now that the combination of mass Lebanese citizen activism and legitimate international intervention have paved the way for this historic possibility.
Saudi Arabia's media:
* The Lebanese and Syrian governments should combine their efforts to study the report and cooperate, in order to find the true criminals and bring them to justice as soon as possible, as this is something in the interest of both countries.
Sudan's media:
* There is no doubt that Syria will face hard times in the near future, and tension will also spread in Lebanon... There is no other way out for Syria but to stick... to what the report stated, that is, all those mentioned in the report will remain innocent until proven guilty.
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