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Viewing cable 07SAOPAULO16, MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; SAO PAULO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SAOPAULO16 2007-01-08 11:08 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0015
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0016 0081108
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 081108Z JAN 07
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6249
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 7330
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7697
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2674
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000016 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; SAO PAULO 
 
 
"Who Needs A Martyr?" 
 
Columnist Vaguinaldo Marinheiro commented in liberal, largest 
national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/6): "For a week, 
since Saddam Hussein's hanging, the world is questioning if violence 
within Iraq and of terrorists against Western targets will increase 
even more. The question is: will Saddam become another martyr for 
those who consider the West - mainly the US and its allies - as the 
enemy to be eliminated?....  Is there a better way to 'deify' 
someone among his followers than a death condemnation decreed by a 
vicious court?  Is there better propaganda for a tyrant like Saddam 
than the images of his hanging in the Internet?  The US and the 
Iraqi government seem to have forgotten that punishment, when 
considered unfair and showy, does not inhibit crimes. On the 
contrary, it increases the desire for revenge." 
Wolfe