MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE

UNCLAS HARARE 000378 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/PDPA DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER LONDON FOR GURNEY PARIS FOR NEARY NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KPAO KMDR ZI SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE ¶1. Under headline "NAM opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 23 editorial to embracing the Non Aligned Movement's (NAM) anti- war position against Iraq. Excerpts: ¶2. ". . .The Non Aligned Movement. . .has already stated that it will oppose the American and British- led war on Iraq. . . The attitude by NAM gives the world an additional ray of hope, coming as it is at a time world mass opinion, a superpower in itself, is gaining greater momentum against the its verbal nobility into a pro-active crusade against the murderers of peace." SULLIVAN