MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE

UNCLAS HARARE 000671 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/PDPA FOR DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS IRAQ PD FOR SMITH, PINESS AND ROOKARD NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER LONDON FOR GURNEY PARIS FOR NEARY NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ KPAO KMDR ZI SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE ¶1. Under headline "Maiming and killing of innocent Iraqis disturbing" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (04/03) carried an op-ed by Synos GodKnows Zhou (sic). Excerpts: ¶2. ". . .Saddam might be evil and all that, but for anybody to go into Iraq and release heavy volleys of missiles into buildings and into streets - hoping that Saddam will be caught in the crossfire - is repugnant madness and recklessness of the highest order. . . SULLIVAN