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03TEGUCIGALPA2179
2003-09-12 19:31:00
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Embassy Tegucigalpa
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MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003

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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002179 

SIPDIS

FOR WHA/PDA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, IIP/T/ES, NEA/NGA, WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002179

SIPDIS

FOR WHA/PDA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, IIP/T/ES, NEA/NGA, WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003


1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on
9/12 entitled "A date we should never forget". "Yesterday, the
world remembered two events that changed history, and they are
not only related because they happened on a September 11, but
also because both of them are terrorist acts: the coup d'tat
against Allende in 1973, and the devastating attack against the
U.S. in 2001."

"While the U.S. and other countries still remember with anger and
pain the everlasting image of commercial planes used as gigantic
missiles which shattered the symbol of the American economic
power and partially destroyed the Pentagon, their symbol of
military power, Chile and Latin America commemorated the military
blow against democratic institutions that was the starting point
of one of the most vicious military regimes in history."

"Still, the Americans and the relatives of the 3,000 victims weep
for their loved ones two years after such tragedy, and angered by
the fact that the mastermind of the attack, Osama bin Laden, is
still on the loose and making threats from his inexpugnable
retreat. Meanwhile, in Latin America and other countries, the
relatives of the thousands of victims of the Pinochet regime also
remembered their loved ones and President Salvador Allende, who
preferred to die before giving up the Chilean democracy to the
repressive military leaders."

"We hope we never see similar events in the future. Neither
Chile nor the U.S. should become victims of terrorist attacks by
Muslim fanatics or those who try to foster their own expansionist
and imperialistic agenda."


2. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna " on
9/12 entitled "A war economy". "We have arrived to a new
anniversary of the terrorist acts on that dreadful September 11
against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.
This brutally destructive event changed the world in several
ways."

"The 9/11 attacks altered the global economy, causing serious
losses to tourism and distrust in the market, which debilitated
the national economies worldwide that now exist under the
influence of geopolitical factors and the risk of terrorist
attacks."

"We are now aware we are living in a world that has become more
dangerous. Now, more than ever before, we are living under a
constant threat of terrorism."

"The U.S., which suffered the most of the negative consequences
of the terrorist attacks, the most human losses, the destruction
of properties, and the inestimable damage to businesses, trade
and industry, is still going through a framework of a war
economy."

"As President Bush said it from the beginning, the struggle
against terrorism is expensive, long-lasting, and requires a
great deal of sacrifice. The feeling of pain, anxiety and
distress is immense when we remember those painful hours during
that September 11 that change the world. We hope it does for the
best."

Palmer