US embassy cable - 05QUITO2013

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MEDIA REACTION: PAT ROBERTSON'S STATEMENT

Identifier: 05QUITO2013
Wikileaks: View 05QUITO2013 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Quito
Created: 2005-08-26 20:20:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS QUITO 002013 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, WHA, WHA/AND, WHA/PDA 
DIRONDCP FOR PA 
EMBASSIES FOR PAO/IO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, OPRC, KIRC, KPAO, EC 
SUBJECT:  MEDIA REACTION:  PAT ROBERTSON'S STATEMENT 
 
"Thou Shall Not Kill," an editorial (08/25) in 
Quito's populist "La Hora" (circ. 120,000) 
 
Quote:  "The unusual request made by the US 
evangelist preacher Pat Roberson demonstrates 
incredible arrogance and disrespect for human life. 
Not since the times of the Monroe Doctrine and 
McCarthyism have we seen this kind of attitude 
towards a Latin American leader. . . 
 
"One can either agree or disagree with the ideology 
or actions of a chief of state, but to call for his 
assassination via the mass media is a criminal 
terrorist act, to which judicial authorities in the 
US should react . . ." 
 
JEWELL 

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