A telephone card bearing an image of deposed Iraq leader Saddam Hussein was pulled off the Brazilian market by Telefonica after São Paulo prosecutors threatened the telephone company, a company spokesperson told AFP.
The card, featuring a heavily bearded Hussein in the custody of soldiers, one of whom is pointing his gun at the former dictator, was issued by the company in June as part of its ”World History” series.
But Telefonica withdrew the card this week after local prosecutors threatened to charge the company with inciting violence and racial intolerance.
”Telefonica regrets the trouble caused to the public and our clients by this phone card carrying a historic picture from the war in Iraq,” the company said in a statement. – Sapa-AFP