premise: The Washington Post was more circumspect, saying that the execution came on the heels of an "imperfect" trial for Saddam.
  "For those who oppose the death penalty, as we do, any execution is regrettable -- and this one, should it come to pass, will follow highly imperfect judicial proceedings and may, in the short term, inflame sectarian divisions," the daily said.
  Not unexpectedly, Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was far harsher, calling Saddam's execution illegal and he was still a prisoner of war.
  "The court which tried him is illegal. Iraq is an occupied country. It is the American and British forces (in Iraq) that judged him and, in this case, decided to execute him, and they bear the responsibility," Kadhafi said Friday.
   What does the Washington Post do that leads them to regret events like Saddam's execution?
hypothesis: inflame sectarian divisions