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标 题: Palastinians March in Support of Saddam
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年03月21日21:21:15 星期五), 站内信件
Palestinians March in Support of Saddam
Friday March 21, 2003 1:10 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of Palestinians holding pictures of S
addam Hussein poured out of mosques after Friday prayers to protest the U.S.
-led attacks on Iraq and show support for the Iraqi leader.
In the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, a cross-section of Palestinians from mi
litant groups, various political factions and ordinary people turned out in
the rain to shout slogans of encouragement to Iraqi fighters, reviving some
chants from the 1991 Gulf War.
``Oh, beloved Saddam, we are ready to sacrifice our blood for you,'' a crowd
chanted in downtown Gaza City. In Jerusalem, worshippers on the Old City's
hilltop mosque compound shouted together, ``Our beloved Saddam, hit Tel Aviv
.''
On the first Muslim sabbath since U.S. and British forces began attacking Ir
aq, imams delivered sermons condemning the assault.
Inside the Omari Mosque in Gaza City, prayer leader Mohammed Najam told 15,0
00 worshippers: ``We urge the Arab armies and people to resist the invaders
and to reject any attempt to extend facilities to the American aggressors.''
At Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque, an imam asked Muslims to help Iraqis in time
of need and prayed for the victory of Iraqi forces. Clouds of tear gas wafte
d through a street outside the Old City as Israeli police cleared a small cr
owd of demonstrators. Police also fired stun grenades.
Other demonstrations ended peacefully.
In the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam portrayed himself as a liberator of the Palesti
nians from Israeli occupation and many Palestinians cheered as Iraq fired 39
Scud missiles at Israel.
The Iraqi leader remains popular in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - in part b
ecause of more than US$35 million he has paid to families of Palestinians -
including suicide bombers and civilians - killed in fighting with Israel in
the past 30 months.
Yasser Arafat embraced Saddam in 1991, but his Palestinian Authority has bee
n careful to remain on the sidelines this time. Palestinian leaders have sai
d they oppose the U.S. offensive, but have not expressed support for the Ira
qi leader.
Commenting on Friday's demonstrations, Palestinian Labor Minister Ghassan Kh
atib said: ``We think that using force is unjustified. We have a position ag
ainst this war like the majority of nations and peoples worldwide.''
--
I am looking outside into the rain
through the blurred window, in front
of which you seem to be there.
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