(Ha'aretz) - Setting fire to U.S. and Israeli flags, and chanting "Dear Saddam, bomb Tel Aviv," several hundred Palestinians marched through Rafah in southern Gaza Thursday in a Fatah-led demonstration in support of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Some clutched automatic machineguns and had black paint smeared on their faces like combat soldiers. Saddam has sent at least $30 million in cash to support the families of Palestinians killed since the uprising began.
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