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Palestinians Express Solidarity with Saddam Hussein


(IDF) Over the past few weeks a number of protest rallies have been conducted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to express support for Saddam Hussein. A rally on February 23, 2003, in Rafah was attended by representatives of the various Palestinian governmental offices, municipalities, NGOs, local residents, and thousands of children waving cardboard cutouts of Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine organized a rally on February 28 in Jabaliya in Gaza, where an American flag was burned. On the same day in Nablus, thousands of local residents and representatives of the National Islamic Movement participated in the raising of the Palestinian and Iraqi flags in the main square. Other rallies were held in Tulkarm and Kalkiliya.
2003-03-07 00:00:00
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