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Saddam Photos in Great Demand in Palestinian Authority – Like Photos of Arafat, Yassin
The Palestine News Network (PNN) news agency reported yesterday, January 2, 2007, that "in a show of solidarity with the executed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, hundreds of Palestinian homes have put his picture on their walls. Many already had them, as Hussein was considered a hero to many, seen as one of the few world leaders who would stand up to the United States. He was also generous morally and financially to Palestinians in general." According to the PNN, photography studios in Nablus in the West Bank say that young men are coming in by the dozen looking for photos of Saddam suitable for framing, for their homes, while others "are bringing in small pictures of the late Iraqi President asking for them to be enlarged for display." According to the report, though dozens of copies are being "distributed in meetings," demand is far outstripping supply. "[At] the Nawwas restaurant in eastern Nablus' Balata refugee camp, the photo of [a] large-scale wooden image of Hussein is being photographed, and those photos are being enlarged. Dozens of young men have asked for the traditional Palestinian embroideries to be done in the image of Hussein." The report adds that "this is what happened with the passing of the late President Yasser Arafat and the assassinated Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin." 
Posted at: 2007-01-03
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