BEIRUT (AFP) - Several hundred people in Beirut have paid homage to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by staging a symbolic funeral for him, six days after his execution.
Members of the Iraqi branch of the Baath party and Palestinian activists joined Friday to recite prayers for the dead at Imam Ali mosque in the Lebanese capital's Sunni Tariq Jadideh quarter.
A funeral cortege bearing a symbolic coffin proceeded under driving rain through Sunni areas, to the sound of bagpipes played by young Palestinians, to a cemetery dedicated to "martyrs of the Palestinian revolution" in south Beirut.
"Unity in the face of the invader and no to discord -- this is the legacy of Saddam Hussein," read banners carried by those taking part.
"Long live the nation, long live Palestine -- these were the last words of the martyr of the Arab nation," read others.
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