Palestinians Mark 'Black Day' of Saddam Capture

[54anickel]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3989249

RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Disbelief and gloom seized many Palestinians Sunday at news of Saddam Hussein's capture as Israel fired off a telegram of congratulations to Washington.

The former Iraqi ruler was a hero to many Palestinians for his stand against Israel and its U.S. ally, as well as for helping families of Palestinians dead in an uprising.

For Israel, he was a menace over the horizon who long bankrolled the enemy.

"It's a black day in history," said Sadiq Husam, 33, a taxi driver in Ramallah, West Bank seat of the Palestinian Authority. "I am saying so not because Saddam is an Arab, but because he is the only man who said no to American injustice in the Middle East," he said.

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And this last line, buried on page 2

"The war will start now in Iraq," said 16-year-old Yusef Khalil in Gaza. "Saddam helped our people and we will not forget him."

[xultar]

1. This is when the reall shit starts. National Security is going to be

critical now more than ever! They are going to be coming after us from all directions.

[Tinoire]

10. Do you think that if maybe we hadn't gone after them from all directions

that would still be the case?

This story is total garbage. If anyone is going to be coming after us it's the the Iraqis wanting to resist an immoral occupation and I highly doubt that will happen. Our poor troops enforcing the occupation will be the unfortunate target of the Iraqis' just ire.

All this scare-mongering over National Security is as much a joke as the scare mongering over the what the Commies were going to do to us.

What I see is the ugly spectre of the MIC looming large again.

[Character Assassin]

2. Not the sharpest pencils on the desk, I see.

"It's a black day in history," said Sadiq Husam, 33, a taxi driver in Ramallah, West Bank seat of the Palestinian Authority. "I am saying so not because Saddam is an Arab, but because he is the only man who said no to American injustice in the Middle East," he said.

An indictment of gov't control of media in the thugocracies of the Middle East.

[54anickel]

5. Huh?

[Character Assassin]

6. Think hard, now.

The statements that gentleman made indicate either a distinct lack of intelligence or being egregious underinformed by media available to him.

Dig?

[54anickel]

8. Got it. Thanks. Wasn't sure if that pencil remark was to the article or

to me for having posted it. Perhaps it was a bit of both.

[monobrau]

3. That's the hard truth

This only serves to elucidate a sad and frightning truth, which is that the Palestinians are deluded into thinking that some of the worlds's most brutal dictators and monarchs have thier best interests at heart.

[Sick of Bullshit]

16. Well, we didn't let a little thing like "brutality"

stop us from becoming allied with Stalin, did we?

[knight_of_the_star]

4. Welcome to Hell

We were just doing the little roadtrip through Purgatory before, what is going to happen in the coming months is going to make the last several months in Iraq look like a cakewalk in comparison.

[corporatewhore]

7. It could be becuase

Saddam provided free lodging for palestinian refugees who were forced outta their homes .doesnt make him a good guy though

[Just Me]

9. Here We Go Again With "Selective Attention",...

,...on the Palestinians, again. UGH!!! Not good,...not at all good!!! The persistent "feeders" to the media severely skews perspective. Forget any possibility of a whole picture!!!

[Tinoire]

11. Ah. Mustn't skip a beat! The vilification of the Palestinians

is in full swing again.

Well... Just for the record- NO to the occupation of Palestine and NO to the occupation of Iraq.

[corporatewhore]

12. yes

No occupation of Palestine No occupation of iraq

[reknewcomer]

13. gloom seized many Palestinians Sunday at news of Saddam Hussein's capture

Pardon me if I don't share their gloom. Anyone else here feel gloomy due to the capture of Saddam?

I didn't think so.

[ozone_man]

14. There is much truth in what he says.

He was about the only one who stood up to the U.S. and Israel. We helped create him and were happy as long as he was fighting Communism and Iran.

[pistoff democrat]

15. #7

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