Iraq's Palestinians say battle against Israel enters decisive stage

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Thousands of Palestinians in occupied Iraq (news - web sites) vowed to avenge Israel's killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, saying the battle against the "enemy" was now in a decisive phase.


Joined by members of Iraq's Shiite and Sunni Muslim parties, the Palestinian refugees living in Iraq marched in eastern Baghdad venting their rage against Israel and "treacherous" Arab regimes.


"Sheikh Yassin have no fear, we will redeem you with our blood," pledged the men, women and children who emerged from Al-Qods (Jerusalem) Mosque and marched to the headquarters of the PLO-affiliated National Palestine Movement in Iraq.


They denounced the United States and Israel as "enemies of God", and slammed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), who ordered the air attack which killed Yassin as a "butcher" whose crime would not go unpunished.

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[Jim Sagle]

2. "fight for peace"? LOL.