March 1, 2003
IT'S OFFICIAL...:
Arafat Asks Saddam To Boost Support For Palestinian Fight (Julie Stahl, 2/28/03, CNSNews.com)Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat recently asked Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to increase his support for the Palestinians in their fight against Israel.The message was sent in a telegram offering holiday greetings for the Muslim holiday Id Al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) earlier this month.The message was published in an Iraqi newspaper on Saturday. A translation of the article was provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute on Wednesday. Arafat and the Palestinians rallied in support of Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Many Palestinians then, as now, saw Saddam as a hero and champion of their cause.
In January, the PA sponsored an event called Iraq Solidarity Week. Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip marched in rallies in support of Iraq and opposing any U.S. action there. Saddam has openly supported the Palestinian intifadah, paying sums of up to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.
...Arafat is too stupid to live. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 1, 2003 6:36 AM
A man who lives in his neighborhood with his acquaintances and survives to his age while accumulating $300M has to have something on the ball.
Posted by: Jed Roberts at March 1, 2003 7:43 AMArafat is too vicious to live.
But Arafat has been in Saddam's family for 25 years, and as we know from the Godfather, you gotta keep showing respect. All Saddam's friends, from North Korea to France to Palestine, are showing the flag.
Jed:
Yes, European apologists.
No one
is too stupid to live. Practicing law, if nothing else, teaches you that.