I COULD READ THAT MIDDLE SENTENCE OVER AND OVER . . . (via Bob Barnes)

Muslims save Baghdad's Jewish community centre from looters (SMH.COM.AU, 4/14/03).

Iraqi Muslims came to the aid of Baghdad's tiny Jewish community yesterday, chasing out looters trying to sack its cultural centre in the heart of the capital.

"At 3am, I saw two men, one with a beard, on the roof of the Jewish community house and I cried out to my friend, 'Hossam, bring the Kalashnikovs!'" said Hassam Kassam, 21.

Heither Hassan nor Hossam, who is the guard at the centre, was armed at the time but the threat worked in scaring off the intruders.

Posted by David Cohen at May 20, 2003 8:35 PM