As US and British forces proceed in their campaign against Saddam Hussein, Arabs in the P.A. join their Arab counterparts to defend a “brotherly country.”
Around the world, Arab nationals have been showing their solidarity with Iraq. Arabs in Gaza have been demonstrated waving Iraqi and Palestinian flags and burning American, British and Israeli flags. The Arab on-line publication Arabicnews.com stated today that Arabs should take "all measures to stop the war waged against a brotherly country, while seeing to respect Iraq's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity." The Arab Parliamentary Union (A.P.U.), an organization with representatives from Arab countries worldwide incorporating the unity of Arab peoples, has condemned the “criminal war” against Iraq and reiterated "solidarity with the Iraqi people."
Among the Arabs living in the PA, support for Iraq and a victory for Saddam Hussein are the norm. In Gaza, 30-year-old taxi driver Hassan Khalaf told Reuters the American soldiers "are getting what they deserve.”
Abdel-Aziz al-Rantisi, a senior official in the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, said Arabs were "eager to see the scenes of Iraqi victory" and said the footage of the captured soldiers "revived the spirit of honor and dignity in the hearts of all Arabs and Muslims."
Some 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza marched through the streets holding pictures of the Iraqi president. "We are with you Saddam Hussein and the people of Iraq," they chanted.
The five unfortunate American soldiers who were captured yesterday now face a very uncertain future. It is not uncommon for Arabs to expose those they have tortured on the media, nor is it uncommon for Arabs to display the actual footage of torture or execution for the public. In February 2002, Daniel Pearl, the Jewish American journalist who was abducted by an Islamic extremist group in Pakistan, was murdered in front of a television camera. “Our man in Damascus”, the late Eli Cohen, was hung in the middle of a square in front of a cheering crowd in the Syrian capital.
One young Arab man was asked by Arutz-7 to express his thoughts about the fate of the American soldiers caught in Iraq. "The Iraqis should do whatever they think best," he said. How do you feel about the Iraqis killing the prisoners in front of Iraqi television, he was asked. He answered, unapologetically, "The Iraqis are using television as a weapon because the US has done so for decades. Now the Iraqis have tapped into a very powerful tool, and I wish them the best with it." He stated that if he were in control, he might keep them in buildings designated to be bombed by the US and British Air Forces.
Irrational hatred is rampant among the Arab public. Fierce hatred resulting in cries for "Jihad" and death to America, the British and Israel are commonplace among Arabs worldwide. Rhetoric targeted against Western civilization is not only heard in the Palaces of Saudi Arabia, the streets of Gaza and Ramallah, but also, right next door.
Around the world, Arab nationals have been showing their solidarity with Iraq. Arabs in Gaza have been demonstrated waving Iraqi and Palestinian flags and burning American, British and Israeli flags. The Arab on-line publication Arabicnews.com stated today that Arabs should take "all measures to stop the war waged against a brotherly country, while seeing to respect Iraq's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity." The Arab Parliamentary Union (A.P.U.), an organization with representatives from Arab countries worldwide incorporating the unity of Arab peoples, has condemned the “criminal war” against Iraq and reiterated "solidarity with the Iraqi people."
Among the Arabs living in the PA, support for Iraq and a victory for Saddam Hussein are the norm. In Gaza, 30-year-old taxi driver Hassan Khalaf told Reuters the American soldiers "are getting what they deserve.”
Abdel-Aziz al-Rantisi, a senior official in the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, said Arabs were "eager to see the scenes of Iraqi victory" and said the footage of the captured soldiers "revived the spirit of honor and dignity in the hearts of all Arabs and Muslims."
Some 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza marched through the streets holding pictures of the Iraqi president. "We are with you Saddam Hussein and the people of Iraq," they chanted.
The five unfortunate American soldiers who were captured yesterday now face a very uncertain future. It is not uncommon for Arabs to expose those they have tortured on the media, nor is it uncommon for Arabs to display the actual footage of torture or execution for the public. In February 2002, Daniel Pearl, the Jewish American journalist who was abducted by an Islamic extremist group in Pakistan, was murdered in front of a television camera. “Our man in Damascus”, the late Eli Cohen, was hung in the middle of a square in front of a cheering crowd in the Syrian capital.
One young Arab man was asked by Arutz-7 to express his thoughts about the fate of the American soldiers caught in Iraq. "The Iraqis should do whatever they think best," he said. How do you feel about the Iraqis killing the prisoners in front of Iraqi television, he was asked. He answered, unapologetically, "The Iraqis are using television as a weapon because the US has done so for decades. Now the Iraqis have tapped into a very powerful tool, and I wish them the best with it." He stated that if he were in control, he might keep them in buildings designated to be bombed by the US and British Air Forces.
Irrational hatred is rampant among the Arab public. Fierce hatred resulting in cries for "Jihad" and death to America, the British and Israel are commonplace among Arabs worldwide. Rhetoric targeted against Western civilization is not only heard in the Palaces of Saudi Arabia, the streets of Gaza and Ramallah, but also, right next door.