Syrian riot police form a barrier to stop some of the one thousand Syrian and Palestinian students demonstrating from reaching the US Embassy(AFP/Louai Beshara) |
Palestinians carrying Hamas and Iraqi flags and a portrait of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) march in Gaza city March 21, 2003. The militant Islamic group Hamas urged Iraqis on Friday to carry out suicide bombings against invading U.S. and British forces in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro |
Palestinian boy holds a toy machine gun in front of an Iraqi flag during a march in Gaza city, March 21, 2003. The militant Islamic group Hamas urged Iraqis to carry out suicide bombings against invading U.S. and British forces in Iraq (news - web sites). In a clear attempt to appeal to Muslim emotions beyond his frontiers, the Iraqi leader called for a jihad (holy war). REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - Mar 21 12:17 PM ET |
Palestinian school boys burn U.S. and Israeli flags as they carry an Iraqi flag during a pro-Iraq (news - web sites) demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus, March 22, 2003. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini |
A Jordanian man steps on the United States flag on arrival at Friday prayers at the Palestinian refugees camp of Wehdat in Amman March 21, 2003. Hundreds of Jordanian riot police were deployed in Amman on Friday after Islamist leaders urged their supporters to defy a government ban on demonstrations against the U.S.-led invasion of neighbouring Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Majed Jaber - Mar 21 9:08 AM ET |
Magzouza Nazir hold up a picture of her slain son Mahmod under an Iraqi flag during a ceremony where families affected in the fighting between the Israeli's and Palestinians received about US$30, 000 in aid from the Arab Liberation Front, a Palestinian faction financially backed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip (news - web sites), Friday, March 21. 2003. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
Demonstrators try to remove the razor wire set up by Lebanese police to block protesters from reaching the U.S. embassy in Aukar, suburb north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 21, 2003. About 500 Lebanese and Palestinians chanted slogans against America, Israel and some Arab leaders and burned an Israeli flag to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/str) |
A Palestinian woman chants anti-war slogans, holding a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) during an anti-US demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah(AFP/Jamal Aruri) |
Those who know me describe me as a nice guy, maybe too nice.
G-d help the jerk who desecrates the flag in my presence. I can't help myself, I will defend Old Glory with my very life.