Posted on 03/25/2006 2:09:15 PM PST by Sabramerican
Once Protected by Hussein, Palestinians Suffer Backlash By KIRK SEMPLE
BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 24 The bill of death appeared overnight on Thursday, addressed to "the Palestinian traitors," and the killers were specific in their intent.
"We warn you that we will eliminate you all if you don't leave the area for good within 10 days," the leaflet said. It was signed by a group calling itself the Judgment Day Battalion, and it was scattered in front of the homes of Palestinians in Al Hurriya, a northern Baghdad neighborhood.
"We are ready to leave Iraq if we have the chance," a Palestinian resident of Al Hurriya said today, declining to provide his name for fear of retribution. "This is the opinion of everyone here."
He added, "We feel unsafe and today is better than tomorrow." ....
The Palestinian community in Iraq was once a pet cause of Saddam Hussein, who granted its members special treatment. But now, they say, they are suffering the backlash for that favoritism, and for being Sunni Arabs.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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I read this entire article and not once did I see the R or N word applied to the folks who are murdering Palestinians by the hundreds.
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