Palestinians Missing Saddam and His Fat Checks for Terror
“President Saddam Hussein has recently told the head of the Palestinian political office, Faroq al-Kaddoumi, his decision to raise the sum granted to each family of the martyrs of the Palestinian uprising to $25,000 instead of $10,000.” Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz Announced at a Baghdad meeting of Arab politicians and businessmenMarch 11, 2002 Is it any real surprise then, that the Palestinians would be upset with the demise of the dictator?Palestinians carry a mock coffin for late former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a symbolic funeral in the village of Beit Forik near the West Bank city of Nablus December 31, 2006.