FATAH AND PA SEND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO SADDAM

The official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper, Al Hayat Al Jadida, published an advertisement from Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, sending birthday greetings to a Saddam Hussein:

Official PA Daily: Birthday Greetings to Saddam Hussein - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (Palestinian Media Watch)
An advertisement sending birthday greetings to Saddam Hussein was published on May 1 in the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper Al Hayat Al Jadida. Saddam Hussein is seen as a hero by the PA leadership and population. During the war in Iraq, PA political and academic leaders called for armed terror against U.S. soldiers, and a music video calling for Iraqis to kill U.S. troops played daily on PA TV.

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Headline: “Blessings to the leader of the masses, Saddam Hussein the faithful, the legal President of the Iraqi Republic on the occasion of his 68th birthday.”

“Two members of the leadership of the Fatah Movement, Bader Tewfik Hassan ”Abu Yunis“ and Fuzi Kamel Shahrur, express to the leader of the nation and her warrior knight Saddam Hussein, the president of the Iraqi Republic best wishes on the occasion of his 68th birthday, and bless all of the faithful among the Iraqi and Arab nations, who support and defend justice. We wish him long life for the sake of Iraq and to free the Arab nation from the enslavement of foreign imperialism. Oh, the glory of victory, with the help of Allah.” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 1, 2005]