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26.01.04, 12:31
Robia wywiady z Zydami, udajacymi sie na pielgrzymke do Mecci podajac ich za
mieszkancow tzw.Iraqu.
Link:story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&e=5&u=/nm/20040125/wl_nm/saudi_haj_dc_1
( caly artykul w przypadku cenzury tej wiadomosci, przez patryjotow tu i tam
, wiecej tam niz tu).
Iraq Pilgrims in Saudi Thank God for Saddam's Fall
Sun Jan 25, 3:29 PM ET
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By Andrew Hammond
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Joyful Iraqi pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia on Sunday
said they would thank God for ending the rule of Saddam Hussein (news - web
sites) in prayers during haj pilgrimage but other Arabs were thinking of the
U.S. occupation.
"I hope God will give Iraq (news - web sites) strength and make it strong and
united after all these years of pain, sickness and war," said Thabet Karim
Jassem of Baghdad, part of 300 Iraqis who arrived at a haj terminal in the
port city of Jeddah, near Mecca.
Jassem was among thousands of Iraqis that had been stranded on the Kuwait-Iraq
border last week over visa problems.
More than 32,000 Iraqis were chosen by lottery to perform the haj this year,
the first pilgrimage for post-Saddam Iraq.
"We remained nine days at the border, it was a very miserable time for
thousands," said Bakkar Rasoul, a Kurdish eye doctor from Suleimaniya. "But I
am really happy that we are free and God helped us to visit Mecca."
"I and many people are thankful toward the United States because they were
able to release us and we will definitely never forget. I don't think any
Muslim can forget this," he said, standing by Kurdish and Iraqi flags beside
the Iraqi pilgrims.
Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein turned Saudi
Arabia's northern neighbor into a magnet for Islamist militants who are also
targeting Saudi rule in the birthplace of Islam.
Diplomats say the Saudi government is worried the haj could be the target of
attack
