Sudan to host thousands of Palestinian refugees from Iraq
Saddam's special treatment of the Palestinian community led to attacks after U.S.-led invasion.
By Reuters Tags: Sudan Palestinians IraqKHARTOUM - Sudan will host hundreds of Palestinian refugees who have been stranded for months in terrible conditions on Iraq's border with Syria and Jordan, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
"It's a few hundred. The president (Omar Hassan al-Bashir) agreed to the request of both Hamas and Fatah to accommodate them and we are going to inform the Arab League and then make our preparations," said a senior Foreign Ministry official, who declined to be named.
Iraq had 30,000 registered Palestinian refugees before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. The community became the target of attacks partly because of the Baghdad government's support for the Palestinians under Saddam Hussein's rule.
An estimated 15,000 Palestinians remain in Baghdad where they are vulnerable to murder, kidnapping and threats, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
Some 1,550 Palestinians have been trapped in al Waleed and al Tanf refugee camps on the Iraqi side of the Syrian border for months, UNHCR has said.
Conditions in the camps, where temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius in the Iraqi desert (122 degrees Fahrenheit), are poor.
Syria stopped taking in Palestinian refugees after accepting 250 in 2006, though Damascus allowed four seriously ill refugees to enter for treatment in August.
Sudan itself has hundreds of thousands of refugees in neighboring countries and a huge diaspora because of decades of multiple civil wars.
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We can all tell how unpopular the Zionists are; one indication is the frequency with with you post on this Israeli website. Of course, you could always cease being hypocrites, and show just how unpopular Zionism is with you 2, if you would start boycotting this Zionist website.
Palestinians were given a position of privilege in Iraq by Saddam. For instance, they lived either rent-free or at a greatly reduced amount. Iraqis who owned the houses and apartments were not compensated - unlike the families of suicide bombers in Judea Samaria. They were forced to put up with it. And don't forget this was during the 'oil-for-food program when Saddam was protecting billions and Iraqis but not palestinians in Iraq were suffering. Also, the palestinians, as Sunnis, took the anti-Shiite party line of the Baathists. Sudan by hosting the palestinians is saying 'think you' to the Arab League's support for their genocide in Darfur. Hey, maybe the palestinians can take part in some janjaweed operations to say 'thank you' to Khartoum. Wouldn't be out of character.
THANK YOU SUDAN YOU ARE ALL HEART.
Everything is temporary. Your life will be much more temporary than the life of the State of Israel.
"THE RIGHT OF RETURN OF PALESTINIANS IS A MUST" To Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, that is.
The Christians killed were in S. Sudab and were killed by the Muslim Northerners. The Darfurians are Muslim, as you say, and are being killed by the Janjaweed.
I'm beginning to think she's being paid by the Palestinians, the Hezbollah or Iran to write her junk.
How comes it is only the fictional "Palestinians" that can live in another country (like Iraq) for 60 years and still be classed as "Palestinians"? It gets clearer by the day that the "Palestinians" were only created to be a thorn in Israel's side. Self-determination is definately not the motivator for the "Palestinian cause". Take Gaza as an example. If it was self-determination they were after, they would be spending money on food, medicines etc. rather than rockets aimed at Israeli civilians.
Great post, Triple Jump: my sentiments exactly (although the list of zionist Crimes against Humanity could be much, much longer). Keep posting! Regards, Hannah.
"You really are something." Thanks for your compliment.
Because zionism stands for: - murder of children and women - land theft - house demolitions - uprooting of fertile olive trees and farmyards - jails where over 11,000 Palestinians are kept including many many children and women - intimidation and kidnapping at checkpoints etc. etc. That is why zionism = apartheid and that's why Israel is hated everywhere.
Correct your information. But Darfurian are Muslims and not Christians and those that sought refuge in Israel are Sudanese Muslims!
Hannah, are you for real. Are you Jewish. You really are something. If Israel doesn't exist, God help you, and everybody that thinks like you.
Yep, it's me, Hannah, here again. Did you call my name? I ask you: why are zionists so unpopular? Where do you supporters of chaos, war, child-murder, landtheft, etc., think that you will go after Palestine is liberated from zionism? Who in the world would want psychopathic, cult-programmed killers as their neighbours? As you zionism goes down, please do not drag all of Jewry with you. In claiming your stolen squatterdom as 'the home of the Jews,' you do a great disservice to Jews world-wide. So far, the extremely negative opinion has rightly been directed to zionism. Take it on the chin, as you so richly deserve it. Leave Jews out of it, lest the entire reaction to what zionists have done and what they intend to do (eg. attacking Syria/Iran) will fall upon Jewry. After Dr. Ahminejad's appearances in NY, it was clear that the only demonstrators against him were zionist Jews. When IL attacks Iran, people will blame all Jews and, bingo, it's 1930's Germany again, this time in the USofA.
This is a question that Hannah and other anti-Semites often ask about the Jews. But the question must nevertheless be askedL Why is it that the Palestinians in Iraq are being treated so cruelly? Is it because of Yasir Arafat's support for Saddam Hussein, or some other reason?
Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of Christians and black Africans have been slaughtered, is to "host hundreds of Palestinian refugees". I hope the refugees know what they are gettng themselves into.
Strange movement of refugees! Sudanese seek refuge in Israel, and Palestinians seek refuge in Sudan. A swap will be much helpful and makes more sense to me!