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LauraK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-12-03 10:49 AM
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Palestinian Refugees in Iraq on Hunger Strike
BAGHDAD (PC) - Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Baghdad began a hunger strike with the hope that the international community would pay attention to their deteriorating conditions following the toppling of the Iraqi government of President Saddam Hussein.

There are at least 80 thousand Palestinian in Iraq, mostly refugees who driven out of their land in Palestine following the 1948 war, known to Palestinians as Nakba - or Catastrophe. An additional influx of refugees also joined the Palestinian population in Iraq following the Gulf War of 1991, mostly escaping violence directed against them in Kuwait.
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