A SYMBOLIC COFFIN OF OUSTED IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN
Palestinian supporters of the Fatah party, loyal to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, carry a symbolic coffin of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during a rally in his memory in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip January 02 2007, days after the execution of the Iraqi leader in Baghdad. The execution by hanging of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein 30 December 2006 drew mixed reactions across the Middle East, with some saying he got what he deserved and others hailing him as a martyr. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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