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To the supporters of Israel: The money and military equipment you give away to Israel were used yesterday in blowing up 18 Palestinian houses in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, for no other reason than clearing the area near an illegal Israeli settlement. Support for Israel means homelessness and despair for Palestinian children (Al-Anwar, 12/16/03).


Two Palestinian women trying to find their way among the rubble of 18 houses, which were blown up by Israeli occupation forces to clear the area around an Israeli settlement in Khan Younis. Two Palestinian workers were killed by the trigger-happy Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza Strip. (Alittihad, 12/16/03).


Humiliated Saddam examined by a US military doctor. Cardinal Renato Martino: US Treated Saddam 'Like a Cow,' criticizing the US military for showing video footage of him (Reuters, 12/16/03).


Iraqi policemen stand beside the remains of a car bomb, after a suicide attack outside a police station on the outskirts of Baghdad, December 15, 2003. The U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers said during a previously unannounced visit to Baghdad on Dec. 16 that the capture of Saddam Hussein would hurt the anti-American insurgency. (Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters, 12/16/03).


Members of the Iraqi Communist Party, with their red flag, celebrating the US capture of Saddam Hussain. The Communist Party was banned together with other political parties under Saddam's rule. (Reuters, 12/16/03).


An Iraqi man flashes a victory sign (which means we'll prevail) while holding a picture of arrested Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein during a rally supporting him in Mosul December 16, 2003. An outburst of violence showed Saddam Hussein's capture offered no quick fix to Iraq's woes. (Reuters, 12/16/03).


In Tikrit, US occupation forces rounding up Iraqi demonstrators who protested the arrest of Saddam Hussain, yesterday (Assafir, 12/16/03).


Iraqis lifting the picture of their President, Saddam Hussain, during a demonstration in Baghdad against his arrest by US forces. (Annahar, 12/16/03).


Pro-Saddam Iraqis in Adhamiya, Baghdad, during confrontations with the police while protesting the arrest of Saddam (Assafir, 12/16/03).


Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, and his wife, Assma, visiting the Athenian Acropolis, during his visit to Greece yesterday. (Annahar, 12/16/03).


President Chirac greeting Shirin Ebadi after receiving her in the Elysee Palace, in Paris, yesterday. (Assafir, 12/16/03).


Should Saddam go to trial alone? What about those who supplied him with chemical weapons? What about those who gave both parties (Iranians and Iraqis) enough weapons to keep killing each other for eight years? Donald Rumsfeld received by Saddam in Baghdad, in 1983, who gave him the full US support to Iraq against Iran during the devastating 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War.(Greg Palast, 12/17/03).


To the supporters of Israel: This is what your financial and military aid to Israel did yesterday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Balata. Your continuous support to the Israeli occupation means more crimes against humanity like the one above (Alhayat Aljadeda, 12/17/03).


The sickening truth about Zionist terrorists: Ahmed Omran screamingly crying while a Palestinian medic is carrying his twin brother, Nour Eddin, after the terrorist Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at a group of Palestinian children inside their own refugee camp of Balata yesterday (Alquds, 12/17/03).


The Hamas leader, Ahmed Yassin, between the two Egyptian envoys, Ibrahim and Buhairi, in Gaza yesterday (Assafir, 12/17/03).


The Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, and the Lebanese singer, Mersal Khalifeh, in Beirut yesterday, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Center for Palestine Studies. (Assafir, 12/17/03).


Baker and Schroeder in Berlin yesterday. Germany agreed to forgive important portions of the Iraqi debts. (Annahar, 12/17/03).


Fisher called for a fair trial for Saddam and Mubarak called for Arab reconciliation (Annahar, 12/17/03).


US show of force in Tikrit yesterday. (Annahar, 12/17/03)..


A huge pro-Saddam demonstration in Mosul yesterday (Annahar, 12/17/03).


Saddam's picture, which was supposed to convey humiliation, is now used by Iraqis to demonstrate their love for him dead or alive (Al-Ahram, 12/17/03).


A US soldier pointing his gun at demonstrators lifting pictures of Saddam in Mosul yesterday. (Assafir, 12/17/03).


US soldiers more tense than ever before, after the capture of Saddam. (Al-Ra'i, 12/17/03).


US soldiers in the streets of Fallouja. 17 Iraqis were killed in confrontations and demonstrations yesterday (Al-Ra'i, 12/17/03).


A terrorized Palestinian mother and her children during the Israeli terroristic raid on Balata refugee camp, Nablus, yesterday (PMC, 12/18/03).


The Zionist Shock and Awe tactic to enter houses from bedroom walls: This savage opening in a bedroom in Balata refugee camp was caused by terrorist Israeli soldiers during their terroristic raid on the Nablus camp. The raid continued all night causing the death of four Palestinian civilians and injuring many others..(Al-Ayyam, 12/18/03).


Palestinian women looking at the rubble of their homes, which were destroyed by Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday. (Alquds Alarabi, 12/18/03).


Israeli occupation soldiers raiding a mosque in Jenin yesterday and confiscating its computer. (Teshreen, 12/18/03).


Israeli occupation soldiers raiding a mosque in Jenin yesterday and confiscating its computer. (Alquds Alarabi, 12/18/03).


German Foreign Minister, Joshka Fischer, meeting with Palestinian Prime Ministerr, Ahmed Qourei, in Abu Deis yesterday. (Assafir, 12/18/03).


Chirac between the Muslim leader, Khalil Bubakr, and Rabbi Joseph Cetroke in the Elysee, after his controversial speech yesterday. (Assafir, 12/18/03).


A house search in Samarra yesterday: A US soldier telling an Iraqi woman to lie down on her face like the rest of her family members. (Al-Anwar, 12/18/03)..


An Iraqi police officer examining the scene of the collusion and explosion of a fuel truck and a minibus, which killed 17 Iraqis and injured many others in down town Baghdad yesterday. (Al-Anwar, 12/18/03).


A US soldier breaking the lock of a store in the industrial zone of Samarra yesterday (Annahar, 12/18/03).


This photo is a subject of controversy in the Arab media. Several journalists said that there are no dates on palm trees now, in the middle of December, like the yellow fruits behind these two US soldiers, who are showing where the Iraqi President Saddam Hussain was hiding in Ad Dawr, in Tikrit. They argue that the photo was taken about two months ago. Al-Riyadh newspaper argues that there is a kind of dates called Al-Hilaliya, that may ripen in winter (Al-Riyadh, 12/18/03).


A US soldier showing how Saddam used to enter his hiding place. (Assafir, 12/16/03)	A view of the kitchen that Saddam used during his hiding (Annahar, 12/16/03).	A view of the hole Saddam was found hiding in (Al-Riyadh, 12/16/03).	Funeral of the former Azeri President, Haider Aliyev, in Bako, yesterday. (Assafir, 12/15/03).