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Transcript: Analysis: Saddam Hussein takes up cause of Palestinian uprising against Israel
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- NPR All Things Considered
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- January 22, 2001
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Analysis: Saddam Hussein takes up cause of Palestinian uprising against
Israel
Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
One of the foreign policy objectives of the new administration is
to toughen UN sanctions against Iraq. Support for the sanctions has
dwindled over the past few years, even among US allies. And Saddam
Hussein has gradually emerged from isolation. In recent weeks, the
Iraqi leader has taken up the cause of the Palestinian uprising against
Israel. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it has made him a hero in the
West Bank and Gaza.
JENNIFER LUDDEN reporting:
On a flat, barren highway in Jordan's eastern ...