Kuwaiti writer:'Sharon more compassionate than Saddam'
By Herb Keinon
With much of the Arab press routinely referring to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "butcher" and IDF soldiers as "Nazis," an article appeared in an official Kuwaiti paper Monday saying the Palestinians should thank God they are not fighting Saddam Hussein.
In an article entitled "Sharon is more compassionate than Saddam," Fuad al-Hashem wrote: "I think that the Palestinian people should thank God twice a day for having the Israeli army as an enemy, and for being in a much better condition than we were while facing the Iraqi army and the brutality of its soldiers, which surpasses that of the Jewish soldiers. By comparison, the IDF soldiers and their practice is 'child's play.'"
According to Hashem, had Ali Hasan al-Majid, the military governor of Kuwait in 1990, besieged Jenin, instead of Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz, "it would not have taken him five or six days." Rather mustard gas would have been used.
Hashem said 1,700 Palestinians have "fallen as martyrs" since the beginning of the violence. He said that, by comparison, on the morning of August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein "sent the souls of 1,000 Kuwaiti martyrs to their creator!"
The Kuwaiti writer's conclusion: "Ariel Sharon is more compassionate than Saddam Hussein, and Shaul Mofaz is more compassionate than Ali Hasan al-Majid."
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