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Muslims rescue baghdad jewish community center

>MUSLIMS RESCUE BAGHDAD'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FROM LOOTERS
>Sammy Ketz, Agence France-Presse 4/12/03
>
>BAGHDAD, April 12 (AFP) - Iraqi Muslims came to the aid of Baghdad's tiny
>Jewish community Saturday, chasing out looters trying to sack its cultural
>center in the heart of the capital.
>
>"At 3:00 am, I saw two men, one with a beard, on the roof of the Jewish
>community house and I cried out to my friend, 'Hossam, bring the
>Kalashnikovs!" said Hassam Kassam, 21.
>
>Neither Hassan nor Hossam, who is the guard at the center, was armed at
>the time but the threat worked in scaring off the intruders.
>
>Two hours later, the looters returned again and Hassan Kassem used the
>trick once more…
>
>On Saturday, Hossam the guard left to look for a real gun in case the
>persistent thieves returned.
>
>"The Jews have always lived here, in this house, and it is only normal
>that we should protect them," said Ibrahim Mohamad, 36, who works in a
>small undergarments factory near the center of town…
>
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