Palestinian activists build monument to Saddam Hussein
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Palestinian activists have built a monument to the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the West Bank.
The monument, showing a portrait of Saddam in a bowler hat and pointing a rifle in the air, was erected last week in the town of Qalqiliya.
A small faction called the Arab Liberation Front built the structure, but the city's governor, a member of the ruling Fatah movement, was among those in attendance at last week's opening ceremony.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Qalqiliya municipality declined comment.
Saddam is popular with Palestinians because he fired several dozen Scud missiles at Israel during the 1991 Gulf War. He was toppled in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and executed three years later.
The Arab Liberation Front has built Saddam monuments in several other Palestinian towns.