Missan population celebrate Quds Day

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com:  Tens of residents of Missan demonstrated today on the International  Quds (Jerusalem) Day, calling for a “serious stand” to support the Palestinian people. Sheikh Mohammed Hassan al-Ka’bi told IraqiNews.com that the demonstrators demanded that the Arab people strongly support the Palestinian people, save and liberate Quds city and adopt an anti-Israeli stand. The demonstration was received by chairman of the provincial council, security commission chief and a number of province council’s  members. The celebration in the Quds Day, which coincides in the last Friday in Ramadan, is a tradition called for by chief of the Iranian Islamic revolution Ayatollah Khomeini to consecrate the idea of Palestine in the Arab minds. Amara city, center of Missan province, lies 390 km south of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TS)/SR   296