First Palestinian airplane lands in Saddam International airport with injured on it
Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 10/30/2000

The first Palestinian Boeing airplane carrying 20 wounded Palestinians landed yesterday in Saddam International airport at the end of a trip that started in Gaza with an stop over in Amman airport.

The airplane took off from Gaza airport yesterday morning with 8 wounded Palestinians on board and some members of the Palestinian delegation then it stopped in Amman airport where it carried some injured as well as the rest of the Palestinian officials before resuming its trip to Baghdad.

The airplane was received by an Iraqi official delegation under the chairmanship of Ali Hasan El-Magid, the member of the revolution leadership, health minister Omid Medhat Mubarak and transportation minister Ahmed Mortada.

The airliner transported an official delegation headed by Azzam El-Ahmed, members in the Palestinian public works minister and representatives for the vocational and union organizations.

Nearly 4000 persons stood at the airport entry raising the Iraqi and the Palestinian flags as well as signs hailing the endurance of the Palestinian people and the Uprising against the Israeli occupation.

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