Seven children dressed as suicide bombers were carried in an anti-Israel protest in South Africa. The kids were among 300 Muslims protesting outside the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria on Sunday against the killing of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, according to South African news reports.
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