The Saudi ambassador to Britain defended a poem he wrote praising Palestinian suicide bombers. In a letter posted on the Saudi Arabian Embassy’s Web site, Ghazi Algosaibi claimed that Israeli prime ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir and Ariel Sharon were terrorists responsible for the murder of many Palestinians.
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