Manama: The appearance of wall graffiti glorifying the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain was yesterday lambasted by the head of a political society as "political bankruptcy."
"They are totally ridiculous and simply reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of the Arab street because of the deterioration of politics at several levels," Ahmad Juma, the president of Al Mithaq Society, told Gulf News.
Residents in Hidd, a fishing village at the tip of Muharraq Island, discovered the Arabic graffiti on the walls on Tuesday morning.
Verses
"Saddam, you were a man in your life and a hero in your death" read one of them, signed by Saddam's Fedayee [fighter].
Another carried two verses, allegedly by Saddam Hussain, advising people "not to regret fate's treason as dogs that dance around the corpses of lions do not turn into lions and lions do not become dogs." No one has claimed responsibility for the graffiti amid concerns that they would revive the rift between people who condemned his execution last December and those who celebrated it. In the ensuing tension, Molotov bombs were hurled at a pro-Baath political society that set up a condolence house, but no one was injured. But for Ahmad Juma, people now should move forward with their lives and forget about the Saddam Hussain era.
"The graffiti is a desolate case of political bankruptcy and we really want people to draw lessons from history instead of glorifying an era that is not only gone, but also was filled with misery," he said.
