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Mon 08 Aug 2001Iraqi calls Jews sons of monkeys and pigsA leading Iraqi official described Jews as the sons of monkeys and pigs today and called at an international conference of 350 Islamic clerics for the destruction of Israel.Iraq's official press regularly portrays Muslims and Arabs as morally superior to Jews, calling for war to regain Israeli-occupied land and portraying Baghdad as the standard bearer of Arab honour in the struggle with Israel.