Monday, January 28, 2008

George Habash dead

Good news from news.com.au, by Agence France-Presse correspondents in Amman, January 27, 2008:

GEORGE Habash, the ailing founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), died on Saturday in Amman at the age of 82....

....Mr Habash stepped down as head of the Damascus-based PFLP in July 2000 after having led the faction - which is a key [terrorist] component of the Palestine Liberation Organisation - for more than 30 years....

...The PFLP under Mr Habash [who opposed peace deals with Israel and believed "peace" could come only with Israel's destruction - SL] ...hijacked airliners [including the Air France hijacking to Entebbe - SL] and...called for the overthrow of Jordan's monarchy in 1970 before the Black September clashes in which the Jordanian army expelled the PLO from the kingdom....

[and from Jewish Virtual Library...The PFLP advocates armed insurrection and perpetrates media-oriented attacks, particularly the hijacking of planes, to bring the Palestinian cause to public attention. The PFLP hijacked Israeli aircraft in 1968. It abducted and threatened four American journalists in Beirut in 1981 (two from the New York Times, one from the Washington Post and one from Newsweek). PFLP members have continued to perpetrate terrorist acts through the years....]

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