updated Mon. January 29, 2024
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Truth-Out
April 25, 2018
Despite ongoing Iraqi support for Abu Nidal and other terrorist groups during the 1980s, the Reagan administration removed Iraq from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism in order to provide the regime with thiodiglycol, a key component in the manufacture of mustard gas and otherÃâà...
Jamaica Observer
April 9, 2018
1990: Palestinian terrorist group of Abu Nidal frees a Frenchwoman, a Belgian man and their daughter after 2 1/2 years in captivity. 1993: Chris Hani, one of South Africa's top black leaders, is murdered. 1996: Yugoslavia frees 211 Bosnian Muslims after eight months of detention; US President Bill ClintonÃâà...
Mondoweiss
April 9, 2018
Abu Nidal, the anti-Arafat and anti-PLO master terrorist, sent his own cousin to assassinate the Israeli ambassador in London, who was grievously wounded. ... When one of the intelligence chiefs told Begin at the cabinet meeting that Abu Nidal's organization was not a member of the PLO, Begin famouslyÃâà...
Mondoweiss
April 9, 2018
On the second Friday of the Gaza protests, Israeli snipers shot nearly 500 Palestinians at the Gaza border, killing nine, and bringing the death total in two Fridays to 31. Last Friday's carnage included the sniping of 6 journalists, killing one of them – 30-year-old Yaser Murtaja, even though he wore a flakÃâà...
Ancient Origins
April 8, 2018
The local warlord, Abu Nidal, 'Father of the Struggle,' in charge of the siege of Palmyra was livid. Hundreds of antiquities appeared to have been spirited off, and Abu Bakr al-Bagdadi would be furious. There were no fewer than seven 'investors,' ready to spend upwards of $11 million dollars for the mostÃâà...
The Echo News
April 6, 2018
“We are one of the biggest tribes in Jordan,” said Aya, granddaughter of Abu Nidal. “We live in over three villages. . . . There are 11 branches in the tribe and each branch has a number of families. These connections help me a lot because I know someone everywhere.” “You represent a tribe of thousands,”Ãâà...
Austin Chronicle
April 4, 2018
The group (clearly based on Abu Nidal) wants him to orchestrate a prisoner swap for their leader; the only wrinkle is that no one knows where he's gone, or who is holding him. When he's not at his desk as Hollywood's script polisher of choice, Tony Gilroy (State of Play) has attempted to establish himself asÃâà...
5 Dariya News
February 28, 2018
Palestinian terrorists from the Abu Nidal terrorist group had entered the aircraft posing as Pakistani Police personnel, carrying arms and hand grenades.The hijack had left 20 people dead and 150 injured after a bloodbath at Karachi airport.Praising the architectural planning of the city, Kovind said:Ãâà...
Morung Express
February 28, 2018
Neerja, who was the senior flight purser of Pan-Am 73 (Bombay-Karachi-Frankfurt-New York) flight, was killed in the shootout following the hijack. Palestinian terrorists from the Abu Nidal terrorist group had entered the aircraft posing as Pakistani Police personnel, carrying arms and hand grenades.
Haaretz
February 4, 2018
When Israel finally launched that invasion of Lebanon in June 1982, its justification was the attempted assassination of Israel's ambassador to London. Except that Israel knew well that the assailant who shot and severely wounded Shlomo Argov was operating on orders from Abu Nidal, head of the splinterÃâà...
The New Arab
November 19, 2017
Following a wave of attacks on Gulf targets by Abu Nidal Organisation, Saudi Arabia and the UAE attempted to rein in the radical militant, a former Palestinian ambassador has claimed.
STRATFOR
October 21, 2017
Those cases involved attacks by radical Palestinian groups like the Abu Nidal Organization and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. But even their attacks paled in comparison with those of the Black September Organization, a key player in the radical Palestinian arena. Black September'sÃâà...
