Abu Nidal
Abu Nidal (Arabic: أبو نضال) (May 1937 – 16 August 2002), born Sabri Khalil al-Banna (Arabic: صبري خليل البنا), was the founder of Fatah – The Revolutionary Council (Arabic: فتح المجلس الثوري), a militant Palestinian separatist group also known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO).[1] At the height of his power in the 1970s and 1980s, Abu Nidal was mostly known as the most merciless of the Palestinian political leaders.[2] He told Der Spiegel in a rare interview in 1985: "I am the evil spirit which moves around only at night causing ... nightmares."[3]
Abu Nidal (أبو نضال) | |
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| Born | Sabri Khalil al-Banna (صبري خليل البنا) May 1937 |
| Died | 16 August 2002 (age 65) |
| Resting place | al-Karakh's Islamic cemetery, Baghdad, in a grave marked "M7" |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Occupation | Militant |
| Political party | Fatah – The Revolutionary Council (فتح المجلس الثوري) known as the Abu Nidal Organization, part of the Palestinian rejectionist front |
| Spouse(s) | Hiyam al-Bita |
| Children | One son, two daughters |
| Parent(s) | Hajj Khalil al-Banna (father) |
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Abu Nidal was born in Jaffa, where he was raised in a large stone house near the beach.
King Hussein of Jordan in 1997
1970 Echo newsreel about the situation in Jordan
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48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft takes off from RAF Lakenheath in England to bomb Libya, 14 April 1986.
The leader de facto of Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi.
References
- ↑ Melman 1986, p. 213.
The Guardian said that he was born in 1939; The Times said 1940; the Truman Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem gave his birth year as 1934. Issam Sartawi told Yossi Melman it was 1936. Melman says it was 1937.
- There is also disagreement about his name. The Daily Telegraph has written that he was Hasan Sabri al-Banna; the Middle East International has said he was Muhammad Sabri al-Banna. Stewart Steven says in his writing about the Mossad, that he was Sabri Khalil al-Banna or Mazan Sabri al-Banna. The name Khalil comes from his father; it is an Arab tradition that the father's name be added to the son's name. Al-Banna means "the mason" (Melman 1986, pp. 44–45). He was also known as Amin al-Sirr and Sabri Khalil Abd Al Qadir.
- ↑ See, for example:
- MacAskill, Ewen and Nelsson, Richard. "Mystery death of Abu Nidal, once the world's most wanted terrorist", The Guardian, 20 August 2002.
- Melman, Yossi. The Master Terrorist: The True Story Behind Abu Nidal, Mama Books, 1986, p. 4.
- McLaughlin, Abraham. "A matter of ethics for cloak-and-dagger set", The Christian Science Monitor, 5 October 2001.
- "Abu Nidal Organization", Council on Foreign Relations, October 2005.
- ""Council Decision"" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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- ↑ Melman 1986, p. 3.