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...plight of the two camps came to light in a shocking request by Sheik Khalil Sharkiyeh, the chief Sunni Muslim clergyman of the Burj el-Barajneh camp. Because of acute food shortages, Sharkiyeh appealed to Muslim scholars for a fatwa, or religious ruling, that would allow starving residents to eat human flesh if that became necessary for survival. Though no such edict was forthcoming, an official of the Palestine Liberation Organization, whose forces are defending the camps, said last week that conditions for the 35,000 besieged Palestinians had grown desperate. "Our people in Burj el-Barajneh have already eaten...
...surprise, Khaled charges that the organizer of the Rome and Vienna attacks was Abu Nidal, nom de guerre of a renegade Palestinian named Sabry Khalil Bana, and that Syria was at least indirectly implicated. Khaled's detailed description of Nidal's operations has led to a recommendation that Nidal be indicted as the organizer of the airport tragedy. A final decision on the indictment will be made later this year...
...blue-uniformed Central Security Force spread through Amman shutting down Fatah offices, including the house in the Al Nuzha district that the Tunis-based Arafat used during visits. Jordanian agents seized Fatah documents and applied a seal of red wax to office doors. Arafat's top aide, Khalil Wazir, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Jihad, was told to leave the country within 48 hours when he arrived at his office in the Jebel Amman district. Before embarking on a 450-mile auto journey across the desert to Baghdad, Wazir said, "We are sorry about this decision because...
...this claim and promising further attacks against U.S. targets "across the world" was later delivered to Beirut newspapers. Qassam was slain by the British during a revolt in Palestine in 1936. His name has frequently been used by terrorist factions linked to Abu Nidal, whose real name is Sabry Khalil Bana and who officially broke away from Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah organization...
...cast is back in the dressing rooms for make-up. "Green lipstick is so awful," moans an extra. "Anyone want some glitter?" asks Khalil. Crosses and lightning are painted on cheeks, while Bienstock wanders around the room begging for brown eyeliner...