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...P.F.L.P.'s leader, Dr. George Habash, was traveling through North Korea on his way home from Peking, where he had sought more Asian Communist weapons and funds. Habash & Co. have been violently opposed to the Middle East cease-fire plan accepted in August by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan's King Hussein. Vowed Habash: "If a settlement is made with Israel, we will turn the Middle East into a hell...
...board. One of them remained in the plane with the two hijackers and began wiring up explosive charges in the cabin and toilets during the flight to Cairo. The P.F.L.P. had decided to blow up the plane in the Egyptian capital as a sign of its disgust with Nasser for agreeing to the Middle East negotiations...
...Nasser is powerful enough to survive such an embarrassment; Hussein probably is not. The Jordanian king badly needs a diplomatic success to save his throne. Last week he survived yet another assassination attempt, the second against him in the past three months. According to a palace report, he was riding in a convoy of seven Land Rovers on his way to Amman airport to meet Daughter Alia, 14, when the attackers struck from ambush. Hussein was uninjured, but the Jordanian army responded to the attack by shelling guerrilla camps around Amman. Fedayeen leaders complained that Hussein had staged the incident...
Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser also faces some opposition, but he has managed to open negotiations with the Israelis without forfeiting his prestige with the Palestinian commando organizations. At his seaside retreat in Alexandria, Nasser last week received Al-Fatah Leader Yasser Arafat, whose visit was interpreted as a gesture of continued support. The general speculation in Cairo is that Arafat and other moderate fedayeen leaders will avoid an open break with Nasser until the Egyptian President can determine whether progress can be made in the New York talks...
...Nasser's Friend. While Gaddafi has been discriminating against foreigners at home, he has been promoting pan-Arabism abroad. As an ardent supporter of Nasser, he has pushed himself into the inner councils of the Arab leaders. Two Arab high-level meetings have been held in Tripoli over the past three months. Gaddafi has publicly denounced...