Word: yasser
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...Malta's Prime Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici defended his country's long-standing policy of refusing to refuel a hijacked plane unless terrorists first released all passengers aboard. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused the hijackers of being members of a Palestinian terrorist group opposed to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and closely aligned with Mubarak's enemy, Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. Though Mubarak did not mention the group by name, he seemed to be referring to the Abu Nidal faction, which has previously taken responsibility for a number of particularly heinous terrorist crimes...
...called a radio station in Málaga, Spain, and claimed that both attacks had been carried out by the "Abu Nidal organization." Officials in Italy, Austria, Israel and the U.S. all took the claim seriously. Abu Nidal is the code name used by Sabry Khalil Bana, 45, who quit Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization in 1973, contending that Arafat had softened his opposition to Israel. Abu Nidal, in turn, was condemned to death by the P.L.O. Interviewed by Arab reporters recently in Libya, where he reportedly established a headquarters a few months ago for his Fatah Revolutionary Council...
...difference between Sharon and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who tried to negotiate a peace deal with Yasser Arafat, is that Sharon will not tolerate any bombing or shooting while negotiations are under way. The cease-fire that Abbas has arranged with Palestinian militant groups is not good enough because those independent groups may begin shooting at any time. Perhaps, as an incentive for Abbas to bring the militants under his control, Sharon could propose shortening the implementation time of a peace agreement, if one can be reached. Sam Einhorn Montreal...
...scoops for TIME, some of which involved the shadowy machinations of his friends, are innumerable?and at one point he was jailed for his foreknowledge of plots. He knew almost all the major players of the Middle East at the time, from King Feisal of Saudi Arabia to Yasser Arafat to a young Iraqi named Saddam Hussein. Aburish was part of the Palestinian diaspora after the creation of Israel in 1948, and in exile his family took up the tourist trade in Beirut. There Mohammed Khalil Aburish (everyone called him by the more informal name Abu Said) pampered clients, including...
...clear that with [Abbas], there's a better chance for progress than with [Yasser] Arafat. But only if he is under strong pressure toward democratic reforms. The disengagement is unilateral, so it means zero pressure for reform...