Muhammad Zaidan - Wikipedia
WEBMuhammad Zaidan (10 December 1948 – 8 March 2004), also known as Abu Abbas (Arabic: أبو العباس Abū ʿAbbās; / ˈ ɑː b uː ə ˈ b ɑː s / pronunciation ⓘ AH-boo ə-BAHSS) or Muhammad Abbas, was (with Tal'at Ya'qoub) a founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) Organization.
Mahmoud Abbas - Wikipedia
WEBMahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is a Palestinian politician who is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority . [6]
Abu Abbas, Mastermind of Hijacking of Achille Lauro, is Dead in …
WEBMar 10, 2004 · Mohammed Abu Abbas, the terrorist whose botched ocean-liner hijacking in 1985 ended in the murder of an elderly American Jew and set back the Palestinian cause, has died in American custody.
Abu Abbas Captured after Two Hours of Fighting
WEBApr 16, 2003 · Abbas remained a wanted man in both the United States and Italy for nearly two decades until April 14, 2003, when U.S. Special Forces of the 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom captured him in a compound in southern Baghdad. The following news article details the events surrounding his capture.
Leader of '85 Achille Lauro Attack Dies at Prison in Iraq
WEBMar 10, 2004 · Abu Abbas, the Palestinian mastermind of a deadly 1985 cruise ship hijacking in which an American passenger in a wheelchair was shot and thrown into the sea, has died at a prison in Iraq, a...
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAbu al-Abbas al-Saffah (born 722—died 754, Anbar [Iraq]) was an Islamic caliph (reigned 749–54), the first of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty, which was to rule over the eastern Islamic world for approximately the next 500 years.
A NATION AT WAR: PRISONERS; '85 Hijacker Is Captured In Baghdad
WEBApr 16, 2003 · The terrorist leader, Abu Abbas, led a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front in the 1980's and 1990's and has been living in Baghdad since 2000. He was...
THREATS AND RESPONSES: AN OLD TERRORIST ... - The New York Times
WEBNov 8, 2002 · After years as a fugitive, interrupted for four years in the 1990's when the Oslo accords allowed him to live unhindered in Gaza, Mr. Abbas, 53, is back in Baghdad, living under the protection of...
U.S. captures mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking
WEBApr 16, 2003 · WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Abu Abbas, a convicted Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro on which a wheelchair-bound American was...
Abu Abbas dies in US custody | News | Al Jazeera
WEBMar 10, 2004 · Abu Abbas, the Palestinian mastermind of the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking in 1985, has died in US custody in Iraq. The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Abbas, 55, died of apparent natural...
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