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Abu Nidal

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Also known as Sabri Khalil al-Banna

Palestinian militant, founder of Fatah (1937–2002)

Person · Open Library

Works
15

Top works

  • Adab al-sujūn
  • al-Taḥawwulāt fī al-riwāyah al-ʻArabīyah
  • Mudhakkirāt Abū Ibrāhīm al-Kabīr, Khalīl Muḥammad ʻĪsá ʻAjāk, al-qāʾid al-qisāmī li-thawrat 36-39
  • Mudhakkirāt Nazīh Abū Niḍāl, min awrāq thawrah maghdūrah
  • al-Kāshif

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Bulgaria
chalgapop-folk

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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
Sabri Khalil al-Banna , ( 1937-05-00 ) May 1937, Jaffa , Mandatory Palestine
Died
16 August 2002 (2002-08-16) (aged 65), Baghdad , Ba'athist Iraq
Resting place
Al-Karakh Islamic cemetery, Baghdad
Organization
Fatah: The Revolutionary Council (known as the Abu Nidal Organization )
Political party
Ba'ath Party (1955–1967), Fatah (1967–1974), Fatah Revolutionary Council (1974–2002)
Movement
Rejectionist Front

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Encyclopedic overview

Sabri Khalil al-Banna (Arabic: صبري خليل البنا; May 1937 – 16 August 2002), known by his nom de guerre Abu Nidal ("father of struggle"), was a Palestinian militant. He was the founder of Fatah: The Revolutionary Council (Arabic: فتح المجلس الثوري), a militant Palestinian splinter group more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). Abu Nidal formed the ANO in October 1974 after splitting from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Abu Nidal is believed to have ordered attacks in 20 countries, killing over 300 and injuring over 650 while acting as a freelance contractor. The group's operations included the Rome and Vienna airport attacks on 27 December 1985, when gunmen opened fire on passengers in simultaneous shootings at El Al ticket counters, killing 20. At the height of its militancy in the 1970s and 1980s, the ANO was widely regarded as the most ruthless of the Palestinian groups. Palestinian leadership long suspected that Israeli Mossad had infiltrated the ANO, with Abu Nidal himself allegedly having been on the CIA payroll.

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