An official military funeral was held Wednesday morning for a former Palestinian Authority intelligence officer at the Presidential compound in Ramallah, attended by President Mahmoud Abbas. PA forces fired 21 bullets in the air to commemorate the death of Intelligence Commander General Amin Al-Hindi, who passed away at the age of 70 in Amman on Tuesday.
Prediction: Looks like 21 new gimps in Gaza tomorrow...
President Mahmoud Abbas attended the funeral, reciting passages of the Quran in Al-Hindi's honor. Premier Salam Fayyad and Abbas' Secretary-General Al-Tayyab Al-Rahim were also in attendance, as well as family, friends, PLO and Fatah officials, ministers and security force officers.
Sounds like a nice day for a rocket attack...
Born in Gaza in 1940, Al-Hindi was infamous for his role in the planning of the slaying of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Bon apetit, worms. Try not to puke...
Following Munich, Al-Hindi was appointed a senior security officer in Fatah, and late president Yasser Arafat made him general security and intelligence service chief when the body was established by the Palestinian Authority in the 1990s.
...and because he had a "purty mouth".
Al-Hindi attempted to resign from his post in 2004 citing the state of chaos and lack of government reforms but was retained until the death of Arafat and replaced when President Mahmoud Abbas took power in 2005.
Buh bye. Say hi to Yas for us...