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| Abu Nidal safe underground... |
| 2002-09-03 |
| Abu Nidal, the once-feared terrorist mastermind who died in Baghdad last month under mysterious circumstances, was given a quiet burial in the Iraqi capital, his organization said Tuesday. Iraqi intelligence handed over Abu Nidal's body Thursday to one of his relatives in Baghdad, the Fatah-Revolutionary Council group said in a statement. Abu Nidal, 65, was buried the same day "in the presence of a handful of his family members, and the participation of an Iraqi intelligence officer to make sure he was buried," the group said. The statement said Abu Nidal had wanted to be buried in the West Bank town of Nablus "but several Arab and Zionist intelligence agencies prevented that." Put a rock on his grave or something, just to make sure... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |