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| Palestinian group names successor for Abu Abbas |
| 2004-04-04 |
| The Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF) has elected Omar Shibli (Abu Ahmed) as secretary general of the organization, sources said on Friday. He succeeds Mohammed Abbas (Abu Abbas), who died in an American prison in Iraq early last month. Ahmed's ascension comes within the framework of internal preparations made by the front to reorganize itself in the wake of Abu Abbas' death. According to the sources, a series of consultations, contacts and meetings resulted in an agreement on electing Shibli as secretary general, as well as overseer of the Gaza sector. Nazem al-Youssef was elected deputy secretary general in charge of overseas areas, and Wassel Abu Youssef was elected deputy secretary-general responsible for the West Bank. All three are members of the front's five-member politburo. The two others are Mohammed Subhi (Abu Huda) in Iraq and Bilal Qassem in Jordan, who's in charge of political relations. The sources said the new set up would be announced on Monday in Lebanon to affirm the front's unity and its adherence to all decisions made by the new Gaza-based secretary general. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I wonder if the new leadership does team training stuff with the deputy secgen catching the secgen as the latter falls backward and chanting 'there's no 'I' in team'. My brother in law once had a session like that and said out loud, 'but there's an M and an E'. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-04-04 8:54:29 PM |
| #7 mhw - Lol! I hadn't heard that juicy comeback in quite awhile! I worked for one of those companies - they tried all of the new age touchy-feely bullshit. I was a contractor - and they paid for everyone of us to attend, required it, in fact - over my objections, I might add. It had no effect, other than costing the company a shitload of "consultant" fees. Sigh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-04 8:59:04 PM |
| #6 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: mhw TROLL 2004-04-04 8:54:29 PM |
| #5 The PLF should be immensely grateful that Israel makes such a determined effort to guarantee so much upward mobility among their ranks. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-04 6:49:43 PM |
| #4 Sea - I prefer that they see it as a growth opportunity, lol! At least they have a career path, no? I just appreciate the fact that these groups keep pointing out for us who's (pretending) to be the new "brains" of the outfit by contacting the Press! Convenient - for us! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-04 5:23:07 PM |
| #3 Sure must be inconvenient to have to keep replacing your "leadership." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-04 5:09:26 PM |
| #2 It's nice of the PLF to help Israel fill out their dance card like that. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-04 4:50:45 PM |
| #1 PLF hasn't been a force for a while. Doesn't mean this yahoo shouldn't get whacked, tho' |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-04 2:57:39 PM |