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2002-08-20 Middle East

Iraqi hard boys helped Abu Nidal depart the land of the living...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-08-20 08:20 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There's also a Reuters article on this at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=3&cid=578&u=/nm/20020820/ts_nm/mideast_abunidal_dc_17 which claims that Abu Nidal "had opened channels to Iraqi guerrillas in Syria and Jordan opposed to President Saddam Hussein." Would these be pro-Iranian Hizbollah?

Posted by Brian Hoffman 2002-08-20 10:39:09|| 2002-08-20 10:39:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Or maybe he was hired by the Iraqi opposition? Or was suspected of being hired by them? Wonder if the al-Sabahs in Kuwait are anticipating getting a little revenge (it's a Muslim virtue) on Sammy for the "young revolutionaries" wheeze from the Gulf War?

I also wonder if Abu Nidal's sudden and tragic demise might not have been the result of a little disinformation supplied to a certain shoot-first-investigate-later dictator?

Posted by Fred 2002-08-20 12:00:17|| 2002-08-20 12:00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 "It was just business, Mike"

Posted by Anonymous 2002-08-20 12:41:45|| 2002-08-20 12:41:45|| Front Page Top

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