PLO Figure George Habash Dies at 81; Founded Faction Known for Hijackings
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AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 26 -- George Habash, whose radical PLO faction gained notoriety after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France flight to Entebbe, Uganda, died Saturday in Jordan. He was 81.
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The murder of  a top Lebanese anti-terror investigator raises fears of heightened activity by al-Qaeda-related groups
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The founder of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), George Habash, dies.
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An al-Qaida suspect arrested last week has died of a heart attack while in the custody of Lebanese security officials. In his early 50s, Muhammad al-Khatib was among 10 people seized last week after government
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KUWAIT CITY -- The alleged ringleader of an anti-American terrorist group died of heart failure nine days after he was detained, the government said yesterday, raising questions over whether he was tortured.
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A senior Al-Qaeda leader in  Afghanistan, described by Western authorities as one of Osama  bin Laden's top six lieutenants, has been killed, U.S.  officials and an al-Qaeda-linked Web site said on Thursday.
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Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group; the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas), threatened to target the Israeli interests abroad following the assassination of the leading figure in the movement Ezz Eddine Subhi al-Sheikh by blowing up his car
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A military leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas who was at the top of Israelâs most wanted list, has been killed in an air strike on Gaza City.
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DAMASCUS, Syria - In a hit claimed by Israeli security officials, a senior Hamas operative was killed in a car bombing Sunday outside his house in Damascus, the first such killing of a leader of the Islamic militant group in Syria.    Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil, 42, died instantly in the explosion, which wounded three bystanders...
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Mahmoud Abbas, who was chosen as PLO Chief to succeed late Yasser Arafat, on Sunday survived an assassination attempt by radical Palestinian gunmen who killed two security service personnel.
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The Chairman of PLO executive committee Mahmoud Abbas, or Abu Mazen, escaped Sunday night an assassination attempt as he was attacked by unknown militants at the mourning tent
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U.S. officials said a name on the passenger list matched that of a suspected member of a Moroccan militant group.
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ATHENS - Africa&#39;s senior Greek Orthodox leader, Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria, Egypt, and a dozen other religious officials were killed Saturday when a helicopter carrying them to the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece crashed
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The alleged top al-Qaida operative in Lebanon, who was arrested 10 days ago after authorities uncovered a plot to bomb embassies and kill diplomats, died of a heart attack Monday, hospital and security officials said.
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BEIRUT, Feb.13 -- Imad Mughniyeh, a senior but shadowy Hezbollah commander accused by the United States and Israel of masterminding suicide bombings, hijackings and hostage-taking that spanned 25 years, was killed by a car bomb in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Shiite Muslim group and other ...
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The suspects in the alleged New York airport terror plot have ties to the leader of a violent militant Islamist group
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A senior al Qaeda terrorist active in operational planning and training has been killed, a Western official said Thursday.