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James jimmy rothstein, whose openness, patience, and selflessness proved to be a guiding light in the murky and confusing world of spooks and criminals. A gun for hire, 1992, he all but took control of the libyan intelligence apparatus. Abu nidal has been described as the worlds most dangerous terrorist, a gun for hire and a man without scruples, responsible for the murders of countless innocent people yet little is known about this book sets out to tell his story. Abu nidal bapak perjuangan membentuk ano pada oktober 1974 setelah berseteru dengan faksi fatah yang dipimpin yasser arafat di organisasi pembebasan palestina plo. That person, sabri albanna, alias abu nidal, characterizes himself as a true revolutionary, and the most faithful representative in the entire world of the palestinian national movement. At the height of its militancy in the 1970s and 1980s, the ano was widely regarded as the most ruthless of the palestinian groups. Abu nidal is since then believed to have moved to libya. Abu nidal diyakini telah memerintahkan serangan di 20 negara, yang menewaskan lebih dari 300 orang dan melukai lebih dari 650 orang.
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It was with the help of libyan intelligence, while still living in syria, that abu nidal carried out his most spectacular operation, and the one most damaging to the plo. Abu nidal, leader of a renegade palestinian terrorist group responsible for a string of atrocities in the 1980s and 1990s, has died from. Sisraeli covert relationship, by andrew and leslie cockburn. At the height of its power in the 1970s and 1980s, the ano was widely regarded as the most ruthless of the palestinian groups. Bbc news middle east abu nidal behind lockerbie bombing. It was created by a split from yasser arafats fatah faction of the plo in 1974. Ship this item this item is available online through marketplace sellers. Once again, he loyally performed his mercenary chores. Veronica lake autographed hand signed cut 1940s psadna this gun for hire.
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