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Palestine Liberation Front

Palestinian organization
Also known as: PLF
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  • Hill with olive groves
    Palestine
    / Years of mounting violence

    …October 1985 members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a small faction within the PLO headed by Abu Abbas, hijacked an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, and murdered one of its passengers. Following an Israeli bombing attack on PLO headquarters near Tunis several days before the hijacking, Arafat moved some…

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    …October 1985 members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a small faction within the PLO headed by Abu Abbas, hijacked an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, and murdered one of its passengers. Following an Israeli bombing attack on PLO headquarters near Tunis several days before the hijacking, Arafat moved some…

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  • Achille Lauro
    Achille Lauro hijacking

    …with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF).

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    …with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF).

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