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ABU NIDAL: A GUN FOR HIRE -- THE SECRET LIFE OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ARAB TERRORIST |
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Appendix Abu Nidal's Closest Associates In 1990-91, membership of Abu Nidal's three principal institutions -- the Political Bureau, the Central Committee, and the Revolutionary Council -- was believed to be as follows: Political Bureau SABRI AL-BANNA (Abu Nidal), leader, known by his Arabic title of Amin al-Sirr ISAM MARAQA (Salim Ahmad), deputy chief since 1987, when he took over from Mustafa Murad (Abu Nizar). However, in 1991, Maraqa lost the job to Mansur Hamdan, although retaining his membership in the Political Bureau MANSUR HAMDAN, appointed deputy chief in 1991, formerly head of the Political Directorate and official spokesman SULAIMAN SAMRIN (Dr. Ghassan al-Ali), first secretary of the Central Committee and head of the Secretariat MUHAMMAD WASFI HANNUN (Wasfi Hannun), head of the People's Army ISAM AWDAH (Zakariya Ibrahim) ABDALLAH HASSAN (Abu Nabil), head of the Committee for Revolutionary Justice SHAWQI MUHAMMAD YUSIF (Munir Ahmad) Central Committee The Central Committee consisted of members of the Political Bureau, plus the following: THABIT ABD AL-KARIM MAHMUD (Zaidan), deputy head of the Organization Directorate ALI AL-FARRA (Dr. Kamal), Libya-based intelligence chief ATIF HAMMUDA (Abu Siham), head of the Financial Directorate ALI AL-BATMA (Samir Darwish) ISMA'IL ABD AL-LATIF YUSIF (Hamdi Abu Yusif) ADNAN KHALIFA (Abu Hazim) RISQ SA'ID ABD AL-MAIID (Walid Khalid), the organization's Beirut spokesman, who rose to prominence during the Silco affair NABIL MUHAMMAD ABDALLAH SALIM (Sari Abdallah) MUHAMMAD AL-TAHIR (Fu'ad Abu al-Tahir) MUSTAFA IBRAHIM SANDUQA (Hussein bin Ali), the real boss of the Committee for Revolutionary Justice HASAN AZIZ ABD AL-KHALIQ (Awwad), head of the Membership Committee ISA JARADAT (Sulaiman), member of command of the Intelligence Directorate ABD AL-KARIM AL-BANNA (Husam Mustafa) GHANIM SALIH Revolutionary Council Membership of the Revolutionary Council consisted of members of the Political Bureau and the Central Committee, plus the following: HAMDI ABU ASBA (Azmi Hussein), representative in Libya, 1985-87, transferred to Algeria in 1989 IBRAHIM AL-TAMIMI (Tariq Mahmud), member of the Committee for Revolutionary Justice ALI ZAIDAN (Haitham), member of the Intelligence Directorate ADNAN AL-FARIS (Sami Abu al-Haitham) MAJID AL-AKKAWI, deputy head of People's Army in northern Lebanon ABD AL-KARIM MUHAMMAD (Awni Jabr), sometime representative in Sudan, Aden, and Libya KHALIL KHUDR SALAHAT (Ma'n Adham) HISHAM HARB, a key man in foreign operations SAMI ABU ALI (Mazen al-Khalili), People's Army Directorate MUHAMMAD HABIB (Salim Abd aI-Rahman) MUHAMMAD AHMAD ABU ASAL (Abu Marwan) MAHIR AL-RUSAN (Walid), brother of Nawwaf al-Rusan (Uthman), currently in jail in Britain for the attempt on the life of Ambassador Argov SAMI AL-SHAYIB (Isam) WALID ISA SAMIH ABU ALI Defections and Casualties from the Central Committee AL-HAJJ ABU MUSA, chief military instructor, killed in Libya in late 1987 MUSTAFA MURAD (Abu Nizar), Abu Nidal's deputy, killed in Libya on October 17, 1988 ABD AL-RAHMAN ISA, defected in October 1989, survived an attempt on his life in Algeria JASIR AL-DISI (Abu Ma'mun), prominent People's Army commander, killed November 1987 AYISH BADRAN (Abu Umar), prominent People's Army commander, killed late 1987 ATIF ABU BAKR (Abu Farah), defected November 1989 and formed Emergency Leadership KHALID AL-MADI, of the Finance Directorate, downgraded to cadre FAISAL AL-KAFRI (Kamal Mansur), defected FU'AD AL-SUFFARINI (Umar Hamdun), defected to Jordan in 1987 Defections and Casualties from the Revolutionary Council WAJIH MUSTAFA (Abu Mustafa), defected BAHIJ YUNIS, in prison in Austria UTHMAN AL-RUSAN, in prison in Britain for attack on Ambassador Argov MUHAMMAD DAW MURTAH (Yunis Umran), Tunisian, rallied to the Emergency Leadership ZIAD SAHMUD (Basil), a People's Army commander, rallied to the Emergency Leadership NIDAL TAWFIQ MUSA HAMADA (Bajis Abu Atwan), key figure in Intelligence Directorate, defected to Syria, then to Jordan AHMAD ABU MATAR, director of Al Sabra press, left the organization after it moved from Syria ABD AL-SAMAD ABD AL-HAFIZ, former deputy head of the Revolutionary Council MUSA AL-HUSSEINI (sometimes known as Musa al-Haidari or Abu Mazin) MUHAMMAD ABU JABIR MUJAHID AL-BAYYARI (Zuhair Khalid), killed by Sidon car bomb SAMIH MUHAMMAD KHUDR (Zuheir al-Rabbah), key figure in Intelligence Directorate, killed in Athens by car bomb in 1988 ABD AL-FATTAH GHAZAL (Kifah Khalid), killed by a car bomb UMAR HUMAIDI (Wahid Hasanain), killed in Rashidiyyah camp in Lebanon in 1990 FARID HUAB (Kayid Abu Arisha), killed by a car bomb in June 1990
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