Terrorist Abbas Directs Threat at Pro-Western Arabs
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<i> Reuters</i>
ALGIERS — Palestinian guerrilla leader Abul Abbas has threatened unspecified reprisals against pro-Western Arab states in the Persian Gulf he accused of expelling Palestinian residents.
Abbas, head of the Baghdad-based Palestine Liberation Front best known for masterminding the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in the Mediterranean, accused some gulf states of repressive measures against Palestinians.
“The repressive measures which have been committed against our people strike at the heart of the Palestinian issue.
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