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| − | '''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa), Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt, Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War, it was formed | + | '''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt, Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War, it was formed in September 1966. The armed wing of the [[Palestinian]] branch of the Syrian Ba'ath party.<ref>Paul, J. A. (1990). Human rights in Syria. New York: Human Rights Watch. [https://books.google.com/books?id=N-xjxWYWnlwC&pg=PA95 p. 95]</ref> |
| − | Al-Saiqa was a [[Marxist]] [[Muslim]] [[Palestinian]] terror club founded by Syrian [[Ba'ath]]ists. Its task was to establish [[Syria]]n dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.<ref>O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10</ref> | + | Al-Saiqa was a [[Marxist]] [[Muslim]] [[Palestinian]] terror club founded by Syrian [[Ba'ath]]ists.<ref name=track/> Its task was to establish [[Syria]]n dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.<ref>O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10</ref> |
It served as a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic, [[Syrian]]-backed movement within the Palestinian Liberation Organization - the [[PLO]]. | It served as a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic, [[Syrian]]-backed movement within the Palestinian Liberation Organization - the [[PLO]]. | ||
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| + | It was used as Syria's proxy in its initial incursions into [[Lebanon]]. In 1976, Sa'iqa forces massacred over 500 Lebanese Christians in the town of Damour. In the 1970s, due to massive Syrian support, it was the second largest [[PLO]] faction after Fatah.<ref name=mannes>Mannes, A. (2004). Profiles in Terror. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. | ||
| + | [https://books.google.com/books?id=lJwIhKrx0FAC&pg=PA329 p. 329]</ref> | ||
Equally as most [[Palestinian]] terrorist groups, al-Saiqa's goal was to destroy Israel and establish an Arab/Islamic/Communist state in its place. | Equally as most [[Palestinian]] terrorist groups, al-Saiqa's goal was to destroy Israel and establish an Arab/Islamic/Communist state in its place. | ||
| − | In 1976, Al-Saiqa was expelled from the PLO. It was used thereafter by the Syrian [[Assad]] regime. It was against the Madrid conference and ''Oslo accords'' between Israel and the PLO.<ref>[https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/al-saiqa al Sa'iqa] Terrorist Groups | TRAC</ref> | + | In 1976, Al-Saiqa was expelled from the PLO. It was used thereafter by the Syrian [[Assad]] regime. It was against the Madrid conference and ''Oslo accords'' between Israel and the PLO.<ref name=track>[https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/al-saiqa al Sa'iqa] Terrorist Groups | TRAC</ref> |
==Zuheir Mohsen== | ==Zuheir Mohsen== | ||
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*[[Deir Ashash killing]] | *[[Deir Ashash killing]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:17, June 11, 2021
Al Saaka, or al Sa'iqa (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt, Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War, it was formed in September 1966. The armed wing of the Palestinian branch of the Syrian Ba'ath party.[1]
Al-Saiqa was a Marxist Muslim Palestinian terror club founded by Syrian Ba'athists.[2] Its task was to establish Syrian dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.[3] It served as a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic, Syrian-backed movement within the Palestinian Liberation Organization - the PLO.
It was used as Syria's proxy in its initial incursions into Lebanon. In 1976, Sa'iqa forces massacred over 500 Lebanese Christians in the town of Damour. In the 1970s, due to massive Syrian support, it was the second largest PLO faction after Fatah.[4]
Equally as most Palestinian terrorist groups, al-Saiqa's goal was to destroy Israel and establish an Arab/Islamic/Communist state in its place.
In 1976, Al-Saiqa was expelled from the PLO. It was used thereafter by the Syrian Assad regime. It was against the Madrid conference and Oslo accords between Israel and the PLO.[2]
Zuheir Mohsen
In the 1970s, its leader was Palestinian Zuheir Mohsen, the head of the military department of the PLO. [5]
Zuheir Mohsen is known as the "butcher of Damour",[6][7][8] as in the Damour massacre.
He was assassinated in July, 1979.[9]
Among Al Saaka's atrocities:
See also
References
- ↑ Paul, J. A. (1990). Human rights in Syria. New York: Human Rights Watch. p. 95
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 al Sa'iqa Terrorist Groups | TRAC
- ↑ O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10
- ↑ Mannes, A. (2004). Profiles in Terror. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 329
- ↑ Assadour Garmirian (1979). "International Newscasting in Lebanon. Coverage of the 1975-76 Civil War". Volume 1. p. 37 The Pro - Syrian Forces * (mostly Palestinians) : (a) As - Saiqa - - the second largest component of the Plo, led by Zuheir Mohsen, the head of the military department of the PLO.
- ↑ PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon, ICT, May 7, 2008.
- ↑ Jillian Becker (2014). "The PLO." p. 155. The commander of the combined forces which descended on Damour on 23 January 1976 was Zuhayr Muhsin, chief of al-Sa'iqa, known since then throughout Christian Lebanon as 'the Butcher of Damour'. He was assassinated on 15 July 1979 at Cannes in the South of France.
- ↑ Prof. Murray Kahl, Yasir Arafat and the Christians of Lebanon INN, 13 January 2002. Although the main 'Butcher of Damour,' Saiqa commander Zuhayr Muhsin, was assassinated in Cannes, France in 1979, the PLO leader whose legions were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Christians in Lebanon, Yasser Arafat, is still alive to bemoan the fact that Israel prevented him from attending Christmas services in Bethlehem.
- ↑ A Leader of P.L.O. Shot in France, The New York Times, July 26, 1979. CANNES, France, July 25 (AP) — Zuheir Mohsen, military operations chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization and head of the Syrian‐supported As saiqa guerrilla faction, was shot in the head last night as he approached the door of an apartment in this Riviera city, the police reported oday.
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