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He was assassinated in July, 1979.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/26/archives/a-leader-of-plo-shot-in-france-arafat-accuses-the-israelis.html A Leader of P.L.O. Shot in France], The New York Times, July 26, 1979. | He was assassinated in July, 1979.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/26/archives/a-leader-of-plo-shot-in-france-arafat-accuses-the-israelis.html 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.''</ref> | ''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.''</ref> | ||
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Among Al Saaka's atrocities: | Among Al Saaka's atrocities: | ||
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Al Saaka, or al Sa'iqa (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), [Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt,[1] Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War], was formed in September 1966. The armed wing of the Palestinian branch of the Syrian Ba'ath party.[2]
Al-Saiqa was a Marxist Muslim Palestinian terror club founded by Syrian Ba'athists.[3] Its task was to establish Syrian dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.[4] 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.[1]
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.[3]
Zuheir Mohsen
In the 1970s, its leader was Palestinian Zuheir Mohsen (Zuhayr Muḥsin), the head of the military department of the PLO. [5]
Butcher of Damour
Zuheir Mohsen is known as the "butcher of Damour",[6][7][8] as in the Damour massacre.
"Palestinan people do not exist"
On March 31, 1977, Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Zahir Muhsein (as a PLO executive committee member), whereby Muhsein said:[9][10][11]Havardi, J. (2016). "Refuting the Anti-Israel Narrative: A Case for the Historical, Legal and Moral Legitimacy of the Jewish State." United States: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 128.</ref>[12][13]
The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the State of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality, today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism."
Death
He was assassinated in July, 1979.[14]
Notable acts
Among Al Saaka's atrocities:
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mannes, A. (2004). Profiles in Terror. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 329
- ↑ Paul, J. A. (1990). Human rights in Syria. New York: Human Rights Watch. p. 95
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 al Sa'iqa Terrorist Groups | TRAC
- ↑ O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ James Dorsey, Wij zijn alleen Palestijn om politieke reden, Trouw, 31 March 1977
- ↑ [https://books.google.com/books?id=YLDigoRd6UgC&q=muhsin Commentary, Incorporated, 1986. p.35.[
- ↑ ZOA, Vols. 68-69, 1977. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uXTxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jordanians+,%C2%A0Palestinians%C2%A0,+Syrians+,+and+Lebanese+.+.+.+.+We%C2%A0are%C2%A0one%C2%A0people%22 p.7
- ↑ Judea, Samaria, and Gaza: Views on the Present and Future. (1982). United Kingdom: American Enterprise Institute. p.204
- ↑ A Fresh Perspective: A critique of Palestinian nationalism Dan Illouz, JPost, Jul 2, 2015. Indeed, on March 31, 1977, Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein, in which he said: "The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the State of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality, today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism."
- ↑ 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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