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Fatahinverted acronym of Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (“Palestine National Liberation Movement”)Palestinian guerrilla organization and political party, whose name means “conquest” in Arabic. Founded by Yasir 'Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir in the late 1950s, the movement relied on guerrilla warfare and occasional acts of terrorism in an attempt to wrest Palestine from Israeli control. It eventually became the largest faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization and attacked Israeli interests worldwide. Originally based in Damascus, it was forced to relocate several times before a political agreement was reached with Israel in 1993. A number of factions within Fatah rejected the goal of peace with Israel and split from the main organization. In 1994 the Palestinian Authority was established, and Fatah dominated the governing body for more than a decade. In the 2006 elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, the group was unexpectedly defeated by the rival organization Hamas. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Although
Arafat's first official visit to Beijing only took place in 1977,
following over a decade of open Sino-Palestinian ties, he is reported to
have made an unofficial visit to China on a false passport in March
1964, when he represented Al-Fatah, under the name of "Mohammed
Rifaat. If the administration is zealously turning over every rock in Iraq
to find WMDs, why didn't they start with the most obvious site --
the state-owned al-Fatah company in Baghdad, which designed all of
Saddam's missiles? Oren's opening chapter, describing a New Year's Eve 1964
terrorist operation, is an eerie preamble to today's headlines:
``The leader of al-Fatah, a 35-year-old former engineer from Gaza named
Yasser Arafat, issues a victorious communique extolling . |
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