- Wasfi al-Tal
Wasfi al-Tal (also Wasfi Tel) (
1919 -November 28 ,1971 ) ( _ar. وصفي التل) was prime minister ofJordan for several terms. He wasassassinated by the Black September unit of thePalestine Liberation Organization .Al-Tal was prime minister and defense minister during the Black September uprising by
Palestinians in 1970. He earned the particular ire of PLO leaders for his role in repressing the revolt.On
November 28 ,1971 , while attending anArab League summit inCairo , al-Tal was shot dead. Four gunmen approached the prime minister on the steps of the Sheraton hotel and shot him. As he lay dying, one of his assassins shouted that the four were members of Black September, an elite unit of the PLO's mainstreamal-Fatah faction which later perpetrated theMunich massacre . The al-Tal assassination was the first operation conducted by the group. Egypt released the assassins two years later. [http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=60494]ee also
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List of Prime Ministers of Jordan External links
* Hoffman, Bruce, [http://www.peace.ca/howterroristsstoppedterrorism.htm "All You Need Is Love: How Terrorists Stopped Terrorism"] , "
Atlantic Monthly ", Dec. 2001, 288, (5). Mentions al-Tal's assassination.
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