ALF symbol

Arab Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التحرير العربية, jabha at-tahrir al-arabia) is a minor Palestinian political movement, politically tied to the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein. Image File history File links Alflogo2. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Baath Party symbol Party flag The Arab Socialist Baath Party (also spelled Bath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba`ṯ al-`ArabÄ« al-IÅ¡tirāki) was founded in 1947 as a radical, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ...

Historical background

The ALF was founded in April 1969, as a front of the Iraqi-led faction of the Ba'th Party. In June 1969 it became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The first leader of ALF was its Secretary-General Zeid Heidar. Other leaders have included Munif al-Razzaz, Abd al-Wahhab al-Kayyali and Abd al-Rahim Ahmad. Today the Secretary-General is Rakad Salem (Abu Mahmoud), who is held in Israeli jail. ALF has a seat on the PLO Executive Committee, held by Mahmoud Ismael. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Baath Party flag The Baath Parties (also spelled Baath or Bath; Arabic: اﻟﺒﻌﺚ) comprise political parties representing the political face of the Baath movement. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the... Zeid Heidar belongs to the tiny Shiite community of Damascus. ... Rakad Mahmoud Salameh Salem (kunya, Abu Mahmoud) is a Iraqi-Palestinian politician and longtime Secretary-General of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), an Iraqi-controlled Bathist faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). ... The Executive Committee (PLO EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). ...

Ideology and relations to PLO

The ALF has always followed Iraqi government policy on all matters. In line with the Pan-Arab ideology of the Ba'th, ALF was initially opposed to "Palestinization" of the conflict, preferring to argue in terms of the wider Arab world's war with Israel, which it regarded as under the natural leadership of Iraq. During the 1970s, ALF became a member of the Rejectionist Front, initially backed by Iraq and formed by hardline Palestinian factions to counter what they perceived as the increasing moderation of the PLO. ALF later opposed the Oslo Accords, as did the Iraqi government. Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the Arab peoples and nations of the Middle East. ... Map of Arab League states in dark green with non-Arab areas in light green and Somalia and Djibouti in striped green due to their Arab League membership but non-Arab population. ... The Rejectionist Front, official name Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender, was a political coalition formed in 1974 by hardline Palestinian factions. ... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ...

ALF poster in Qalqiliya

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Present situation

ALF was the main faction active in Iraq's small (40,000) Palestinian population, but a very minor group in all other Palestinian communities. It has maintained a small following in the refugee camps of Lebanon, and has a minuscule presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Its headquarter there is in Ramallah, on the West Bank. Refugee camp for Rwandans located in what is now the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following the Rwandan Genocide A refugee camp is a temporary camp built up by governments or NGOs (such as the ICRC) to receive refugees. ... The term Palestinian territories is used by mainstream Western journalists as a collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - two disputed territories in Palestine. ... Ramallah (Arabic:  ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank of approximately 57,000 residents. ...

ALF gained some degree of importance during the al-Aqsa Intifada, as a distributor of financial contributions from the Iraqi government, to families of "martyrs", with extra grants for the families of suicide bombers.[1][2][3] For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...

ALF published the monthly newspaper Sawt al-Jamahir (Arabic, Voice of the Masses), edited by Rakad Salem. Sawt al-Jamahir Sawt al-Jamahir (Arabic, Voice of the Masses), was the monthly newspaper published by the Iraqi-controlled Arab Liberation Front (ALF), a small, left-wing radical faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ...

Militant activities

The group has not been involved in armed attacks on Israel since at least the early 1990s, and it is no longer believed to possess any significant military capabilities. It is not designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the USA, and is not on the terrorist lists of the UN or the EU. The U.S. State Departments list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations is a list of non-US organizations that are designated as terrorist by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). ... Terrorist redirects here. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...

External links

• ALF official site