Salah Khalaf
Salah Mesbah Khalaf (Arabic: صلاح مصباح خلف, romanized: Ṣalāḥ Maṣbāḥ Ḵalaf), also known as Abu Iyad (Arabic: أبو إياد, romanized: ʾAbū ʾIyād) (1933 – 14 January 1991), was deputy chief and head of intelligence for the Palestine Liberation Organization and the second most senior official of Fatah after Yasser Arafat.
Salah Khalaf | |
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صلاح خلف | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1933 Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 14 January 1991 (aged 57–58) Carthage, Tunisia |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Amman, Jordan |
| Citizenship | Palestine |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Al Azhar University Ain Shams University |
| Occupation | Politician |
The United States and Israel believed him to have been a founder of the Black September Organization.
Suspected of having helped the CIA to break up Abu Nidal's so-called "Abu Nidal Organization", Khalaf was assassinated by a member of that organization in 1991. Palestinians, and many onlookers, generally believe Abu Nidal was responsible for his death. Some believe the order came from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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