Abu Abbas

Muhammad Zaidan (December 10, 1948 - March 8, 2004) also known as Abū ‘Abbās (ابو عباس) or Muhammad ‘Abbās, was the founder and leader of paramilitary group the Palestine Liberation Front (P.L.F.). Zaidan was born in 1948 in a Syrian refugee camp. Zaidan joined the radical, pro-Syrian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command under Ahmed Jibril in 1968. In 1977, major disagreements arose between the P.F.L.P.-G.C., the P.L.O., and other Palestinian factions based in Lebanon. Zaidan, who opposed Syrian involvement in the Lebanese war, left the P.F.L.P. and created the P.L.F. with Talaat Yaacoub, which eventually split into three separate factions (and then later re-merged). Zaydan's faction of the P.L.F., which was...