Abbas, Muhammad “Abu” (1948–2004)

Muhammad “Abu” Abbas (aka Muhammad Zaidan) was the leader of the Palestine Liberation Front–Abu Abbas Faction (PLF), a Marxist militant group perhaps best known for its hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985. Abbas was a member of the ...

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