Abbas, Abu b. December 10, 1948 d. March 8, 2004 Terrorist. Born Muhammad Zaydan, he was the head of the terrorist group "Palestine Liberation Front". He masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian passenger ship "Achille Lauro" in which a wheelchair-bound American tourist, Leon Klinghoffer was thrown overboard. He was captured by United States forces in Iraq in April, 2003, and was being held in United States military custody there when he died. (Bio by: Always with Love) Martyrs Cemetery, Damascus, Dimashq, Syria
Oudeh, Mohammed 'Abu Daoud' b. 1937 d. July 3, 2010 Terrorist. He was the leader of the militant "Black September" group, an offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization that became notorious in the early 1970s. Born in Palestinian East Jerusalem, Oudeh fled to Jordan following the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and soon joined the PLO. In 1972 he masterminded, but did not personally take part in, the hostage-taking of Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, an incident that would go down in history as the "Munich...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.) Martyrs Cemetery, Damascus, Dimashq, Syria
b. December 10, 1948 d. March 8, 2004