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Fatah's and was
The original name for Fatah's armed wing was al-Assifa ( The Storm ), and this was also the name Fatah first used in its communiques, trying for some time to conceal its identity.
It was discontinued in 1973 – 1974, as Fatah's political line shifted again, and the Black September operations and the strategy behind them were seen as having become a political liability, rather than an asset.
Arafat and Fatah's center for operations was based in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, until 1993.
The new organization was based on Fatah's existing special intelligence and security apparatus, and on the PLO offices and representatives in various European capitals, and from very early on, there was cooperation between Black September and the PFLP ( ibid.
Kaufman also claimed that it was " too late " for Israel to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claiming that " they could have negotiated with Fatah's previous President Yasser Arafat, who was a friend of mine.
On 25 November 2004, Abbas was endorsed by Fatah's Revolutionary Council as its preferred candidate for the presidential election, scheduled for 9 January 2005.
This meant that the Fatah sponsored rival had not only won Sidon, but was now representing Fatah's wishes in the Lebanese parliament!
* January 13: A father of five was shot dead and three Israelis were injured in a roadside ambush by the Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades.
According to the Shin Bet, the cell was directed and funded by the Fatah's Tanzim branch and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
He told the soldiers he was forced to agree to commit a suicide bombing when two terrorists from Fatah's Tanzim faction threatened to murder him by spreading a leaflet accusing him of collaboration unless he agreed.
With his guerrilla credentials and his contacts with arms-supplying nations, he was assigned the role of recruiting and training fighters, thus establishing Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa ( the Storm ).
Kaddoumi responded by issuing a decree to expel all Fatah members who cooperated with the PNA, but this was declared unlawful by Fatah's central committee, as was Kaddoumi's styling himself " president of the movement ".
Eight days later, on March 24, 16-year-old Hussam Abdo was captured wearing an explosive belt, having allegedly been paid by Fatah's Tanzim branch to blow himself up at the same checkpoint.

Fatah's and Arafat
As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman, Yasser Arafat, al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa.
Yasser Arafat, Fatah's leader, claimed responsibility for the killing.

Fatah's and new
In December 2005, jailed Intifada leader Marwan Barghouti broke ranks with the party and announced that he had formed a new political list to run in the elections called the al-Mustaqbal (" The Future "), mainly composed of members of Fatah's " Young Guard.

Fatah's and Army
It was-and still is-headed by Secretary-General Ahmed Jibril, also known by the kunya " Abu Jihad " ( not to be confused with Khalil al-Wazir, the head of Fatah's armed wing who used the same nom de guerre ), a former military officer in the Syrian Army who had been one of the PFLP's early leaders.

Fatah's and ),
The targets were Mohammad Yusuf al-Najjar ( Abu Yusuf ), head of Fatah's intelligence arm, which ran Black September, according to Morris ; Kamal Adwan, who headed the PLO's so-called Western Sector, which controlled PLO action inside Israel ; and Kamal Nassir, the PLO spokesman.

Fatah's and military
Fatah's military wing of Al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus () took responsibility for the sending of the boy.

Fatah's and by
Officials on the third day of the Fatah convention in Bethlehem unanimously accepted the proposal put forth by the chairman of the Araft Institute stating that Israel had been behind the " assassination " of the late Palestinian Authority Chairman and affirmed Fatah's request for international aid to probe the issue.
He worked hard in Kuwait, however, to establish the groundwork for Fatah's future financial support by enlisting contributions from the many wealthy Palestinians working there and other Gulf States, such as Qatar ( where he met Mahmoud Abbas in 1961 ).
On 31 December of that same year, a squad from al-Assifa, Fatah's original armed wing, attempted to infiltrate Israel, but they were intercepted and detained by Lebanese security forces.

Fatah's and Arab
With mass applause from the Arab world, financial donations increased significantly, and Fatah's weaponry and equipment improved.

Fatah's and .
Fatah's size is estimated at 6, 000 – 8, 000 fighters with 45 – 300 politicians.
Since Arafat's death, he is formally head of Fatah's political bureau and chairman, but his actual political following within Fatah appears limited.
Fatah's internal conflicts have also, due to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, merged with the turf wars between different PA security services, e. g., a longstanding rivalry between the West Bank ( Jibril Rajoub ) and Gaza ( Muhammad Dahlan ) branches of the powerful Preventive Security Service.
Fatah activists from the Palestinian diaspora were also represented and included Samir Rifai, Fatah's secretary in Syria, and Khaled Abu Usba.
Several other raids with Fatah's poorly trained and badly equipped fighters followed this incident.
As a result of this, Fatah's main rival, the political party Hamas announced that it would not recognise the extension or view Abbas as rightful president.
The Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

manpower and was
In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.
However, it was virtually impossible to screen the mob outside, even if Bonner had manpower available for the purpose.
Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.
Historically, it was of particular relevance to sailing warships which used them to outmaneuver opponents when the wind had dropped but might be used by any vessel in confined, shoal water to place it in a more desirable position, provided she had enough manpower.
During the winter of 1939 – 40, Hitler decreased the size of the fighting manpower in order to return as many skilled workers to the factories as was possible.
The post-war German Army ( Reichsheer ) was permitted a large proportion of cavalry ( 18 regiments or 16. 4 % of total manpower ) under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.
He served in this capacity until July 12, 1991, and was assigned duty as assistant deputy chief of staff for manpower and reserve affairs ( personnel < nowiki > Management / Personnel </ nowiki > Procurement ), Headquarters Marine Corps on August 5, 1991.
Because the Wehrmacht was lacking manpower to stop the Soviet advance, men in jobs not deemed necessary or previously deemed unfit for military service were now called under arms.
As a counterbalance to deficiencies in manpower and morale, the British had a considerable advantage in terms of equipment, possessing machine guns, armoured cars, motor transport, wireless communications and aircraft and it was the latter that would prove decisive.
Carthage lost most of its fleet and was economically incapable of funding another, or of finding manpower for the crews.
This denied the Carthaginians access to any mercenary manpower from Italy and most of Sicily, although this later clause was temporarily abolished during the Mercenary War.
It was in The Mythical Man-Month that Brooks made the now-famous statement: " Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
With American entry into the war in 1917 on the Allied side, and the failure of Germany's spring offensive, Germany was out of manpower.
" The Confederate income tax was higher than the Union one ; and economic intervention, regulation, and state control of manpower, production and transport were much greater in the Confederacy than in the Union.
The development of aircraft was now confined to the production of twin-engined medium bombers that required much less material and manpower than Wever's ' Ural Bombers '.
The total manpower of Afghanistan's military was around 164, 000 in May 2011 but by June 2012 it reached around 200, 000.
Their primary role was assisting the army with fortification duties and digging anti-tank ditches, but would as the shortage of manpower became severe be used as front line infantry, most often in urban settings.
However, manpower was still needed in large amounts, and waterfronts were the hotbeds of the industrial actions of the early 20th century.
The Battle of Lepanto was far more damaging to the Ottoman navy in sapping experienced manpower than the loss of ships, which were rapidly replaced.
Operation Barbarossa was the largest military operation in human history in both manpower and casualties.
The cost of the conversion was easily offset by the cost savings in electric consumption, the reduction of heat, and the manpower required to replaced burned-out lamps.
Athenian manpower was correspondingly drastically reduced and even foreign mercenaries refused to hire themselves out to a city riddled with plague.
In the first years of the Republic, when warfare was mostly concentrated on raiding, it is uncertain if the full manpower of the legions was summoned at any one time.
His goal was to acquire additional manpower from occupied nations.

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