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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Palestinian Political Parties and Organizations
Islamic Jihad (Al-Jihad al-Islami) is thought to have emerged as a nationalist splinter from the Muslim Brotherhood in 70s or 80s, arguing that the struggle against occupation had to precede spreading religious values in society.
According to the Islamic Jihad, a proper reading of the Quran and an ‎understanding of history would lead to the conclusion that Palestine is the focus ‎of the religio-historical confrontation between the Muslims and their eternal ‎enemies, the Jews.
The Islamic Jihad movement emerged as an ideological stream within Sunni Islam, primarily from within the Moslem Brotherhood, as a reaction to the weakening of the latter's militant fervor.
www.mideastweb.org /PalestianParties.htm   (9731 words)

  
  Ahmed Jibril - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmed Jibril (Arabic: أحمد جبريل; born 1928) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), part of the left-wing, secular Palestinian rejectionist front, so-called because they reject proposals for a peaceful settlement with Israel.
Jibril's son, Jihad Ahmed Jibril, who headed the PFLP-GC's military wing and was in line to replace Jibril as leader of the group, was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on May 20, 2002.
Jihad Jibril, 41, Jibril's son and the future leader of the PFLP-GC, was killed in Beirut on May 20, 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmed_Jibril   (541 words)

  
 Jihad Ahmed Jibril - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril (1961 - May 20, 2002) was the son of Ahmed Jibril, founder of the PFLP-GC.
Jihad Ahmed Jibril was the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-GC and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed in a car bombing in Beirut in 2002.
The assassination was blamed on Israel, although Jibril had many other enemies, including the Lebanese Christian militia and other Palestinian nationalist organizations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jihad_Ahmed_Jibril   (118 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Militant blames Israel for Beirut blast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Jihad Jibril's body was handed over to his family on Monday and carried aloft through the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut.
Jihad Jibril was a commander of the PFLP-GC's military operations and is reported to have been involved in an airborne attack on Israel in 1987, which killed six Israeli soldiers.
Ahmed Jibril recently accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of being a "pawn of Israel" for his decision to allow the exile of Palestinian militants to Cyprus and to jail accused killers of Israel's tourism minister.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/1998087.stm   (545 words)

  
 Assassinated Palestinian official (Jibril): arrests made
A sombre Ahmed Jibril in Damascus said his son Jihad, who was assassinated earlier this week, was a martyr and vowed to keep up the struggle against Israel.
Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril was killed in Beirut on Monday in a bomb explosion that ripped through his car tearing him to shreds.
Israeli media reports said Jihad Jibril was involved in the transportation of arms and explosives from Lebanon to Palestinian activists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/688505/posts   (415 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Ahmed Jibril and the PFLP-GC
Founded by Mr Jibril in 1968, the group argued that fighting, not politics, was the key to reversing the establishment of Israel on Arab land, believing that conflict between Palestinians and the Israeli army would mobilise the whole Arab world to crush the "Zionist enemy".
Ahmed Jibril was born in the Palestinian city of Jaffa, now in Israel, in 1928, but his family moved to Syria and he became an officer in the Syrian army.
The court rejected the defence argument that Ahmed Jibril had carried out the bombing on behalf of Iran and Syria to avenge the July 1988 downing of an Iranian airliner by a US warship in the Gulf.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/middle_east/1998598.stm   (670 words)

  
 Lebanonwire.com | PFLP-GC leader’s son killed by car bomb in Beirut
The son of Ahmed Jibril, secretary-general of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine ­ General Command (PFLP-GC), was killed in Beirut on Monday when a bomb planted in his car exploded.
Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, 38, was driving alone in his Peugeot 505 at 11.45am down Mama Street leading to Corniche al-Mazraa in the Tallet al-Khayyat area when an estimated 2-kilogram bomb planted under his seat detonated.
Born in 1964, Jihad Jibril was a resident of Beirut and served as the head of military operations for the PFLP-GC, which was founded by his father in 1968.
www.lebanonwire.com /0205/02052109DS.asp   (978 words)

  
 Palestinian fighter’s son dies in car blast: PFLP blames Israel -DAWN - Top Stories; May 21, 2002
BEIRUT, May 20: A bomb killed the son of Palestinian guerilla leader Ahmed Jibril in Beirut on Monday, ripping through a car and tearing him to shreds in an assassination that hardline groups blamed on Israel.
Jihad Jibril was born in 1961 and had two children.
The younger Jibril was part of the PFLP-GC’s military leadership, and officials of the group said he planned one of its most daring attacks — a 1987 raid on the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona in which guerillas killed six soldiers after floating over from Lebanon on a powered hang glider.
www.dawn.com /2002/05/21/top2.htm   (564 words)

  
 FactsOfIsrael.com: Palestinian Terrorist killed in Beirut
The Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that Jihad Jibril, 41, son of Ahmed Jibril, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has been killed in Beirut, Lebanon.
It's only natural for Ahmed Jibril to blame Israel's Mossad for the assassination of his son Jihad, who was one of the operations officers for Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
Ahmed Jibril knows Israel has a long account with him and that behind Jibril lies a wake of dead Israelis, including children, as well as Europeans and others his organization has killed.
www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000061-print.html   (863 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Beirut blast kills radical Palestinian's son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Jihad Jibril, 38, was the head of operations in Lebanon for the group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
Jihad Jibril was driving the car and was killed instantly when the bomb went off.
Jihad Jibril was commander of military operations in Lebanon and a member of the PFLP-GC's executive committee leadership.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/05/20/lebanon-explosion.htm   (772 words)

  
 jihad
Jihad is an Arabic word which comes from the Arabic root word 'jahada'; it literally means either 'combat' or 'striving'.
Jihad is sometimes referred to as "The sixth pillar of Islam" in honour of its religious status and in reference to the Five Pillars of Islam.
Jihad is a hardcore punk band fronted by Sean Muttaqi, previously of Vegan Reich.
www.fact-library.com /jihad.html   (803 words)

  
 Jihad Ahmed Jibril: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Ahmed jibril (born 1928) is the founder and leader of the popular front for the liberation of palestine - general command (pflp-gc)....
Jihad Ahmed Jibril was the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-GC and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed in a car bomb car bomb quick summary:
A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jihad_ahmed_jibril.htm   (549 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Israel responsible
Jihad Jibril, 38, commanded the group's military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, the PFLP-GC said.
In Damascus, a somber Ahmed Jibril said he would not be daunted by the assassination of his son.
Jibril's death raised fears in Lebanon of a possible deterioration in security, especially that the body of a leading Phalangist politician who was kidnapped recently was discovered on the same day of Jibril's assassination.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/587/re1.htm   (242 words)

  
 Israel accused of assassinating Palestinian activist in Beirut
ISRAEL: Hours after his son was blown to pieces by a car-bomb in Beirut yesterday morning, Ahmed Jibril, leader of a radical Palestinian faction opposed to reconciliation with Israel, predictably accused the Jewish state of responsibility.
Mohammed Jihad Jibril (40), "military operations chief" of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, was blown up by a bomb placed under the driver's seat of his Peugeot as he drove away from a car-park in a busy Beirut shopping district, Lebanese police said.
Mr Jibril, said to have been the PFLP-GC's key representative in Lebanon, responsible for transferring weaponry to supporters in the Palestinian territories, targeting northern Israel with rocket fire from southern Lebanon and liaising with the Hizbullah, was clearly seen by Israel as an enemy.
www.robincmiller.com /articles/a48.htm   (700 words)

  
 IsraelFaxx.com newsletter: 2fax0521.txt
PFLP leader Ahmed Jibril on Monday blamed Israel for the death of his eldest son Jihad, in a Beirut car explosion.
He was the son of Ahmed Jibril, general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
The younger Jibril was head of military operations for the guerrilla group established by his father in 1968.
www.israelfaxx.com /webarchive/2002/05/2fax0521.html   (878 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Intifada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On March 22, 2004, an Israeli helicopter gunship killed Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and on April 17, after several failed attempts by Hamas to commite suicide bombings, his successor, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was killed by IDF helicopter gunship strike.
However, Hamas and Islamic Jihad said the truce is not binding for their members.
Attacks on Israel by the Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades increased in July, and on July 12 a suicide bombing hit the coastal city of Netanya, killing 5 people.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-Aqsa_Intifada   (8011 words)

  
 Tthornton :
Since the Muslim understanding of jihad demanded that successful conquest, as ordained by God, must be inevitable, the cognitive dissonance these defeats engendered was difficult to explain and endure especially as they came at the hands of Christians ("infidels").
Ahmed quickly acquired the political and military means to challenge the caliph, and proceeded to set up an independent regime.
His mosque, built between 876 and 879, is the second oldest in Cairo (Amr built the first one), and until the year 2002 the oldest mosque maintained in its original condition.
www.nmhschool.org /tthornton/mehistorydatabase/early_medieval_periods.htm   (3195 words)

  
 Khaleej Times - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Jihad Jibril, a senior leader in Lebanon of his father's Syrian-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), was blown to pieces when he started his car, detonating explosives under the seat, police said.
Jihad, who was born in 1964, is scheduled to be buried in Syria tomrrow.
Ahmad Jibril, grim-faced, said: "He is now a martyr, like the Palestinians who offer their lives daily in Palestine." "A few months ago we made the pilgrimage to Makkah and Jihad told me that he asked God to be able to die a martyr," he added.
www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/210502/middleeast.htm   (12389 words)

  
 .: The Islamic Association of Australia - Islamic Dictionary :.
The journey the Prophet Muhammad (saw) made with the angel Jibril to the Mosque in Jerusalem, riding on the Buraq.
Jibril - Arabic/Muslim name for the angel Gabriel.
Can be any form of striving in the way of God, spiritual or physical.
www.irca.org.au /dictionary   (1585 words)

  
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TITLE=BEIRUT BOMB (S) INTRO: A car bomb in Beirut has killed Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril, a senior military commander for a radical Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command.
Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril is the son of radical Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril, who warned last month that suicide bombings against Israelis will continue in retaliation for Israeli military attacks.
Jibril had taken military courses in Libya and was studying law at a Beirut university.
www.help-for-you.com /news/May2002/scripts/34de67f4.html   (226 words)

  
 The Jerusalem Post | UPFRONT
Leaders of Islamic Jihad were smiling this week upon learning that Israel had attacked one of their "training bases" in Syria.
ISLAMIC JIHAD is one of 10 different Palestinian organizations that have had bases and offices in Syria for the past two decades.
In February 1995, Islamic Jihad and Hamas carried out their first joint suicide attack at the Beit Lid junction, in which 21 soldiers and civilians were killed.
info.jpost.com /C003/Supplements/FSB/031010/art.04.html   (1055 words)

  
 Sheikh Ahmad Yassin
Ahmed Yassin's Palestinian passport listed his date of birth as January 1, 1929, but Palestinian sources listed his birth year as 1937 (other Western media reported it as 1938).
Yassin was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to 13 years in jail for illegal possession of arms, the establishment of a military organization and calling for the annihilation of Israel.
Yassin was imprisoned until May 1985, when he was released in a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the terrorist organization of Ahmed Jibril.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/yassin.html   (765 words)

  
 Lebanon Photo Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Lebanese policemen and rescue personnel inspect the remains of Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril body in a damaged car in Beirut May 20, 2002.
A bomb ripped through the car of the son of Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril in Beirut on Monday, tearing him to shreds, Lebanese security and Palestinian political sources said.
Ramzi Irani's decomposing body was found in the boot of his own car in a run-down area of hotels and bars in the west of the city May 20, 2002.
www.cedarland.org /502.html   (275 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril once again mired in controversy
However, investigator Detlev Mehlis later said its leader, Ahmed Jibril, is not a suspect.
Jibril has rejected all the charges, denies meeting the generals, and insists his war is with Israel, not Lebanon.
Jibril's group fought with Muslim militias against Christian and pro-Israeli forces during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war and his son, Jihad, ran operations here until he was killed by a car bomb in Beirut in 2002.
signonsandiego.com /news/world/20051030-1421-lebanon-assadsproxy.html   (634 words)

  
 human
On March 26, 2002, Ahmed Jibril, a Tanzim operative, was detained at an IDF roadblock near Ramah Bridge, south of Ramallah.
Jibril admitted that Mahmoud Titi, a Tanzim leader in Samaria, told him to deliver them to Tanzim operatives in Ramallah.
In addition to Jibril, a woman and three children, aged 6 months, three and four years old, were in the ambulance.
www.amitiesquebec-israel.org /texts/human.htm   (4972 words)

  
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Ahmedinejad reportedly held talks with Hamas chief Khaled Mashal, Islamic Jihad exiled-head Ramadan Shalah and the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Jibril.
Jibril thanked Ahmadinejad for his support to the Palestinians, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Jibril commented on past Ahmadinejad remarks that the Holocaust is a myth and Israel should be relocated to Europe, saying that the Europeans and not the Muslims hurt the Jews.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3203737,00.html   (799 words)

  
 Hamas
The Muslim Brotherhood viewed jihad as a general duty and principle and it maintained that Islam would be established first throughout the Muslim world, only later to be followed by violent jihad against Israel, in which Palestine, too, would be liberated.
Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was assassinated by the IDF on March 22, 2004.
August 19, 2003: Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killing at least 18 people and wounding nearly 100.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/hamas.html   (2351 words)

  
 Ya Libnan | Mehlis's UN report: Jibril & Al-Ahbash deny involvement | Live News from Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - Mehlis report named Ahmad Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command, and Ahmed Abdel Aal of the Al ahbash, an Islamic group as party to the murder of former PM Rafik Hariri.
Although for decades the PFLP-GC's ideology was almost identical to its parent groups the PFLP and PLO, Jibril never wavered from his belief that Palestine could only be liberated through military attrition.
Jibril promised last night to appear in a Lebanese court if summoned.
yalibnan.com /site/archives/2005/10/mehliss_un_repo.php   (1041 words)

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