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| Middle East |
| PFLP-GC finds more donors, decides they're Islamists... |
| 2002-12-23 |
| A leading Palestinian insurgency group has succeeded in obtaining multiple state sponsors and adopting Islamic rhetoric to ensure survival. A report by the Washington-based Center for Defense Information said the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command has expanded its range of sponsors from Syria to a group of countries that include Iran and Libya. This has enabled the organization to survive amid Syria's reduction of aid to groups deemed by the State Department as terrorists. Times are tough, if you're not a major player. PFLP-GC isn't in the news much anymore, so they can't expect to be at the head of the line when the cash is handed out... "Multiple state sponsors made it much more difficult for European authorities to solidly connect the PFLP-GC's terrorist activities to any one of its supporting governments," the report, authored by Sofia Aldape, said. "In 1988, elements of Libyan intelligence were charged with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, although substantial evidence implicated the PFLP-GC." Which substantial evidence could also be taken as an indication there's not a difference between the two. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |